Grocott & Ward, comps. Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed. 189-?.

Ancient

The Ancient of Days.
Daniel.—Chap. vii. Ver 9. (The Deity.)

The Ancients of his people.
Isaiah.—Chap. iii. Ver. 14; Jeremiah, Chap. xix. Ver. 1.

My Ancient.
Shakespeare.—Othello, Act I. Scene 3. (The Moor to the Duke.)