autumn of life
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In his clear, bright eye, his ruddy cheek and benign expression, appeared intelligence, health and goodness, all the beauty of a green old age, all the charm of the fully ripened autumn of life.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 5 November 1848 by Various
Women, too, had their successes in the autumn of life.
From The Man Who Laughs by Victor Hugo
The past, with its dark shadows, sank into oblivion, and to the man who was already approaching the autumn of life sounded joyously the message that every blossom was repeating: Spring is here!
From 'Clear the Track' A Story of To-day by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)
This has been a foretaste of the autumn of life, and it has been very peaceful.
From We Two, a novel by Edna Lyall
Oh, why are we not as lovely in our autumn of life as nature is in hers?
From Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl Sister of that "Idle Fellow." by Jenny Wren
