英语词汇“dandle”造句子简单的方法、技巧、例句及翻译-英语例句辞典

I told her how I often recalled Sunday mornings at home when I dandled her on my knee while Mum was in the kitchen making a roast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The academicians watched my mother as they played with me, to see how she took their games, their dandling of her beloved son, their demonstration of amiable paternity; and her smile warmed us all. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

"Lord Bronn would sound better. I could grab the boy for you just as well. I'll dandle him on my knee and sing him nursery songs if there's a lordship in it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Then we sat on a stone, dandling our feet in the water and enjoying each other’s company as we rested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Zielinski had been a great friend of my mother’s, dandling baby Helena on her knee. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lord Varner dandled a serving girl on his lap, nuzzling at her neck while one hand went explpring down her bodice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I could see the stream where Denna and I had dandled our feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

With frantic eye, I sought my cradle-songs, the songs of comfort she might sing for me again, dandling me in her arms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

I wondered idly if it felt good, like when you dandle your feet in the water after a long day’s walking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

When the Nazis loomed, Dix closed one eye, made satiric references and also turned to images of mothers dandling or nursing infants, although painting women sincerely was hardly his forte. Art Review | Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z

Recording the old popular tune “I Don’t Know Why” in 1950, for his outstanding Columbia Records debut, Garner’s fingers lick at the keys and he drags the melody along, dandling it, relishing it. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z

And as I recline next to Lillian Hellman, I dandle Miss Kathie's adopted baby on my knee. Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk 2010-07-26T21:30:00Z

Moments later, Rick imagined him and his friends blissfully sitting around an al fresco table at Alexandria, eating a meal, with Abraham still alive and Glenn dandling Maggie’s baby. The Walking Dead season seven premiere: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z

Som was on the cellphone with their older daughter, who was away at school; Niang, a teacher, was dandling their 7-month-old baby, their third child. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z

Call the child to be dandled with rhymes,livened with drum-talk, cuddled and calmedwith flutes and fiddles, anthems and psalmody.Welcome the child with a sky full of chimes. Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z

Nobody is talking, no jokes are being cracked, there are no letters to read, no dinners to eat, no babies to dandle or kittens to stroke: where is the probable cause? The man who stole the Mona Lisa 2011-08-05T21:55:04Z

Ropes dandle like a makeshift cape against her back. 'I wanted to give my family, my community something to see' 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z

David Jordan, 53, of Northwest Washington, dandled his 6-month-old son on his lap as the rest of his family played on a blanket. For the eighth year, locals fete musical legend Chuck Brown 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z

Now he dandled a baby on his knee, greeted his former cellmate’s mother, checked his phone, answered a call, then yelled congratulations to another family. Egypt’s Revolving Prison Door: Sudden Freedom for Inmates Who Languished 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z

And those who know Farage well understand his very human reluctance to see someone else dandling his baby on their knee. The story of 'Mr Brexit' 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z

Angie dandled our infant daughter off to the side of the kitchen while we pretended to cook something for the camera. Unlike Donald Trump, I embraced being Time Person of the Year | Warren Murray 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z

As he weighs which candidate is more deserving of being harmed, it’s as if Charlie Chaplin’s Great Dictator is dandling an inflatable globe on his knee. Review | ‘Risk’ offers a candid, unsettling portrait of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z

At every office, or so it seemed, there were bosses eager to fondle and dandle. Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave Cosmopolitan Its Purr, Is Dead at 90 2012-08-13T21:30:01Z

You remember how you once dressed up a dog in a rochet, and dandled it before Gardiner? The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z

The tide rose in the gully, gently dandling the pinnace as she lay at anchor in the pool. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z

The sea comforted him a little, but he said to himself: 'I do not want to be dandled to sleep like a child; I want to see the truth.' Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z

She had seen Walter and Cicely married and had dandled their babies. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z

"I tell him to forget his name, and he forgets his name; I tell him that he has a baby on his lap, and he sees and feels and dandles it." Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z

To hint at an infantine frailty is scandal; Let bygones be bygones—and somebody knows It was bliss such a Baby to dance and to dandle, Your cheeks were so velvet—so rosy your toes. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z

It is an amiable, ambling “jerk-water,” whose conductor does everything from dandling babies to unloading lumber. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z

And you'd love to have little grandsons to dandle on your knee. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z

Again she put her head back like an inquisitive bird, dandling Evie's hands up and down. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z

Both ladies are at her side and dandle her like a little chicken. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z

The curious part of the story lies in the fact that at every mention of the baby the preacher dandled his hands up and down as if he were holding it. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z

It is a wonder he ever became the man in Parliament that he was, after such dandling as befell him in the lap of luxury. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z

This is the feeling of bodily insecurity which appears very early when the child is awkwardly carried, or when in dandling it, it is let down back-foremost. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z

Those strong old arms supported us in babyhood and dandled us and fondled us in childhood. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z

When Joan had modestly shown her wares, and the little wooden court lady had smiled demurely through it all, the Queen dandled Marguerite on her knee and thoughtfully looked her over. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z

My mother dandled me and sang, 'How young it is, how young!' Responsibilities and other poems 2011-07-28T02:00:10.517Z

Through them he saw a false but useful picture of himself, as a silly boy, dandled into self-worship by foolish friends, and posturing as a man of genius. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z

“Which home do you love best, Wellington or the Orchard Home?” asked Molly, smiling fondly at her husband, who was dandling little Mildred on his knees with awkward eagerness. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z

The little thing, interrupted in its nap, was frightened and began to scream, refusing to be quieted until her father filled her mouth with the promised delicacy and dandled her in his arms. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z

No one will remain with Thorhall now, except an old cowherd who has always served the family, and who had long ago dandled his present master on his knee. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z

He dandled his boy upon his knee and talked cheerfully to Napiake. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z

I seem to see you handling lumber all your life, not dandling children on your knee. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z

Daddy’s knee was not the most comfortable spot in the world, and a back that has only been in the world about four months cannot stand for much dandling. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z

He took the doll, seated himself in a chair, and dandled it upon his knee; the machinery of the toy was set in motion, and the doll screamed "mamma" and "papa" loudly. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z

The child carried to its grandmother, who dandled it, crooned and talked to it. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z

At night when the heavy day's work was done, the Major would dandle the child on his knee, and sing and coo to him. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z

I am also glad you dine with Cartwright and Co., but how you can dandle a nasty, doughy, puffy, bread-and-butter smelling thing called a baby! The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z

Diminutives are not confined to nouns, and dandle, scribble, tipple, are examples of diminutive verbs, and greenish, whitish, are diminutives of adjectives. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z

So saying, he dandled her a little in his arms. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z

She stood at the church-door, surrounded by people of the congregation, who wondered at the boldness with which she took up, in her two hands, a silver-gray, tongue-darting snake, and dandled it. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z

He was sitting on deck, dandling his monkey on his knee, when a careless lubber let a pot containing red paint fall from the tops. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z

I could not have dandled even my Bimbo without a grimace. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z

His stick he dandled now across and now between his knees. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z

You will never be able to pretend, however much you try, that I'm one of your fairy little women that can be lifted about, and dandled, and sugared with dainty diminutives, will you? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z

Prodigality sought for a nurse at her leisure, And consign'd the fair imp to be dandled by pleasure, Hence some have mistaken this child for another, Amusement—no kin, but a mere foster brother. A Season at Harrogate 2011-02-08T03:00:10.763Z

She winced, though, to see her mother drop thoughtlessly into the glossy arm-chair presented by her absentee husband, and therein ensconced dandle Lazarus's children. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z

As to bodies, he fondles, caresses, indulges, dandles, fattens and greases them—provided they move at his will.' The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z

"Oh, you will let it fall!" cried Betsy as he dandled it clumsily. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z

Seeing Jean Oberl�, whom he had often dandled on his knees, he made a movement of surprise. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z

"I saw two mules and a horse in the corral when I came by," he resumed, dandling the whisky bottle on his knee. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z

You could see without faltering your master's sons, the boys you have dandled on your knee, fall one after the other under the shadow of public suspicion. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z

Wilshere is a delicate thing, to be dandled and stroked and made much of, perhaps even quartered in a very small secure dark room, some kind of sealed basement annexe. Barney Ronay: Why we must savour Wilshere 2010-10-08T23:09:00Z

Smile for the photographers, if possible dandling his son on his knee, or if no child of his own is available, someone else's. Lance Armstrong could win French hearts while losing Tour de France 2010-07-14T06:01:00Z

“But there’s no bridegroom to dandle his bonnet and plume,” laughed Charley. By Birth a Lady

He is leaning forward, with his elbows resting on his knees, and dandling his favorite bat, with which he has made thirty or forty runs to-day, in his strong brown hands. Tom Brown at Rugby

It was evident that dandling the child in her arms was a joy to her beyond words. Yiddish Tales

It consisted in holding the child in her arms with its mouth up, and dandling him up and down gently, and singing in rhythmic motion a certain melody. Maximina

For aught I know, however, he may have dandled her on his knees when she was a child. A Top-Floor Idyl

Thou happy wretch! by blindness thou art blest; By dotage dandled to perpetual smiles. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes

I have dandled you on my knee many and many a time; I know the very house, yes, the very room, in which you were born. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction

It seemed to him that they were the first nurses to dandle his new baby-nature, this nature which Egypt had given to him, and which only to-night he had definitely accepted. Bye-Ways

She took it and dandled it in her arms. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I.

Its fragrance will often cheer unconsciously the labourer's heart, as, in the mid-day hour of rest, he sits dandling his child on his knee, or converses with the passing pedlar. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2)

And Pahul dandled himself with the air of one who is master of logic. Mary Magdalen

Why, not the most honourable and cherished of the young Island mothers dandled her child with such pride. An Isle in the Water

"No power on earth shall induce me to stand on Waterloo Station platform dandling a white cardboard box," I cried. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920

She had dandled and crooned over the boys as babies, and, as they had grown up, she had become almost as fond of them as the parents themselves. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out

It had cried with all the strength of its lungs--no carrying about, rocking, dandling, singing to it had been of any avail--it had cried with all its might the whole way to Berlin. The Son of His Mother

The man sat down with him, dandling him on his knee as tenderly as any woman; the two little girls took their places one on each side. Shirley

A fat purse might be dandled some day, and the well-exercised limbs repose gracefully in a carriage and pair. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series)

When he took time to dandle his little son a panic would come over him because he remembered that he lived among traitors and had no God he could pray to. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court

He dandled the Scanlon off-spring on his knee; helped the women with their household tasks; played checkers with the burly brothers. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas

I did notice that some of the crew were prostrated, so that there was some excuse for a landsman not being proof against Neptune's dandling. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland

You may see a mother with a mound of cut grass on her head, dandling a little baby in her arms as she moves along. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly

It struck me quite ludicrously, at first, to see mother’s listening to the preaching while nursing or dandling their infants. The Cabin on the Prairie

"Before I die I'd love to dandle a child of yours upon my knee." The Cuckoo Clock

He has no pipe, and he talks kindly to his wife, and dandles his son on his knee. Highways and Byways in Surrey

As she entered she saw her guest was a tall gentleman in most irreproachable attire, nervously dandling in his gloved hands a well-brushed high hat. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II

Custom says she should be fed and clothed, dandled and fondled, her freaks borne with and her graces admired; it awards the same attentions, in a little different degree, to a pet monkey. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I

"And he never saw her no more, so he did not!" commented the Cardiff stoker as the pipe travelled from hand to hand to be smelt at, dandled, worshipped by every man in turn. The Dop Doctor

He murdered the morning air with odors, his raiment outglowed the rainbow; one hand dandled his staff, the other caressed his mustaches. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel

For three days he had dandled a new-born joy, to find it stark upon the fourth…. Anthony Lyveden

That mother, whose spirit in fetters is bound, While she dandles the babe in her arms to the sound. Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864

The third she dandled, the fourth she hushed— To honied words we list so fain. The Return of the Dead and Other Ballads

I have dandled your sons and daughters, Roberta, and may I live to dandle theirs! The Martian

In the mellow October evening Master Vallance sat at his inn door and dandled troubled thoughts. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel

Possibly, as human infants get exercise by dandling on the mother's knee, the baby humming-bird gets his by this parental kneading process. The Foot-path Way

An' layin' off her cloak, she took the youngest from the mother's breast, dandling an' chucking it like an honest woman, whereupon it fell a-sudden in a swoon. A Warwickshire Lad The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare

Little Clarice, how often have I dandled her on my knee in the years that have gone by! A Pessimist In Theory and Practice

Dear Heaven, it is now full ten years since the last time I dandled my Clary, as we called her. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck

I suppose I dandle mine on my knee. The Mistress of Shenstone

At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol

I was not rocked and swaddled and dandled into a legislator. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings

“Prithee, Faith, take him on thy lap and cuddle him, and dandle him well, and sing him a song o’ sixpence. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot

"Well?" suddenly quavered a woman's voice.—"Okh, thou my dear little sweetheart," 121 said Ant�n to a little girl of two years, whom he was dandling in his arms. A Nobleman's Nest

In his right hand he dandled with easy familiarity an exceedingly long-barrelled revolver. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters

Then he turned and showed the dice to Simone, who stared at him in amazed rage, and he spoke very pleasantly and evenly as he dandled the tools of chance. The God of Love

The great men and women of earth were not dandled in the lap of luxury. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings

The writer of the following pages was dandled upon the knee of a worthy sire, who had spent eight years of his life in the struggle for Independence, and taught me the name of Col. Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution

But you have been dandled on the knees of respectability all your little life: what do you know of necessity or hunger? The Justice of the King

I knew this coast, young man, before your mother had the dandling of you. The Northern Iron

She gave the melon one more ecstatic embrace, and dandled it fondly in her arms for a moment; then she laid it carefully down on the table, while she went for a knife. In Blue Creek Cañon

The practice of jolting and dandling the infant after eating is a wrong one. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother

Thus do I, otherwise sane and consistent realist, materialist, pessimist, cling to my one dream and ideal—take it out, dandle it, nourish and cherish it, with weakly sentimental faithfulness. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance

The baby Alianora at once accepted the new element as a perfectly satisfactory grandmamma, and submitted to be dandled and talked nonsense to with pleased equanimity. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time

He smiled whimsically, and presently one arm swept beneath her knees, so that presently he held her as one dandles a baby; and presently his stiff and yellow beard caressed her burning cheek. Chivalry

The General found himself wondering if this was, indeed, his: child, the child he had but the other day held in the crook of his arm and dandled on his knee. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure

He has dandled me on his knee when I was a baby. The Genius

Lord Theign, who practically had his back turned and was fairly dandling about in his impatience, tossed out to the terrace the cigarette he had but just lighted. The Outcry

It had at any rate been thus put before him that the dandling and dancing of his image occasionally gave way to perfect immobility, when he stopped and kept his eyes on it. The Finer Grain

He returned to Hellas, and, after paying his respects to his pretty Greek wife, and dandling the solid, square, bluff, and resolute baby, he reloaded his ship and returned to Albion. The Hot Swamp

More than that, he lived to dandle George’s eldest son, Johnny, on his knees, and to dismiss him in favour of his little brother Jonathan when that child made his appearance. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers

Tell me, were you ever dandled in a mother’s arms? The Gorilla Hunters

And if he had a little Harry dandle next Christmas, wouldn't he give him the first spoonful out of the marrow-bone! Gryll Grange

I am glad, that I am, boy, to see you, whom I have dandled in my hands many a time, come to sea on the quarter-deck. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea

I would have told her they didn't know anyone for years had I not been afraid of the girl Jenny, who dandled the infant on her knees and talked to it as if it understood. Short Stories of Various Types

Pegleg dandled a pencil, end for end, between his fingers a minute, reflectively studying a knot-hole in the floor that yawned through a corresponding breach in the matting. Under Fire

To hint at an infantile frailty's a scandal; Let bygones be bygones, for somebody knows It was bliss such a Baby to dance and to dandle,— Your cheeks were so dimpled, so rosy your toes. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886

I was not swaddled and rocked and dandled into a legislator," wrote Burke when very near the end of his days: "Nitor in adversum is the motto for a man like me. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"

Serena, who was only a girl herself, dandled the doll impressively before her bewildered eyes. Young Lucretia and Other Stories

Then the six fairies kissed and dandled the princess, bestowing on her for her portion beauty, good temper, good health, talents, long life, and the faculty of doing thoroughly well everything she tried to do. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew

They have dandled the baby on her knee, and supported the little toddler taking his first steps. Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation

But the success of my scheme was now being dandled on the knees of the gods, and at any instant it might fall off to break like an egg. My Friend the Chauffeur

Jimmy took the baby in his arms and kissed it without any scruples, and the child's large, black eyes looked into his as if he might be its own father, while he dandled it tenderly. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times

But Joe only dandled it out of her reach, and then the bell rang. Young Lucretia and Other Stories

Not even when Germany exports her latest stage novelties to London, and pantomimic platitudes are dandled under colored lights, does the turmoil of martial talk cease. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View

She was dandling a sad baby while the sad baby sucked a disk of salami, heavy with spices. Across the Fruited Plain

Thirty years come last Shrove Tuesday; I dandled ye on my knee, and eh! but ye were bonny! The Golden Scorpion

Once or twice she stole a glance at the woman who had in the olden days dandled her on her knees. Parrot & Co.

"Oh, the pretty little sing!" said Joe West then, in an absurdly soft voice, and dandled it up and down. Young Lucretia and Other Stories

All the women are dandling babies or trying to cook things on little oil-stoves. My War Experiences in Two Continents

Nanking clinched his big fingers around the Indian and dandled him like a baby. Tales of the Chesapeake

Christina stood petrified, but the boy laughed and dandled the reptile in glee. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories

Se�or, I dandled her when she was quite little. Romance

She had implicit faith in this old friend, who had once dandled her on his knees. The Adventures of Kathlyn

"The same good soul that dandled him the day you rode over the mountain," I answered. The Soldier of the Valley

The woman dandled her child to and fro, for it moaned painfully, and the pines without made a deep dirge. Tales of the Chesapeake

The little child is dandled on the knee, or sported with upon the grass, and the proud mother receives her share of her husband's caresses. Oonomoo the Huron

I shall dandle a dozen of your young ones before these arms are withered. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843

Flock to the king; dandle the royal babe a while! The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt

O my dear child,— I love thee so, I cannot call thee king,— Whom I so oft have dandled in these arms! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07

And there was the kindly Jehan, who had dandled him on his knee, long years ago before trouble had cast its blighting shadow over the House of P�rigny. The Grey Cloak

The doctors with dandling have now kept the child from his feet till there is doubt whether he have any feet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864

I used to dandle you when you were an infant—good gracious, what red hair you had, and—it hasn't changed, not at all! The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town

This might have gone on indefinitely had not the patient attendant finally dandled his keys and yawned over his watch. A Splendid Hazard

Then the second fairy took the child, and dandled him fondly on her knees, and looked long and lovingly into his clear gray eyes. Hero Tales

Later in life when one is proud as a man or as a lady it is not right that they ever could have dandled and kissed and fixed them, helpless, just a baby. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories

Doth any live that ever had such hap That all their actions are of none effect, Whom fortune never dandled in her lap But as an abject still doth me reject? Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris

"Well," Miss Greeby leaned forward with her elbows on her knees, and dandled the bludgeon with both hands. Red Money

The young man in search of an adventure selected the far end of the hall seat and dandled his hat. A Splendid Hazard

For he used to nurture me when I was little, and satiated me with many kisses, dandling in his arms Agamemnon's boy, and Leda with him, honoring me no less than the twin-born of Jove. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I.

The more complaisant chestnut dandles its sticky knobs. Prose Fancies

Reproach us not, mamas?—Discard us not, ye blushing divinities who have, with your sex’s softness, dandled the heir of Applebite in your imaginations!—Wait!—Wait till we have explained! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841

Well, Griselda," she continued, addressing the doll, which she dandled in her arms, regarding it with a look of fond admiration, "we don't care, do we, dear? Elsie's children

Handsome as no doubt she was, she looked a doll beside the tall Jehane, who could have dandled her comfortably on her knee. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay

Time was whin he carrid th' wash pitcher down to th' corner f'r a quart iv malt, while she dandled th' baby an' fried th' round steak at th' same time. Mr. Dooley Says

In any case, the little domestic scene between the priggish father and the dandling mother is amusing and instructive to parents as well as to etymologists. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885

To DOODLE, v. a. to dandle; to fondle. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV.

He dandles on his knee a little princess, daughter of Amenhotep III., whose foster-father he was, and who died before him. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt

After the return of Pius VII. he witnessed the decapitation of a few neighbouring relatives who had often dandled him on their knees. The Roman Question

They regard their offspring as mere playthings to be dandled upon the knee, brought up like calves in the stall, and then turned out to shape their own destiny. The Christian Home

He whom I received as an exile at my cottage on the Hudson, she whom at Granada I have dandled on my knee! France in the Nineteenth Century

He dandled it upon his finger, hardly looking at the winnings that lay before him. The Mississippi Bubble

Molière is kind to his bourgeois, envelops him softly in satire as in cotton-wool, dandles him like a great baby; and Coquelin is without bitterness, stoops to make stupidity heroic, a distinguished stupidity. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory

Loubet himself, dandling his bottles affectionately in his arms, did what he could to pour oil upon the troubled waters. The Downfall

Good Nurse G-SCH-N, is she out, That you the babe are dandling? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891

There can scarcely be found a richer piece of diversion than Sir Toby's practice in dandling Sir Andrew out of his money, and paying him off with the odd hope of gaining Olivia's hand. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England

He dandled it, he whistled, he sang, he pointed out the interesting attributes of his horse, and promised to direct attention to a rabbit or even a deer in a moment, but nothing availed. Scattergood Baines

English statesmen had not only dandled her, they had taught her, walked with her, written to her, and—no doubt—flirted with her. A Great Success

A political lie is sometimes born out of a discarded statesman's head, and thence delivered to be nursed and dandled by the mob. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer

Then they demand to be put to sleep and rocked and dandled and patted on their red backs. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev

Even the hardened criminal, dandled on the knee of a patriarchal Government, will sometimes complain and try to give the Doctor trouble. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series

Courts are but only superficial schools to dandle fools. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3

I was not," Burke said, in a passage of lofty dignity, "like his Grace of Bedford, swaddled and rocked and dandled into a legislator; Nitor in adversum is the motto for a man like me. Burke

They are not dandled joyfully in the arms of the imagination. Essays Æsthetical

And if I ever have a son Upon my knee to dandle, I'll feed him with a wooden spoon Of elongated handle. A Collection of College Words and Customs

Right glad are we that these foreign pets, who have so long been dandled on the lap of royalty, are at last brought to the test. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon

Are Mrs. Jewell and Mrs. Abrahams to dandle grandchildren in my face, to gouge out my eyes with them! Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People

She was dandling on her lap some white object which he had not observed before. Cock Lane and Common-Sense

She was a large, heavily-boned woman, enormously covered with flesh, and she dandled across her knees that very unfeminine sceptre, an English cavalryman's sword. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle

Will reason dawn in that glassy stare If I dandle it briskly? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 14, 1914

Now who would think this was the little quiet girl I had dandled on my knee, and told her tales of storm and war that made her shudder? The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence

Most certain she is like her: Many a time have I dandled her in these arms, Sir, And I hope who will more. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant

I felt like a child dandled in the arms of a sage, allowed to blow upon his watch till it opened, and to pull his beard. The Silent Isle

He smiled whimsically, and presently one arm swept beneath her knees, so that presently he held her as one dandles a baby; and presently his stiff and graying beard caressed her burning cheek. Chivalry

He is dandled on the knee of indulgence; encircled by attendants, who watch and prevent alike his necessities and wishes; cradled on down; and charmed to sleep by the voice of tenderness and care. The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason

Not to be ministered unto; not to be petted, and dandled, and lifted along and fed all the way, with no burden and no care and no work—not that. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little

She was a girl I had dandled on my knees as a child, the only daughter of an old friend. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories

Or must no one bark at a Minister or General, unless they have been first dandled, like a little French pug-dog, in the lap of a lady of quality? The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits

The babies that they dandled have become grown men and women with podgy torments of their own, and the playmates that they laughed with are lying very silent under the waving grass. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

We have been nursed together, scolded together, dandled in the same arms. The Brother of Daphne

The old troopers were glad to recognize their ancient officer and dandle the little colonel. Vanity Fair

A father who never dandles his child on his knee cannot have a very keen sense of the responsibilities of paternity. In Darkest England and the Way Out

He approached Blanche Evers, smiling and dandling his body a little, and making her two or three jocular bows. Confidence

At this table sat a man of about forty, with a merry and open countenance, who was dandling a little child on his knees. Les Misérables

Grandmamma, bald under her cap, was seated by the stove dandling grandchild, bald under its cap. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862

Twice, tired mothers in railway stations had volunteered him their babies to dandle. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It

The golden bribe, which was in turn dandled before the eyes of all, had been always reserved for the most powerful, our friend. Vivian Grey

Milton never learned the art of doing little things with grace; he overlooked the milder excellence of suavity and softness: he was a lion, that had no skill "in dandling the kid." Lives of the Poets, Volume 1

In one sit the servants And band of musicians, Most busily playing; The second one groans 140 'Neath a mountainous wet-nurse, Who dandles a baby, A withered old dry-nurse, A motionless body Of ancient retainers. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia?

I would he were rocked or dandled in your lap; Or I would with this falchion I might give him pap. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2

He dandles the child of the forest on his shoulder instead of his children by you in the house. Bride of the Mistletoe

Ah, cousin, I remember How I would dandle you upon my knee At lisping-age. Queen Mary and Harold

He had carried the child about, dandled and rocked him so often, that he felt he had something to do with his specific weight! The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude

Clare dandled the baby gently in his arms, and talked loving nonsense to her. A Rough Shaking

One woman, reclining on the cold pavement, dandled a straw, and called it her sweet child; while another hugged a misshapen block of wood to her bared breast, and deemed it her true love. A Love Story

What suckling, dandled on the lap, Would tear away its mother's pap? The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes

For mother, Horieneke had to wash the dishes, darn the stockings and, when the baby cried, sit for hours rocking it in the cradle or dandling it on her lap, like a little young mother. The Path of Life

Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? The World English Bible (WEB): Lamentations

"The 'young man'!" laughed Virgilia, dandling a cushion. Under the Skylights

By Mother Church, high-fed and haughty dame, The boy was dandled, in his dawn of fame; Listening, she smiled, and blest the flippant tongue On which the fate of unborn tithe-pigs hung. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes

Newborn, they must be given suck to, rocked in a cradle, and dandled. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3

Dismissing his guards, he lets the elder women dandle his children, while the younger admire his robes. Authors of Greece

Hereupon the smaller of the two girls, after a little inefficacious dandling, at once settled the question of maternity by nursing her baby. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2.

He is made much of, and coaxed, and dandled and fondled, as if he were a young duke. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family

They do not talk much before clever men, and when they do, their words are humoured and dandled as children’s sayings are. Friends in Council — First Series

“My turn to dandle,” he said, with a sly look at his aunt, and convulsed everyone. The History of Mr. Polly

He is never himself till he has discovered or invented a hero; and, when he has got him, he tosses and dandles him as a mother her babe. Obiter Dicta

He never called me by pet names, nor dandled me on his knee, nor kissed me, nor stroked down my hair and smiled. Erema — My Father's Sin

He was dandling a new baby in the air and trying not to step on the penultimate child, who was treating one of his legs as a tree. We Can't Have Everything

He is leaning forward, dandling his favourite bat, with which he has made thirty or forty runs to-day. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction

Eighty-two, a great age, yet it seems but the other day that I used to sit in this very chair and dandle you upon my knee, and make this repeater strike for you. Dawn

This from him—The great dandled and petted Sectarian—to a religious character so equivocal in the world's Eye as that of S.T.C., so foreign to the Kirk's estimate!—Can this man be a Quack? The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842

Liberum arbitrium indifferentiae under the name of moral freedom is a charming doll for professors of philosophy to dandle; and we must leave it to those intelligent, honourable and upright gentlemen. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature

Slowly I undressed the duff, dandling it upon my knee, much as a nurse does a baby about bed-time. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War

In this tale, the censure which he has elsewhere passed on Milton, that he is a lion who has no skill in dandling the kid, recoils upon himself. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives

No one has time to dandle it, no one thinks it worth while to coax it, to soothe it, to toss it up and down, to humour it. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia

It is the lot of all who aspire high—no man or nation ever was dandled into greatness. Lectures and Essays

I now recollected that she was no longer a child—no longer the lively little fairy whom I could dandle on my knee and fling upon my shoulder, without a scruple or complaint. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story

"I used to delight to pet it and dandle it and play with it." A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04

In any case, only those could believe this who mistake the grotesque for the genial, and the formless for the sublime—is not that so, you dandling favourite of the Graces? Thoughts out of Season Part I

They had hard work to bring him up, he was always ill, always dandled on the knees and always gentle and sweet. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters

The little old man appeared to consider, standing a moment dandling his silk hat. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine"

He will tell you to this day how he was wont to dandle her on his knee. Half a Rogue

Daily life was regulated on scientific principles; the daily papers had their "Scientific Jottings"; nurses passed examinations in hygienic science, and babies were fed and dandled according to the new psychology. The Descent of Man and Other Stories

He seems merely to dandle his load; this is indeed an advantage. Thoughts out of Season Part I

Directly she saw Mavis, Mrs Bale hurried to the bedside and seized the baby, to dandle it in her arms, the while she made a clucking noise not unlike the cackling of a hen. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl

Then, while he skipped about in the background, attending to the wines and beers, she convoyed the guest to the very luxurious bedroom where head-nurse Keziah dandled the youngest of the Breen children. Sisters

He dandled even the youngest, whom he had not seen since its birth, with visible pleasure. Australia Felix

Then, when children will be born to you, I will come to you and dandle them. Mother

But I have dandled Madame as a child on my knee, and her wish is law; wherever her fortunes lead, I must follow. The Puppet Crown

The proprietor, a man of fifty-five, used to dandle me on his knee. Women in the Life of Balzac

"Our venerable caller relates with pride that George Wash—no, Ptolemy the Great—once dandled him on his knee at his father's house." Sixes and Sevens

Behind the urn Mrs. Henry, in be-ribboned cap and morning wrapper, dandled her infant; while Henry, in oriental gown and Turkish fez, had laid his newspaper by to ride his young son on his foot. Australia Felix

Ah, it does an old woman credit to have dandled thee! Cleopatra

For happy and warm were he an' his, And he dandled his kids upon his knee To the song of the sea. Love-Songs of Childhood

Mademoiselle Bourienne, too, seemed passionately fond of the boy, and Princess Mary often deprived herself to give her friend the pleasure of dandling the little angel—as she called her nephew—and playing with him. War and Peace

I was not rocked, and swaddled, and dandled into a legislator. Character

She, bless her, should dandle and cosset them to her heart's content. Australia Felix

O happy I, who dandled thee and gave my flesh and blood to save thee! Cleopatra

These, if spoken in the presence of Lord Castlewood, tickled and amused his humor; he would pretend to love Frank best, and dandle and kiss him, and roar with laughter at Beatrix's jealousy. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne

When Nicholas and his wife came to look for Pierre he was in the nursery holding his baby son, who was again awake, on his huge right palm and dandling him. War and Peace

The dignified and stern headmaster was actually seen to dandle infants and to caracole upon the hearthrug on all fours. Eminent Victorians

If I was only a mother, and had a little Reginald to dandle on my knee and gloat upon, till he spent his money, and came back to me. A Simpleton

Then he took his darling child, kissed him, and dandled him in his arms, praying over him the while to Jove and to all the gods. The Iliad

She that dandled ye when ye woz a baby,—a little baby! Drift from Two Shores

They openly allege that they have dandled us on their knees at recent periods; washed and dressed us, and would do so still. By Shore and Sedge

He had known her since childhood almost; as a girl he dandled her on his knee at the "Kidneys;" as a woman he had adored her—his heart was melted. Men's Wives

I will dandle thy son as a mother may; And his lips shall lie where my own Son's lay. Many Voices

The priest comes along dandling his charge as if it were a lachrymose infant he was endeavouring to put into a good humour. Typee

It slides on the ground; the silly little wheels that so detract from the genial bestiality of its appearance dandle and bump behind it. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war

Against her will! good king, look to 't in time; She'll hamper thee and dandle thee like a baby. King Henry VI, Part 2

As he dandled these treasures before Theresa the hot room seemed to heave and sway with laughter. In a German Pension

And this," said he, dandling my hands up and down in his, as he puffed at his pipe,—"and this is the gentleman what I made! Great Expectations

I could have told her that they know no one for years had I not been in terror of Irene, who dandled the child on her knees and talked to it all the way. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens

He amused himself by releasing the waving volume of her hair, by dandling her on his knee; there was something of madness in these expressions of his love. Vendetta

单词	dandle
例句	dandle I told her how I often recalled Sunday mornings at home when I dandled her on my knee while Mum was in the kitchen making a roast. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The academicians watched my mother as they played with me, to see how she took their games, their dandling of her beloved son, their demonstration of amiable paternity; and her smile warmed us all. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z "Lord Bronn would sound better. I could grab the boy for you just as well. I'll dandle him on my knee and sing him nursery songs if there's a lordship in it." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Then we sat on a stone, dandling our feet in the water and enjoying each other’s company as we rested. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Mrs. Zielinski had been a great friend of my mother’s, dandling baby Helena on her knee. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z Lord Varner dandled a serving girl on his lap, nuzzling at her neck while one hand went explpring down her bodice. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z I could see the stream where Denna and I had dandled our feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z With frantic eye, I sought my cradle-songs, the songs of comfort she might sing for me again, dandling me in her arms. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z I wondered idly if it felt good, like when you dandle your feet in the water after a long day’s walking. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z When the Nazis loomed, Dix closed one eye, made satiric references and also turned to images of mothers dandling or nursing infants, although painting women sincerely was hardly his forte. Art Review \| Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z Recording the old popular tune “I Don’t Know Why” in 1950, for his outstanding Columbia Records debut, Garner’s fingers lick at the keys and he drags the melody along, dandling it, relishing it. 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love Jazz Piano 2023-03-01T05:00:00Z And as I recline next to Lillian Hellman, I dandle Miss Kathie's adopted baby on my knee. Tell-All by Chuck Palahniuk 2010-07-26T21:30:00Z Moments later, Rick imagined him and his friends blissfully sitting around an al fresco table at Alexandria, eating a meal, with Abraham still alive and Glenn dandling Maggie’s baby. The Walking Dead season seven premiere: The Day Will Come When You Won't Be 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Som was on the cellphone with their older daughter, who was away at school; Niang, a teacher, was dandling their 7-month-old baby, their third child. Homestay among the ruins in Cambodia 2015-04-23T04:00:00Z Call the child to be dandled with rhymes,livened with drum-talk, cuddled and calmedwith flutes and fiddles, anthems and psalmody.Welcome the child with a sky full of chimes. Carols for Christmas 2010-12-18T00:07:31Z Nobody is talking, no jokes are being cracked, there are no letters to read, no dinners to eat, no babies to dandle or kittens to stroke: where is the probable cause? The man who stole the Mona Lisa 2011-08-05T21:55:04Z Ropes dandle like a makeshift cape against her back. 'I wanted to give my family, my community something to see' 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z David Jordan, 53, of Northwest Washington, dandled his 6-month-old son on his lap as the rest of his family played on a blanket. For the eighth year, locals fete musical legend Chuck Brown 2022-08-20T04:00:00Z Now he dandled a baby on his knee, greeted his former cellmate’s mother, checked his phone, answered a call, then yelled congratulations to another family. Egypt’s Revolving Prison Door: Sudden Freedom for Inmates Who Languished 2022-08-13T04:00:00Z And those who know Farage well understand his very human reluctance to see someone else dandling his baby on their knee. The story of 'Mr Brexit' 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z Angie dandled our infant daughter off to the side of the kitchen while we pretended to cook something for the camera. Unlike Donald Trump, I embraced being Time Person of the Year \| Warren Murray 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z As he weighs which candidate is more deserving of being harmed, it’s as if Charlie Chaplin’s Great Dictator is dandling an inflatable globe on his knee. Review \| ‘Risk’ offers a candid, unsettling portrait of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z At every office, or so it seemed, there were bosses eager to fondle and dandle. Helen Gurley Brown, Who Gave Cosmopolitan Its Purr, Is Dead at 90 2012-08-13T21:30:01Z You remember how you once dressed up a dog in a rochet, and dandled it before Gardiner? The Story of Francis Cludde 2012-03-30T02:00:16.347Z The tide rose in the gully, gently dandling the pinnace as she lay at anchor in the pool. With Drake on the Spanish Main 2012-02-20T03:00:17.357Z The sea comforted him a little, but he said to himself: 'I do not want to be dandled to sleep like a child; I want to see the truth.' Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z She had seen Walter and Cicely married and had dandled their babies. The Eldest Son 2012-01-24T03:00:28.780Z "I tell him to forget his name, and he forgets his name; I tell him that he has a baby on his lap, and he sees and feels and dandles it." Human Personality and its Survival of Bodily Death 2012-01-05T03:00:42.307Z To hint at an infantine frailty is scandal; Let bygones be bygones—and somebody knows It was bliss such a Baby to dance and to dandle, Your cheeks were so velvet—so rosy your toes. A Selection from the Works of Frederick Locker 2012-01-03T03:00:13.067Z It is an amiable, ambling “jerk-water,” whose conductor does everything from dandling babies to unloading lumber. Down the Columbia 2011-12-10T03:00:16.583Z And you'd love to have little grandsons to dandle on your knee. Plays: Lady Frederick, The Explorer, A Man of Honor 2011-11-11T03:00:30.420Z Again she put her head back like an inquisitive bird, dandling Evie's hands up and down. The Debit Account 2011-09-21T02:00:33.753Z Both ladies are at her side and dandle her like a little chicken. Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland 2011-09-16T02:00:19.893Z The curious part of the story lies in the fact that at every mention of the baby the preacher dandled his hands up and down as if he were holding it. Lighter Moments from the Notebook of Bishop Walsham How 2011-09-09T02:01:03.123Z It is a wonder he ever became the man in Parliament that he was, after such dandling as befell him in the lap of luxury. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z This is the feeling of bodily insecurity which appears very early when the child is awkwardly carried, or when in dandling it, it is let down back-foremost. Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Those strong old arms supported us in babyhood and dandled us and fondled us in childhood. The Women of the Confederacy 2011-08-05T02:00:53.333Z When Joan had modestly shown her wares, and the little wooden court lady had smiled demurely through it all, the Queen dandled Marguerite on her knee and thoughtfully looked her over. In the Days of the Guild 2011-08-03T02:00:12.687Z My mother dandled me and sang, 'How young it is, how young!' Responsibilities and other poems 2011-07-28T02:00:10.517Z Through them he saw a false but useful picture of himself, as a silly boy, dandled into self-worship by foolish friends, and posturing as a man of genius. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z “Which home do you love best, Wellington or the Orchard Home?” asked Molly, smiling fondly at her husband, who was dandling little Mildred on his knees with awkward eagerness. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z The little thing, interrupted in its nap, was frightened and began to scream, refusing to be quieted until her father filled her mouth with the promised delicacy and dandled her in his arms. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z No one will remain with Thorhall now, except an old cowherd who has always served the family, and who had long ago dandled his present master on his knee. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z He dandled his boy upon his knee and talked cheerfully to Napiake. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z I seem to see you handling lumber all your life, not dandling children on your knee. The Trail of the Axe A Story of Red Sand Valley 2011-06-27T02:00:56.823Z Daddy’s knee was not the most comfortable spot in the world, and a back that has only been in the world about four months cannot stand for much dandling. Molly Brown of Kentucky 2011-07-16T02:00:18.603Z He took the doll, seated himself in a chair, and dandled it upon his knee; the machinery of the toy was set in motion, and the doll screamed "mamma" and "papa" loudly. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z The child carried to its grandmother, who dandled it, crooned and talked to it. A Book of Ghosts 2011-07-08T02:00:19.203Z At night when the heavy day's work was done, the Major would dandle the child on his knee, and sing and coo to him. The Warden of the Plains and Other Stories of Life in the Canadian North-west 2011-07-03T02:00:11.037Z I am also glad you dine with Cartwright and Co., but how you can dandle a nasty, doughy, puffy, bread-and-butter smelling thing called a baby! The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z Diminutives are not confined to nouns, and dandle, scribble, tipple, are examples of diminutive verbs, and greenish, whitish, are diminutives of adjectives. The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde 2011-04-14T02:00:57.977Z So saying, he dandled her a little in his arms. The Squatter and the Don 2011-03-27T02:00:13.400Z She stood at the church-door, surrounded by people of the congregation, who wondered at the boldness with which she took up, in her two hands, a silver-gray, tongue-darting snake, and dandled it. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z He was sitting on deck, dandling his monkey on his knee, when a careless lubber let a pot containing red paint fall from the tops. The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z I could not have dandled even my Bimbo without a grimace. The Life, Letters and Work of Frederic Leighton Volume I 2011-05-22T02:00:16.657Z His stick he dandled now across and now between his knees. The High Heart 2011-03-04T03:00:52.683Z You will never be able to pretend, however much you try, that I'm one of your fairy little women that can be lifted about, and dandled, and sugared with dainty diminutives, will you? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z Prodigality sought for a nurse at her leisure, And consign'd the fair imp to be dandled by pleasure, Hence some have mistaken this child for another, Amusement—no kin, but a mere foster brother. A Season at Harrogate 2011-02-08T03:00:10.763Z She winced, though, to see her mother drop thoughtlessly into the glossy arm-chair presented by her absentee husband, and therein ensconced dandle Lazarus's children. Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z As to bodies, he fondles, caresses, indulges, dandles, fattens and greases them—provided they move at his will.' The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z "Oh, you will let it fall!" cried Betsy as he dandled it clumsily. Napoleon's Young Neighbor 2011-01-24T03:00:18.637Z Seeing Jean Oberl�, whom he had often dandled on his knees, he made a movement of surprise. The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s 2011-01-16T03:00:19.697Z "I saw two mules and a horse in the corral when I came by," he resumed, dandling the whisky bottle on his knee. The Rider of Golden Bar 2011-01-04T03:01:06.347Z You could see without faltering your master's sons, the boys you have dandled on your knee, fall one after the other under the shadow of public suspicion. One of My Sons 2010-12-21T22:55:57.893Z Wilshere is a delicate thing, to be dandled and stroked and made much of, perhaps even quartered in a very small secure dark room, some kind of sealed basement annexe. Barney Ronay: Why we must savour Wilshere 2010-10-08T23:09:00Z Smile for the photographers, if possible dandling his son on his knee, or if no child of his own is available, someone else's. Lance Armstrong could win French hearts while losing Tour de France 2010-07-14T06:01:00Z “But there’s no bridegroom to dandle his bonnet and plume,” laughed Charley. By Birth a Lady He is leaning forward, with his elbows resting on his knees, and dandling his favorite bat, with which he has made thirty or forty runs to-day, in his strong brown hands. Tom Brown at Rugby It was evident that dandling the child in her arms was a joy to her beyond words. Yiddish Tales It consisted in holding the child in her arms with its mouth up, and dandling him up and down gently, and singing in rhythmic motion a certain melody. Maximina For aught I know, however, he may have dandled her on his knees when she was a child. A Top-Floor Idyl Thou happy wretch! by blindness thou art blest; By dotage dandled to perpetual smiles. Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes I have dandled you on my knee many and many a time; I know the very house, yes, the very room, in which you were born. Gabriel Tolliver A Story of Reconstruction It seemed to him that they were the first nurses to dandle his new baby-nature, this nature which Egypt had given to him, and which only to-night he had definitely accepted. Bye-Ways She took it and dandled it in her arms. The Serapion Brethren, Vol. I. Its fragrance will often cheer unconsciously the labourer's heart, as, in the mid-day hour of rest, he sits dandling his child on his knee, or converses with the passing pedlar. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) And Pahul dandled himself with the air of one who is master of logic. Mary Magdalen Why, not the most honourable and cherished of the young Island mothers dandled her child with such pride. An Isle in the Water "No power on earth shall induce me to stand on Waterloo Station platform dandling a white cardboard box," I cried. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, June 9, 1920 She had dandled and crooned over the boys as babies, and, as they had grown up, she had become almost as fond of them as the parents themselves. The Rushton Boys at Rally Hall Or, Great Days in School and Out It had cried with all the strength of its lungs--no carrying about, rocking, dandling, singing to it had been of any avail--it had cried with all its might the whole way to Berlin. The Son of His Mother The man sat down with him, dandling him on his knee as tenderly as any woman; the two little girls took their places one on each side. Shirley A fat purse might be dandled some day, and the well-exercised limbs repose gracefully in a carriage and pair. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) When he took time to dandle his little son a panic would come over him because he remembered that he lived among traitors and had no God he could pray to. The Fifth Queen And How She Came to Court He dandled the Scanlon off-spring on his knee; helped the women with their household tasks; played checkers with the burly brothers. Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas I did notice that some of the crew were prostrated, so that there was some excuse for a landsman not being proof against Neptune's dandling. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland You may see a mother with a mound of cut grass on her head, dandling a little baby in her arms as she moves along. Harper's Young People, September 28, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly It struck me quite ludicrously, at first, to see mother’s listening to the preaching while nursing or dandling their infants. The Cabin on the Prairie "Before I die I'd love to dandle a child of yours upon my knee." The Cuckoo Clock He has no pipe, and he talks kindly to his wife, and dandles his son on his knee. Highways and Byways in Surrey As she entered she saw her guest was a tall gentleman in most irreproachable attire, nervously dandling in his gloved hands a well-brushed high hat. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Custom says she should be fed and clothed, dandled and fondled, her freaks borne with and her graces admired; it awards the same attentions, in a little different degree, to a pet monkey. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I "And he never saw her no more, so he did not!" commented the Cardiff stoker as the pipe travelled from hand to hand to be smelt at, dandled, worshipped by every man in turn. The Dop Doctor He murdered the morning air with odors, his raiment outglowed the rainbow; one hand dandled his staff, the other caressed his mustaches. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel For three days he had dandled a new-born joy, to find it stark upon the fourth…. Anthony Lyveden That mother, whose spirit in fetters is bound, While she dandles the babe in her arms to the sound. Sketch of Handel and Beethoven Two Lectures, Delivered in the Lecture Hall of the Wimbledon Village Club, on Monday Evening, Dec. 14, 1863; and Monday Evening, Jan. 11, 1864 The third she dandled, the fourth she hushed— To honied words we list so fain. The Return of the Dead and Other Ballads I have dandled your sons and daughters, Roberta, and may I live to dandle theirs! The Martian In the mellow October evening Master Vallance sat at his inn door and dandled troubled thoughts. The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel Possibly, as human infants get exercise by dandling on the mother's knee, the baby humming-bird gets his by this parental kneading process. The Foot-path Way An' layin' off her cloak, she took the youngest from the mother's breast, dandling an' chucking it like an honest woman, whereupon it fell a-sudden in a swoon. A Warwickshire Lad The Story of the Boyhood of William Shakespeare Little Clarice, how often have I dandled her on my knee in the years that have gone by! A Pessimist In Theory and Practice Dear Heaven, it is now full ten years since the last time I dandled my Clary, as we called her. The Old Man of the Mountain, The Lovecharm and Pietro of Abano Tales from the German of Tieck I suppose I dandle mine on my knee. The Mistress of Shenstone At last Aristide fed him desperately, dandled him eventually to sleep, and returned to an excited pillow. The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol I was not rocked and swaddled and dandled into a legislator. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings “Prithee, Faith, take him on thy lap and cuddle him, and dandle him well, and sing him a song o’ sixpence. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot "Well?" suddenly quavered a woman's voice.—"Okh, thou my dear little sweetheart," 121 said Ant�n to a little girl of two years, whom he was dandling in his arms. A Nobleman's Nest In his right hand he dandled with easy familiarity an exceedingly long-barrelled revolver. Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters Then he turned and showed the dice to Simone, who stared at him in amazed rage, and he spoke very pleasantly and evenly as he dandled the tools of chance. The God of Love The great men and women of earth were not dandled in the lap of luxury. Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel and Selections from his Writings The writer of the following pages was dandled upon the knee of a worthy sire, who had spent eight years of his life in the struggle for Independence, and taught me the name of Col. Reminiscences of the Military Life and Sufferings of Col. Timothy Bigelow, Commander of the Fifteenth Regiment of the Massachusetts Line in the Continental Army, during the War of the Revolution But you have been dandled on the knees of respectability all your little life: what do you know of necessity or hunger? The Justice of the King I knew this coast, young man, before your mother had the dandling of you. The Northern Iron She gave the melon one more ecstatic embrace, and dandled it fondly in her arms for a moment; then she laid it carefully down on the table, while she went for a knife. In Blue Creek Cañon The practice of jolting and dandling the infant after eating is a wrong one. The Physical Life of Woman: Advice to the Maiden, Wife and Mother Thus do I, otherwise sane and consistent realist, materialist, pessimist, cling to my one dream and ideal—take it out, dandle it, nourish and cherish it, with weakly sentimental faithfulness. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance The baby Alianora at once accepted the new element as a perfectly satisfactory grandmamma, and submitted to be dandled and talked nonsense to with pleased equanimity. The White Rose of Langley A Story of the Olden Time He smiled whimsically, and presently one arm swept beneath her knees, so that presently he held her as one dandles a baby; and presently his stiff and yellow beard caressed her burning cheek. Chivalry The General found himself wondering if this was, indeed, his: child, the child he had but the other day held in the crook of his arm and dandled on his knee. Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure He has dandled me on his knee when I was a baby. The Genius Lord Theign, who practically had his back turned and was fairly dandling about in his impatience, tossed out to the terrace the cigarette he had but just lighted. The Outcry It had at any rate been thus put before him that the dandling and dancing of his image occasionally gave way to perfect immobility, when he stopped and kept his eyes on it. The Finer Grain He returned to Hellas, and, after paying his respects to his pretty Greek wife, and dandling the solid, square, bluff, and resolute baby, he reloaded his ship and returned to Albion. The Hot Swamp More than that, he lived to dandle George’s eldest son, Johnny, on his knees, and to dismiss him in favour of his little brother Jonathan when that child made his appearance. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Tell me, were you ever dandled in a mother’s arms? The Gorilla Hunters And if he had a little Harry dandle next Christmas, wouldn't he give him the first spoonful out of the marrow-bone! Gryll Grange I am glad, that I am, boy, to see you, whom I have dandled in my hands many a time, come to sea on the quarter-deck. Ben Burton Born and Bred at Sea I would have told her they didn't know anyone for years had I not been afraid of the girl Jenny, who dandled the infant on her knees and talked to it as if it understood. Short Stories of Various Types Pegleg dandled a pencil, end for end, between his fingers a minute, reflectively studying a knot-hole in the floor that yawned through a corresponding breach in the matting. Under Fire To hint at an infantile frailty's a scandal; Let bygones be bygones, for somebody knows It was bliss such a Baby to dance and to dandle,— Your cheeks were so dimpled, so rosy your toes. The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886 I was not swaddled and rocked and dandled into a legislator," wrote Burke when very near the end of his days: "Nitor in adversum is the motto for a man like me. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Serena, who was only a girl herself, dandled the doll impressively before her bewildered eyes. Young Lucretia and Other Stories Then the six fairies kissed and dandled the princess, bestowing on her for her portion beauty, good temper, good health, talents, long life, and the faculty of doing thoroughly well everything she tried to do. The Fairy Book The Best Popular Stories Selected and Rendered Anew They have dandled the baby on her knee, and supported the little toddler taking his first steps. Rembrandt A Collection Of Fifteen Pictures and a Portrait of the Painter with Introduction and Interpretation But the success of my scheme was now being dandled on the knees of the gods, and at any instant it might fall off to break like an egg. My Friend the Chauffeur Jimmy took the baby in his arms and kissed it without any scruples, and the child's large, black eyes looked into his as if he might be its own father, while he dandled it tenderly. The Entailed Hat Or, Patty Cannon's Times But Joe only dandled it out of her reach, and then the bell rang. Young Lucretia and Other Stories Not even when Germany exports her latest stage novelties to London, and pantomimic platitudes are dandled under colored lights, does the turmoil of martial talk cease. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View She was dandling a sad baby while the sad baby sucked a disk of salami, heavy with spices. Across the Fruited Plain Thirty years come last Shrove Tuesday; I dandled ye on my knee, and eh! but ye were bonny! The Golden Scorpion Once or twice she stole a glance at the woman who had in the olden days dandled her on her knees. Parrot & Co. "Oh, the pretty little sing!" said Joe West then, in an absurdly soft voice, and dandled it up and down. Young Lucretia and Other Stories All the women are dandling babies or trying to cook things on little oil-stoves. My War Experiences in Two Continents Nanking clinched his big fingers around the Indian and dandled him like a baby. Tales of the Chesapeake Christina stood petrified, but the boy laughed and dandled the reptile in glee. The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories Se�or, I dandled her when she was quite little. Romance She had implicit faith in this old friend, who had once dandled her on his knees. The Adventures of Kathlyn "The same good soul that dandled him the day you rode over the mountain," I answered. The Soldier of the Valley The woman dandled her child to and fro, for it moaned painfully, and the pines without made a deep dirge. Tales of the Chesapeake The little child is dandled on the knee, or sported with upon the grass, and the proud mother receives her share of her husband's caresses. Oonomoo the Huron I shall dandle a dozen of your young ones before these arms are withered. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 Flock to the king; dandle the royal babe a while! The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt O my dear child,— I love thee so, I cannot call thee king,— Whom I so oft have dandled in these arms! The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 07 And there was the kindly Jehan, who had dandled him on his knee, long years ago before trouble had cast its blighting shadow over the House of P�rigny. The Grey Cloak The doctors with dandling have now kept the child from his feet till there is doubt whether he have any feet. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 76, February, 1864 I used to dandle you when you were an infant—good gracious, what red hair you had, and—it hasn't changed, not at all! The Honorable Miss A Story of an Old-Fashioned Town This might have gone on indefinitely had not the patient attendant finally dandled his keys and yawned over his watch. A Splendid Hazard Then the second fairy took the child, and dandled him fondly on her knees, and looked long and lovingly into his clear gray eyes. Hero Tales Later in life when one is proud as a man or as a lady it is not right that they ever could have dandled and kissed and fixed them, helpless, just a baby. Matisse Picasso and Gertrude Stein With Two Shorter Stories Doth any live that ever had such hap That all their actions are of none effect, Whom fortune never dandled in her lap But as an abject still doth me reject? Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris "Well," Miss Greeby leaned forward with her elbows on her knees, and dandled the bludgeon with both hands. Red Money The young man in search of an adventure selected the far end of the hall seat and dandled his hat. A Splendid Hazard For he used to nurture me when I was little, and satiated me with many kisses, dandling in his arms Agamemnon's boy, and Leda with him, honoring me no less than the twin-born of Jove. The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. The more complaisant chestnut dandles its sticky knobs. Prose Fancies Reproach us not, mamas?—Discard us not, ye blushing divinities who have, with your sex’s softness, dandled the heir of Applebite in your imaginations!—Wait!—Wait till we have explained! Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, November 20, 1841 Well, Griselda," she continued, addressing the doll, which she dandled in her arms, regarding it with a look of fond admiration, "we don't care, do we, dear? Elsie's children Handsome as no doubt she was, she looked a doll beside the tall Jehane, who could have dandled her comfortably on her knee. The Life and Death of Richard Yea-and-Nay Time was whin he carrid th' wash pitcher down to th' corner f'r a quart iv malt, while she dandled th' baby an' fried th' round steak at th' same time. Mr. Dooley Says In any case, the little domestic scene between the priggish father and the dandling mother is amusing and instructive to parents as well as to etymologists. Lippincott's Magazine, August, 1885 To DOODLE, v. a. to dandle; to fondle. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. He dandles on his knee a little princess, daughter of Amenhotep III., whose foster-father he was, and who died before him. Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt After the return of Pius VII. he witnessed the decapitation of a few neighbouring relatives who had often dandled him on their knees. The Roman Question They regard their offspring as mere playthings to be dandled upon the knee, brought up like calves in the stall, and then turned out to shape their own destiny. The Christian Home He whom I received as an exile at my cottage on the Hudson, she whom at Granada I have dandled on my knee! France in the Nineteenth Century He dandled it upon his finger, hardly looking at the winnings that lay before him. The Mississippi Bubble Molière is kind to his bourgeois, envelops him softly in satire as in cotton-wool, dandles him like a great baby; and Coquelin is without bitterness, stoops to make stupidity heroic, a distinguished stupidity. Plays, Acting and Music A Book Of Theory Loubet himself, dandling his bottles affectionately in his arms, did what he could to pour oil upon the troubled waters. The Downfall Good Nurse G-SCH-N, is she out, That you the babe are dandling? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 27, 1891 There can scarcely be found a richer piece of diversion than Sir Toby's practice in dandling Sir Andrew out of his money, and paying him off with the odd hope of gaining Olivia's hand. Shakespeare: His Life, Art, And Characters, Volume I. With An Historical Sketch Of The Origin And Growth Of The Drama In England He dandled it, he whistled, he sang, he pointed out the interesting attributes of his horse, and promised to direct attention to a rabbit or even a deer in a moment, but nothing availed. Scattergood Baines English statesmen had not only dandled her, they had taught her, walked with her, written to her, and—no doubt—flirted with her. A Great Success A political lie is sometimes born out of a discarded statesman's head, and thence delivered to be nursed and dandled by the mob. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. — Volume 09 Contributions to The Tatler, The Examiner, The Spectator, and The Intelligencer Then they demand to be put to sleep and rocked and dandled and patted on their red backs. Savva and the Life of Man Two plays by Leonid Andreyev Even the hardened criminal, dandled on the knee of a patriarchal Government, will sometimes complain and try to give the Doctor trouble. Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series Courts are but only superficial schools to dandle fools. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 3 I was not," Burke said, in a passage of lofty dignity, "like his Grace of Bedford, swaddled and rocked and dandled into a legislator; Nitor in adversum is the motto for a man like me. Burke They are not dandled joyfully in the arms of the imagination. Essays Æsthetical And if I ever have a son Upon my knee to dandle, I'll feed him with a wooden spoon Of elongated handle. A Collection of College Words and Customs Right glad are we that these foreign pets, who have so long been dandled on the lap of royalty, are at last brought to the test. The Young Captives: A Story of Judah and Babylon Are Mrs. Jewell and Mrs. Abrahams to dandle grandchildren in my face, to gouge out my eyes with them! Children of the Ghetto A Study of a Peculiar People She was dandling on her lap some white object which he had not observed before. Cock Lane and Common-Sense She was a large, heavily-boned woman, enormously covered with flesh, and she dandled across her knees that very unfeminine sceptre, an English cavalryman's sword. A Master of Fortune Being Further Adventures of Captain Kettle Will reason dawn in that glassy stare If I dandle it briskly? Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 146, January 14, 1914 Now who would think this was the little quiet girl I had dandled on my knee, and told her tales of storm and war that made her shudder? The Mother's Recompense, Volume 1 A Sequel to Home Influence Most certain she is like her: Many a time have I dandled her in these arms, Sir, And I hope who will more. Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (2 of 10) - the Humourous Lieutenant I felt like a child dandled in the arms of a sage, allowed to blow upon his watch till it opened, and to pull his beard. The Silent Isle He smiled whimsically, and presently one arm swept beneath her knees, so that presently he held her as one dandles a baby; and presently his stiff and graying beard caressed her burning cheek. Chivalry He is dandled on the knee of indulgence; encircled by attendants, who watch and prevent alike his necessities and wishes; cradled on down; and charmed to sleep by the voice of tenderness and care. The world's great sermons, Volume 03 Massillon to Mason Not to be ministered unto; not to be petted, and dandled, and lifted along and fed all the way, with no burden and no care and no work—not that. The world's great sermons, Volume 08 Talmage to Knox Little She was a girl I had dandled on my knees as a child, the only daughter of an old friend. Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories Or must no one bark at a Minister or General, unless they have been first dandled, like a little French pug-dog, in the lap of a lady of quality? The Spirit of the Age Contemporary Portraits The babies that they dandled have become grown men and women with podgy torments of their own, and the playmates that they laughed with are lying very silent under the waving grass. