Word: poisoning
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...have received from Lee & Shepard, Boston, a copy of "Poison," a farce, as acted at the Hasty Pudding Club, Harvard College, Dec. 20th...
...history. Think of the value that fortunate pen would possess which, after having in the hands of some future President, signed the treaty for the annexation of Canada, should be preserved for long ages, perchance yet containing the original ink. Demosthenes is said to have committed suicide by taking poison which he carried in the tip of his pen in readiness for an emergency. We hardly dare to suggest the superior facilities which a stylographic pen offers for such a purpose lest the blood of a throng of imitators may be on our own head...
Child thou shalt poison - or king. I do not know
That eats like poison thro' the heart...
...turned out; for after a long search the so-called Dr. De Beanville was found, and at the end of a long and cleverly defended trial, he was convicted of the murder of his wife by giving her poison just as she left for Paris...