To daunton me, to daunton me, And auld man shall neverdaunton me.
His gear may buy him kye and yowes, His gear may buy him glens and knowes; But me he shall not buy nor fee, For an auld man shall never daunton me.
To Daunton Me The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw, The simmer lilies bloom in snaw, The frost may freeze the deepest sea; But an auld man shall never daunton me.
It was to wait upon our persons, to administer to our wants, and to take care of our culinary comforts, that Joshua Daunton was duly installed.
Joshua Dauntonwas discovered hanging by the neck--dead!
I took it up only at that period when Joshua Daunton first made his application to me to be allowed to enter the Eos.
Joshua Daunton was on his knees before Mr Pigtop, who was in an agony of pain, holding on his upper lip, which was nearly severed from his face, whilst the blood was streaming through his fingers.
Once, as I opened my eyes at the explosion of an oath more loud than usual, methought I saw the sudden and white-complexioned face of Joshua Dauntonhanging closely over mine.
The fruits of which affection Daunton is, no doubt, now reaping.
Nor did Daunton succeed in his plans of extorting money--but his scheme was infinitely more deep and more hellish.
The words that Daunton had spoken at the gangway, and the strange interest that I had taken in his behalf, gave rise to suspicions that I felt to be degrading.
It proved two things: first, that Joshua Daunton had not yet carried his machinations in the quarter from which arose the supplies; and, secondly, that I should now have considerable funds wherewith to prosecute my researches.
He was for the summary process of going before a magistrate next morning, and taking out a warrant to apprehend Joshua Daunton on the capital charge for which he was pursued in London, and thus, at one blow, wind up the affair.
The two following old stanzas to this tune have some merit: "To daunton me, to daunton me, O ken ye what it is that'll daunton me?
The blude red rose at Yule may blaw, The simmer lilies bloom in snaw, The frost may freeze the deepest sea; But an auld man shall never daunton me.
To daunton me, and me so young, Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue.
That is the thing you ne'er shall see; For an auld man shall never daunton me.
The Jacobite strain of "To daunton me," must have been in the mind of the poet when he wrote this pithy lyric for the Museum.
I do not care how much he says of me, but I cannot bear to hear him accuse dear Mr. Daunton of not teaching me properly.
What I dislike most is, that he says so often, 'What did Mr. Daunton teach you?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "daunton" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
