I only wish I may see your head stroked down with a slipper.
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Act V, scene 7, 4, line 1028.Terence
In this room, the salamander was squashed between the pages of the rhyming dictionary, thereby changing poetry forever. Here, Salome walked around with a big red fish held high up over her head. Old Father spanked her with a ballet slipper, sending her to bed without milk or honey. Dance was changed in this room, too.
Tom Robbins
Adela’s outstretched slipper shook slightly and shone like a snake’s tongue.
Bruno Schulz
The Channel is a slipper-bath of irony through which we pass these serious Continentals in order not to be infected by their gloom.
Alan Bennett
The People are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.
George Savile
Dilsey stroked Ben's head, slowly and steadily, smoothing the bang upon his brow. He wailed quietly, unhurriedly. "Hush," Dilsey said. "Hush, now. We be gone in a minute. Hush, now." He wailed quietly and steadily.
William Faulkner
Terence
Teresa of Avila (Teresa de Jesus)
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