evening of life
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As time goes by, Teresa can even see herself entering the evening of life a "surgeon in a great clinic," and the inventor of "an important medicine."
From Time Magazine Archive
Last stop, the Riviera: clear sunlight, indolent and pagan bathers, the evening of life.
From Time Magazine Archive
Build up loving ties, appreciation and worth-while riches of good deeds, and in your evening of life you will be welcome in the midst of the group.
From Evening Round Up More Good Stuff Like Pep by Hunter, William Crosbie
When comes the evening of life, I shall stand before Thee with empty hands, because I do not ask Thee, my God, to take account of my works.
From The Story of a Soul (L'Histoire d'une Âme): The Autobiography of St. Thérèse of Lisieux With Additional Writings and Sayings of St. Thérèse by Taylor, Thomas N. (Thomas Nimmo)
To such an one, gloomily indeed does the evening of life set in!
From A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity. by Wilberforce, William
