The parson, I am told, has been for some time meditating a commentary on Strutt, Brand, and Douce, in which he means to detect them in sundry dangerous errors in respect to popular games and superstitions; a work to which the Squire looks forward with great interest.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
We give an illustration of the first four characters and one of the dancers, from a drawing by Douce, produced from a tracing made by Grose.
"England in the Days of Old"
William Andrews
The old man was a Douce, quiet body, but the old woman was lightsome and flighty, and some of the neighbours were wont to look at her askance, and whisper to each other that they sorely feared that she was a Witch.
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson