 | Demosthenes - 1852 - 332 pages
...powerful opiate by the ancients. It ia called Mandragora also in English. See Othello, Act III. Sc. 3. Hot poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday. seek not to give offence ; so help me... | |
 | Horticulture - 1853 - 694 pages
...time my Antony is away." And lago, having basely deceived Othello, with a malignant joy, adds, — " Not poppy nor mandragora. Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday." The plant which, in its natural form,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1853 - 444 pages
...cur'd Of this diseas'd opinion, and betimes ; For 'tis most dangerous. WT i. 2. Look where he comes I Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'd'st yesterday. O. iii. 3. How blest am I In my just... | |
 | William Thomas Green Morton - Anesthesia - 1853 - 766 pages
...envenomed assaults. There are wounds which are sharper than those of the surgeon's knife, and which -" Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world," can make us feel less keenly. These have been my portion. I trust that the reward is at hand. I look... | |
 | Robert Andrews - Reference - 1993 - 1214 pages
...WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616). English dramalisl. poet. King Henry, in Henry IV, Pari 2, ad 3, se. t. 5 obert medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owed'st yesterday. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1 616). English... | |
 | Thomas Wolfe, Richard S. Kennedy - Literary Criticism - 1994 - 132 pages
...but which he had never seemed to understand before, seared through his spirit like a flash of fire: "Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday." And again, that final utterance of... | |
 | Michael A. Modugno - Othello (Fictitious character) - 1996 - 108 pages
...begun to "burn like the mines of sulphur" as they course through Othello's body. lago is convinced that "not poppy, nor mandragora, / Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world / Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep." Othello has received a lethal dose of lago's poison, so that all... | |
 | William Shakespeare - Drama - 1996 - 324 pages
...act upon the blood, Burn like the mines of sulphur. Enter Othello I did say so. Look where he comes ! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which then owed'st yesterday. OTHELLO Ha, ha, fake to me I IAGO Why,... | |
 | Frederick J. Simoons - Folklore - 1998 - 596 pages
...overcome the agony of Othello's insomnia, about which the villain lago gloats: Look! where he comes! Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou owedst yesterday. (Othello 3.3.330-333) And duller shouldst... | |
 | Sarah Fielding - Fiction - 1998 - 446 pages
...wisdom wake, suspicion sleeps / At wisdom's gate" (II.68687). 4. Again quoting lago's words in Othello: "Not poppy, nor mandragora, / Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world / Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep / Which thou ow'dst yesterday" (III.iii.330-33). 5. "A vain and wild... | |
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Not poppy, nor mandragora, Nor all the drowsy syrups of the world, Shall ever medicine thee to that sweet sleep Which thou ow'dst yesterday. 
