Having with great difficulty succeeded in Tranquillizing her fears, he endeavoured to prevail upon her to retire, and seek the repose so necessary to her frame, proffering to remain by her father until morning.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
With these words, she moved towards the folding doors, but I quietly stopped her and said: "Mr. Morrik sleeps, so I beg of you not to disturb him; and from this sleep you may gain the Tranquillizing assurance, that my presence is rather beneficial to him than otherwise."
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
In those moments I take out my drawing as if it were a sure bill of exchange for a better world, but the doctor treated it with so little respect, that even this paper has lost its Tranquillizing power.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse