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  • She continued to the last to indulge in Morphia, and other drugs equally dangerous.

    New Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1893

  • Tree, "or for pathos, as in" Morphia, "he obtains his effects without the smallest appearance of effort.

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, August 15, 1917 Various

  • Morphia sat up on the couch, already peeling the damp cloth from her brow.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • Morphia remained quite still, only betrayed by the gentle quiver of one of her ear jewels which glimmered silky grey in the window light.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • Prior to that he had been Count of Edessa and had dwelt to the north of the kingdom with his Armenian wife, Morphia, daughter of Gabriel of Melitene.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • Then Morphia was at her side, her grip hard on Annais's sleeve and her voice clear and firm.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • Annais had been wide-eyed with fear at first, thinking that the wrath of God was being visited upon them, but Morphia and Countess Maria had taken the event in their stride. '

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • Morphia stood like an effigy statue on the side of a church.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

  • Morphia and terror burned in her glassy eyes fixed in agony upon the clergyman.

    Red Pottage 2004

  • Last night the court had arrived in Antioch complete with Morphia and Baldwin.

    The Falcons of Montabard Chadwick, Elizabeth 2004

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