Slepe

‘There is only the one hotel at Slepe Rock,’ Mrs. Bradley soothingly pointed out.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

‘Well, we are staying at the same hotel in Slepe, and hoped to meet them for tea,’ explained Laura, seizing upon the first excuse that came into her head.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

Laura had seen nothing of the village on her hill-track pilgrimage to Slepe, but had passed through it on the return journey in the car.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

‘There is only the one hotel at Slepe Rock,’ Mrs. Bradley soothingly pointed out.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

There was also the fascinating connection between the cottage at Newcombe Soulbury and the appearance at Slepe Rock of the sinister and urbane Mr. Cassius now that she had identified him as the guardian — or, more probably, the father — of the boy who had thrown stones at Laura.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

Slepe Rock itself was on the seaward side of the village of Slepe, a straggling little place with a poor-looking bungalow or two on its outskirts, some untidy cottages, a house turned into a shop, and a large garage.

The Dancing Druids Mitchell, Gladys, 1901- 1948

Slepe not with an emptye stomacke, nor slepe not after that you haue eaten meate one howre or two after.

Early English Meals and Manners Frederick James Furnivall 1867

At the porch sat Remorse and Dread, and within the porch were Revenge, Miserie, Care, and Slepe.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853

Slepe not your gere I counsell you, but of this take good hede

Gammer Gurton's Needle Anonymous 1575

Special mention: "Blind Loves" (Slepe lasky), Juraj Lehotsky, Slovakia

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