Doll did not know that he was quoting Shakespeare, but he did know by long experience that this sentence could be relied on as suitable to the occasion, or to any occasion that looked a little "doddery," and finished up all right.
"Red Pottage"
Mary Cholmondeley
The commandant was a tall, doddery, antediluvian Prussian colonel, with long grey moustaches, the very image of the Monkey Brand advertisement, only perhaps not quite so good looking.
"'Brother Bosch', an Airman's Escape from Germany"
Gerald Featherstone Knight
Well, every man must follow his own bent, Even though some woman's wried to let him do it: So, I must bide within this whitewashed gaol, For ever scrubbing flagstones, and washing dishes, And darning hose, and making meals for men, Half-suffocated by the stink of sheep, Till you find a lass to your mind; and set me free To take the road again-if I'm not too doddery For gallivanting; as most folk are by the time They've done their duty by others.
"Krindlesyke"
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson