Pantoffle
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Alternative form of pantofle. alt-of, alternative
"Ile tell you Lady, Since you riſe up his Advocate, and boldly, (For now I finde, and plainly, in whoſe favour My love and ſervice to you was neglected) For all your wealth, nay, adde to that your beauty, And put your vertues in if you have any, I would not yet be pointed at, as he is, For the fine Courtier, the womans man, That tells my Lady ſtories, diſſolves riddles, Uſhers her to her Coach, lyes at her feet At ſollemne Maskes, applauding what ſhe laughs at; Reads her aſleep a nights, and takes his oath Upon her Pantoffles, that all excellence In other Madams doe but zany hers: Theſe you are perfect in, and yet theſe take not Or from your birth or freedome."
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More examples"Ile tell you Lady, Since you riſe up his Advocate, and boldly, (For now I finde, and plainly, in whoſe favour My love and ſervice to you was neglected) For all your wealth, nay, adde to that your beauty, And put your vertues in if you have any, I would not yet be pointed at, as he is, For the fine Courtier, the womans man, That tells my Lady ſtories, diſſolves riddles, Uſhers her to her Coach, lyes at her feet At ſollemne Maskes, applauding what ſhe laughs at; Reads her aſleep a nights, and takes his oath Upon her Pantoffles, that all excellence In other Madams doe but zany hers: Theſe you are perfect in, and yet theſe take not Or from your birth or freedome."
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