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Quotation from The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon by Henry Fielding
“It first gave me the most delicious flow of spirits, and afterwards as comfortable a nap”
The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, Introduction (second tapping, spring 1754) (Project Gutenberg #1146 (Murphy text))
His account of a dose of laudanum prescribed by his surgeon after the second tapping.
Citation: "It first gave me the most delicious flow of spirits, and afterwards as comfortable a nap" — Henry Fielding, The Journal of a Voyage to Lisbon, Introduction (second tapping, spring 1754) (Project Gutenberg #1146 (Murphy text)). (id fielding-journal-of-a-voyage-to-lisbon-q3)
