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  • So he sleepeth and wotteth not whither she goeth, nor what she doeth; but we know that after giving him the drugged wine, she donneth her richest raiment and perfumeth herself and then she fareth out from him to be away till break of day; then she cometh to him, and burneth a pastile under his nose and he awaketh from his deathlike sleep.

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • The names of some of them, like the _pastillarii_, or guild of pastile-makers, and the _scabillarii_, or castanet-players, indicate a high degree of industrial specialization.

    The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Frank Frost Abbott 1892

  • Not one accessory which could contribute to his comfort and enjoyment was wanting, from the exceedingly easy chair for his back, to the alabaster lamp for his eyes, and the silver pastile-burner for his nose.

    Girlhood and Womanhood The Story of some Fortunes and Misfortunes Sarah Tytler 1870

  • Artă toxică: portretul cântăreţei Amy Winehouse creat din pastile FOTO Amy Winehousen muotokuva tehtiin pillereistä - katso traagiset kuvat We are testing different comment ordering to see which the community prefers.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • Compliments exchanged, and a pastile lighted by Mrs Turnbull.

    Jacob Faithful Frederick Marryat 1820

  • Rodica Mutu, mama atacantului Fiorentinei, Adrian Mutu, depistat pozitiv la un control antidoping, a declarat, joi, că fiul ei a luat nişte pastile de slăbit pe care ea le uitase când l-a vizitat în Italia şi a precizat că pe prospectul acestora nu scria nimic despre substanţa interzisă sibutramină.

    Mediafax 2010

  • There it was, already filled with the fragrant Salonica glittering with the gilt pastile, which, not too healthfully, adulterates the seductive weed with odours that pacify the repugnant censure of the fastidious -- for Maltravers was an epicurean even in his worst habits; -- there it was, I say, in that pretty hand which he had to touch as he took it; and while he lit the weed he had again to blush and shrink beneath those great blue eyes.

    Ernest Maltravers — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • There it was, already filled with the fragrant Salonica glittering with the gilt pastile, which, not too healthfully, adulterates the seductive weed with odours that pacify the repugnant censure of the fastidious -- for Maltravers was an epicurean even in his worst habits; -- there it was, I say, in that pretty hand which he had to touch as he took it; and while he lit the weed he had again to blush and shrink beneath those great blue eyes.

    Ernest Maltravers — Volume 01 Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838

  • So he sleepeth and wotteth not whither she goeth, nor what she doeth; but we know that after giving him the drugged wine, she donneth her richest raiment and perfumeth herself and then she fareth out from him to be away till break of day; then she cometh to him, and burneth a pastile under his nose and he awaketh from his deathlike sleep. "

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

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