Slippers

Examples

• My slippers were thin: I could walk the matted floor as softly as a cat. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• His slippers, too, were gone, but his boots were left behind. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• He had his slippers on, and a loose bed-gown, and his throat was bare for his greater ease. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• Your son had no shoes or slippers on when you saw him? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Get me my rubbers, and put these slippers with our things. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Rising a little later his bare feet find a comfortable footing on a machine-made rug, until thrust into full fashioned hose, and ensconced in a pair of machine-sewed slippers. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Before I had finished it, the Duke of Leinster was announced, and I went down to him in my dressing-gown and slippers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Nankeen trousers, displaying more white fancy-work over the ankles, and purple morocco slippers, adorned his lower extremities. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• After many serious discussions with Meg and Jo, the pattern was chosen, the materials bought, and the slippers begun. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• She had thrust her feet into slippers, and flung a loose robe round her. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He sat, in his dressing-gown and slippers, for nearly an hour, thinking over his position. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• I will just put on my slippers before we settle this little matter of yours. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Mother, I'm going to work Mr. Laurence a pair of slippers. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Meg was asked at once, and the tight slippers tripped about so briskly that none would have guessed the pain their wearer suffered smilingly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• The charwomen are in the habit of taking off their boots at the commissionnaire's office, and putting on list slippers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• From your slippers. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The clock struck six and, having swept up the hearth, Beth put a pair of slippers down to warm. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• He was a tall, gaunt, cadaverous man, in an old greatcoat and slippers, with sunken cheeks, and a restless, eager eye. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• His feet were effeminately small, and were clad in buff-coloured silk stockings, and little womanish bronze-leather slippers. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Meg went to the other window, and sewed as if new rosettes for slippers were among the necessaries of life. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Your slippers are new, he said. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Turbans, scimetars, fezzes, horse-pistols, tunics, sashes, baggy trowsers, yellow slippers--Oh, we were gorgeous! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• The terrible drunken old man, in the list slippers and the night-cap. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

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