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow We have been nursed together, scolded together, dandled in the same arms. The Brother of Daphne The old troopers were glad to recognize their ancient officer and dandle the little colonel. Vanity Fair A father who never dandles his child on his knee cannot have a very keen sense of the responsibilities of paternity. In Darkest England and the Way Out He approached Blanche Evers, smiling and dandling his body a little, and making her two or three jocular bows. Confidence At this table sat a man of about forty, with a merry and open countenance, who was dandling a little child on his knees. Les Misérables Grandmamma, bald under her cap, was seated by the stove dandling grandchild, bald under its cap. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 Twice, tired mothers in railway stations had volunteered him their babies to dandle. Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It The golden bribe, which was in turn dandled before the eyes of all, had been always reserved for the most powerful, our friend. Vivian Grey Milton never learned the art of doing little things with grace; he overlooked the milder excellence of suavity and softness: he was a lion, that had no skill "in dandling the kid." Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 In one sit the servants And band of musicians, Most busily playing; The second one groans 140 'Neath a mountainous wet-nurse, Who dandles a baby, A withered old dry-nurse, A motionless body Of ancient retainers. Who Can Be Happy and Free in Russia? I would he were rocked or dandled in your lap; Or I would with this falchion I might give him pap. A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 2 He dandles the child of the forest on his shoulder instead of his children by you in the house. Bride of the Mistletoe Ah, cousin, I remember How I would dandle you upon my knee At lisping-age. Queen Mary and Harold He had carried the child about, dandled and rocked him so often, that he felt he had something to do with his specific weight! The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude Clare dandled the baby gently in his arms, and talked loving nonsense to her. A Rough Shaking One woman, reclining on the cold pavement, dandled a straw, and called it her sweet child; while another hugged a misshapen block of wood to her bared breast, and deemed it her true love. A Love Story What suckling, dandled on the lap, Would tear away its mother's pap? The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes For mother, Horieneke had to wash the dishes, darn the stockings and, when the baby cried, sit for hours rocking it in the cradle or dandling it on her lap, like a little young mother. The Path of Life Shall the women eat their fruit, the children that are dandled in the hands? The World English Bible (WEB): Lamentations "The 'young man'!" laughed Virgilia, dandling a cushion. Under the Skylights By Mother Church, high-fed and haughty dame, The boy was dandled, in his dawn of fame; Listening, she smiled, and blest the flippant tongue On which the fate of unborn tithe-pigs hung. The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore Collected by Himself with Explanatory Notes Newborn, they must be given suck to, rocked in a cradle, and dandled. Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 Dismissing his guards, he lets the elder women dandle his children, while the younger admire his robes. Authors of Greece Hereupon the smaller of the two girls, after a little inefficacious dandling, at once settled the question of maternity by nursing her baby. Passages from the American Notebooks, Volume 2. He is made much of, and coaxed, and dandled and fondled, as if he were a young duke. The Newcomes Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family They do not talk much before clever men, and when they do, their words are humoured and dandled as children’s sayings are. Friends in Council — First Series “My turn to dandle,” he said, with a sly look at his aunt, and convulsed everyone. The History of Mr. Polly He is never himself till he has discovered or invented a hero; and, when he has got him, he tosses and dandles him as a mother her babe. Obiter Dicta He never called me by pet names, nor dandled me on his knee, nor kissed me, nor stroked down my hair and smiled. Erema — My Father's Sin He was dandling a new baby in the air and trying not to step on the penultimate child, who was treating one of his legs as a tree. We Can't Have Everything He is leaning forward, dandling his favourite bat, with which he has made thirty or forty runs to-day. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction Eighty-two, a great age, yet it seems but the other day that I used to sit in this very chair and dandle you upon my knee, and make this repeater strike for you. Dawn This from him—The great dandled and petted Sectarian—to a religious character so equivocal in the world's Eye as that of S.T.C., so foreign to the Kirk's estimate!—Can this man be a Quack? The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 Liberum arbitrium indifferentiae under the name of moral freedom is a charming doll for professors of philosophy to dandle; and we must leave it to those intelligent, honourable and upright gentlemen. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer; On Human Nature Slowly I undressed the duff, dandling it upon my knee, much as a nurse does a baby about bed-time. White Jacket or, the World on a Man-of-War In this tale, the censure which he has elsewhere passed on Milton, that he is a lion who has no skill in dandling the kid, recoils upon himself. Lives of the English Poets From Johnson to Kirke White, Designed as a Continuation of Johnson's Lives No one has time to dandle it, no one thinks it worth while to coax it, to soothe it, to toss it up and down, to humour it. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia It is the lot of all who aspire high—no man or nation ever was dandled into greatness. Lectures and Essays I now recollected that she was no longer a child—no longer the lively little fairy whom I could dandle on my knee and fling upon my shoulder, without a scruple or complaint. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story "I used to delight to pet it and dandle it and play with it." A Tramp Abroad — Volume 04 In any case, only those could believe this who mistake the grotesque for the genial, and the formless for the sublime—is not that so, you dandling favourite of the Graces? Thoughts out of Season Part I They had hard work to bring him up, he was always ill, always dandled on the knees and always gentle and sweet. The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters The little old man appeared to consider, standing a moment dandling his silk hat. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" He will tell you to this day how he was wont to dandle her on his knee. Half a Rogue Daily life was regulated on scientific principles; the daily papers had their "Scientific Jottings"; nurses passed examinations in hygienic science, and babies were fed and dandled according to the new psychology. The Descent of Man and Other Stories He seems merely to dandle his load; this is indeed an advantage. Thoughts out of Season Part I Directly she saw Mavis, Mrs Bale hurried to the bedside and seized the baby, to dandle it in her arms, the while she made a clucking noise not unlike the cackling of a hen. Sparrows: the story of an unprotected girl Then, while he skipped about in the background, attending to the wines and beers, she convoyed the guest to the very luxurious bedroom where head-nurse Keziah dandled the youngest of the Breen children. Sisters He dandled even the youngest, whom he had not seen since its birth, with visible pleasure. Australia Felix Then, when children will be born to you, I will come to you and dandle them. Mother But I have dandled Madame as a child on my knee, and her wish is law; wherever her fortunes lead, I must follow. The Puppet Crown The proprietor, a man of fifty-five, used to dandle me on his knee. Women in the Life of Balzac "Our venerable caller relates with pride that George Wash—no, Ptolemy the Great—once dandled him on his knee at his father's house." Sixes and Sevens Behind the urn Mrs. Henry, in be-ribboned cap and morning wrapper, dandled her infant; while Henry, in oriental gown and Turkish fez, had laid his newspaper by to ride his young son on his foot. Australia Felix Ah, it does an old woman credit to have dandled thee! Cleopatra For happy and warm were he an' his, And he dandled his kids upon his knee To the song of the sea. Love-Songs of Childhood Mademoiselle Bourienne, too, seemed passionately fond of the boy, and Princess Mary often deprived herself to give her friend the pleasure of dandling the little angel—as she called her nephew—and playing with him. War and Peace I was not rocked, and swaddled, and dandled into a legislator. Character She, bless her, should dandle and cosset them to her heart's content. Australia Felix O happy I, who dandled thee and gave my flesh and blood to save thee! Cleopatra These, if spoken in the presence of Lord Castlewood, tickled and amused his humor; he would pretend to love Frank best, and dandle and kiss him, and roar with laughter at Beatrix's jealousy. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne When Nicholas and his wife came to look for Pierre he was in the nursery holding his baby son, who was again awake, on his huge right palm and dandling him. War and Peace The dignified and stern headmaster was actually seen to dandle infants and to caracole upon the hearthrug on all fours. Eminent Victorians If I was only a mother, and had a little Reginald to dandle on my knee and gloat upon, till he spent his money, and came back to me. A Simpleton Then he took his darling child, kissed him, and dandled him in his arms, praying over him the while to Jove and to all the gods. The Iliad She that dandled ye when ye woz a baby,—a little baby! Drift from Two Shores They openly allege that they have dandled us on their knees at recent periods; washed and dressed us, and would do so still. By Shore and Sedge He had known her since childhood almost; as a girl he dandled her on his knee at the "Kidneys;" as a woman he had adored her—his heart was melted. Men's Wives I will dandle thy son as a mother may; And his lips shall lie where my own Son's lay. Many Voices The priest comes along dandling his charge as if it were a lachrymose infant he was endeavouring to put into a good humour. Typee It slides on the ground; the silly little wheels that so detract from the genial bestiality of its appearance dandle and bump behind it. War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war Against her will! good king, look to 't in time; She'll hamper thee and dandle thee like a baby. King Henry VI, Part 2 As he dandled these treasures before Theresa the hot room seemed to heave and sway with laughter. In a German Pension And this," said he, dandling my hands up and down in his, as he puffed at his pipe,—"and this is the gentleman what I made! Great Expectations I could have told her that they know no one for years had I not been in terror of Irene, who dandled the child on her knees and talked to it all the way. The Little White Bird; or, Adventures in Kensington gardens He amused himself by releasing the waving volume of her hair, by dandling her on his knee; there was something of madness in these expressions of his love. Vendetta
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