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"If,—if-if," she mutters, incoherently, "you can save me, and forgive me, you will have the prayers of one who has drank deep of the bitter cup."

From Justice in the By-Ways, a Tale of Life by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

She has drank at “the wells of English undefiled,” and shall she now turn aside and imbibe the turbid waters of a corrupt and corrupting literature?

From The Young Maiden by Muzzey, A. B. (Artemas Bowers)

"No one has drank from these glasses," said he, firmly.

From The Mystery of Orcival by Gaboriau, Émile

"If,—if—if," she mutters, incoherently, "you can save me, and forgive me, you will have the prayers of one who has drank deep of the bitter cup."

From An Outcast or, Virtue and Faith by Adams, F. Colburn (Francis Colburn)

Give Antonia the soporific draught this Evening: Eight and forty hours after She has drank it, Life will revive to her bosom.

From The Monk; a romance by Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory)