babies in the eyes

Meaning: (idiomatic,archaic)Theminutereflectionwhich oneseesof oneself in theeyesof another.1634(first performance),Thomas Heywood,Loves Maistresse: Or, The Queens Masque.[…], London:[…]Robert Raworth, for Iohn Crowch; and are to bee sold by Iasper Emery,[…], published1636,→OCLC,Act I:Shee clung about his necke, gave him ten kiſſes, / Toy'd vvith his locks, look'dbabies in his eyes,[…]1821January 8, [Walter Scott],Kenilworth; a Romance.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh:[…]Archibald Constable and Co.; andJohn Ballantyne,[…]; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.,→OCLC:"Nay, my lord, you must give me leave to conclude my picture.--Sussex governs England--the Queen's health fails--the succession is to be settled--a road is opened to ambition more splendid than ambition ever dreamed of. You hear all this as you sit by the hob, under the shade of your hall-chimney. You then begin to think what hopes you have fallen from, and what insignificance you have embraced; and all that you might lookbabies in the eyesof your fair wife oftener than once a fortnight."

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