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minerva commented on the word somnivolences
Then, if these somnivolences (I hate the word opiates on this occasion) have turned her head, that is an effect they frequently have upon some constitutions; and in this case was rather the fault of the dose, than the design of the giver.
Lovelace to Belford, Clarissa by Samuel Richardson
December 5, 2007