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But, in spite of her arch delight, she was on the alert, for she retreated deftly and featly within the chamber door of the Fair Maid of Galloway. There was still more mirthful wickedness in her eyes. "Love the Earl? Of course I do. Indeed, I doat upon him," she said. "How I shall love this buckle, just because his hand gave it to you!" And with that she shut to the door.
It's the way that grown-up people doat on them that makes them what they are. And as they can, first and foremost, boast of bewitching good looks and they comport themselves, secondly, towards visitors with all propriety , in fact, with less faulty deportment than their very seniors , they manage to win the love and admiration of such as only get a glimpse of them.
But Helen thought she might have so erred, from a wife's alarm for the safety of the husband she professed to doat on; and this dutiful daughter determined never to accuse her.
Dear little Lettice is so much better. He thinks she will pull through now, thank God! but they nearly lost her." "Was it so bad as that, Die?" in an awed tone. "Yes, it has been a terrible illness. They have nurses, of course, but poor Agnes is almost worn out. She is their only girl, and Douglas does so doat on her.
Ah me! whom her charms have undone Yet I love the reflection too well, The painful reflection to shun. Ye souls of more delicate kind, Who feast not on pleasure alone, Who wear the soft sense of the mind, To the sons of the world still unknown. Ye know, tho' I cannot express, Why I foolishly doat on my pain; Nor will ye believe it the less, That I have not the skill to complain.
The nurse wanted not a reply; "Hold your tongue, black face," said she; "you doat yourself." Zobeide, who was much provoked at Mesrour, could not bear to hear him attack her nurse again without taking her part: "Vile slave," said she, "say what you will, I maintain my nurse speaks the truth, and look upon you as a mere liar."
But he says my Lord Sandwich will lead her from her lodgings in the darkest and obscurest manner, and leave her at the entrance into the Queene's lodgings, that he might be the least observed: that the Duke of Monmouth the King do still doat on beyond measure, insomuch that the King only, the Duke of York, and Prince Rupert, and the Duke of Monmouth, do now wear deep mourning, that is, long cloaks, for the Duchesse of Savoy: so that he mourns as a Prince of the Blood, while the Duke of York do no more, and all the nobles of the land not so much; which gives great offence, and he sees the Duke of York do consider.
At last I went thither and he was come, and I spoke with him about some business of the office, and so took leave of him, and sent for my wife and the coach, and so to the Wardrobe and supped, and staid very long talking with my Lady, who seems to doat every day more and more upon us. So home and to prayers, and to bed. 30th.
I am afraid, however, that I shall not be long with you; for, though I doat upon the brig, the Duke of N and Lord George , have given the first Lord a d d whigging for not promoting me sooner; and, between ourselves, I don't wish to go farther. My post commission goes out with me to Barbadoes."
'If, thought he, 'Glaucus feed the lion, Julia will no longer have a person to love better than me; she will certainly doat on me and so, I suppose, I must marry. By the gods! the twelve lines begin to fail men look suspiciously at my hand when it rattles the dice.
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