It was Judith's pantofles that ravished the eyes of Holofernes. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Of the hinder part of their horse hides they make very fine sandals and pantofles. From Wordnik.com. [The iournal of frier William de Rubruquis a French man of the order of the minorite friers, vnto the East parts of the worlde. An. Dom. 1253.] Reference
Hir shooes were of greene silke, and hir pantofles of gould imbrodered in a leafe woorke. From Wordnik.com. [Hypnerotomachia The Strife of Loue in a Dreame] Reference
Casem soon after came out, and, having dressed himself, looked about for his pantofles; but nowhere could he find them. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
See here the fatal cause of all the sufferings of Casem! these pantofles, which have at length brought ruin upon his head. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
With a loud voice, and tearing his beard, according to custom, he roared out, "Accursed pantofles, will you never cease persecuting the wretched Casem?". From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
It happened a few days after that some fishermen drew their nets under the window, and the weight being greater than usual, they were exulting in their success, when out came the pantofles. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Instead of the embroidered pantofles of the Judge, they detected, in a corner, only the phenomena left by Casem, which were too well known to leave a doubt how their master's had disappeared. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
While employed in the intricate business of undressing, one of his friends, or one whom he believed such -- for your misers seldom have any -- observed that his pantofles had made him quite the bye-word of the city, and that it was high time to buy a new pair. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Determined to get rid of these unhappy moveables, our hero walked to some distance from the city, and threw them into a reservoir, hoping he had now fairly seen the last of them; but the evil genii, not yet tired of tormenting him, guided the pantofles precisely to the mouth of the conduit. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
"Then somebody must have given thee thy pantofles," replied she. From Wordnik.com. [It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot] Reference
These matters of great Princes were played vpon lofty stages, & the actors thereof ware vpon their leges buskins of leather called Cothurni, and other solemne habits, & for a speciall preheminence did walke vpon those high corked shoes or pantofles, which now they call in Spaine & Italy Shoppini. From Wordnik.com. [The Arte of English Poesie] Reference
On festival days, in processions, the senators wore crimson damask gowns, with flaps of crimson velvet cast over their left shoulders; and the Venetian knights differed from the other gentlemen, for under their black damask gowns, with long sleeves, they wore red apparel, red silk stockings, and red pantofles. From Wordnik.com. [For Whom Shakespeare Wrote] Reference
A dear stuff -- and, being mightily enraged with the pantofles, he seized upon them, and threw them out of his window into the Tigris. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Casem returned home, and taking the pantofles, went back to the Cadi, crying out with an enthusiasm that convulsed everybody, "Behold! behold!. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
"shoemakers put it in shoes and pantofles for warmness sake," but for its lightness it was used for the high-heeled shoes of the fashionable ladies. From Wordnik.com. [The plant-lore & garden-craft of Shakespeare] Reference
"There's a pair of velvet pantofles and an other of silken hose the matter, my dear," answered Temperance, "and a beaver hat with a brave blue feather in it. From Wordnik.com. [It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot] Reference
And thou art little better, quoth she to the third; for nothing is there in thy panniers but trunk-hose and pantofles — and so to the fourth and fifth, going on one by one through the whole string, till coming to the asse which carries it, she turns the pannier upside down, looks at it — considers it — samples it — measures it — stretches it — wets it — dries it — then takes her teeth both to the warp and weft of it. —. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman] Reference
And eke her old pantofles. From Wordnik.com. [Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete] Reference
Didst ever behold such a pair of pantofles?. From Wordnik.com. [It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot] Reference
A paire of pantofles, and with a gray beard, signifying a philosopher: after him went one with line, betokening a fowler, another with hookes declaring a fisher: I saw there a meeke and tame beare, which in matron habite was carried on a stoole: An Ape with a bonet on his head, and covered with lawne, resemling a shepheard, and bearing a cup of gold in his hand: an Asse which had wings glewed to his backe, and went after an old man, whereby you would judge the one to be Pegasus, and the other Bellephoron. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Asse] Reference
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