| 单词 | decrepitude |
| 例句 | Even in her later years, when she could no longer get out of bed, it seemed that she was simply defeated by decrepitude, but no one discovered that she was blind. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Almost pulverized at that time by the decrepitude of death, Prudencio Aguilar would come twice a day to chat with him. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It was then that it occurred to her that her clumsiness was not the first victory of decrepitude and darkness but a sentence passed by time. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Other than these small businesses, there are more shingled houses, the same shape and size and in the same state of mild decrepitude, painted mint, or lilac, or powder blue. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z The Homestead’s rural-cosmopolitan mash-up inevitably produces some contrasts, such as the one between the manicured luxury of the hotel and the weathered decrepitude of the Jefferson Pools. ‘Taking the waters’ at the regal, glamorous Homestead Resort Entire industries exist to combat this side-effect of middle age, marketing to frets over decreased virility and sex appeal, lost youth and the inevitability of decrepitude. "Stranger Things 3" gives us a meaner Hopper, and we're not loving it 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z In the service of the first, Phelps amplifies minor plot points and passing comments in the book and casts Poirot as past his prime, fearful of decrepitude and insignificance. Review: In Amazon’s ‘ABC Murders,’ John Malkovich Is a Sad Poirot 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z Some might recoil at the apparent decrepitude of the space, but in Derian's eyes - and ours - he was preserving its tattered poetry, allowing the ghosts of history a place at his often crowded dinner table. | Editor's Letter 2012-10-05T20:30:13Z My mother was 40 when I was born, creaking with antiquity by 1964 standards, and she used her advanced decrepitude as a kind of get-out-of-everything-free card. 10 reasons to be excited about sex as you get older 2014-07-27T04:00:00Z But “Viva la Libertà” amounts to a rather uninspiring satire at this point for a country frustrated by political decrepitude. ‘Viva la Libertà,’ a Comedy Starring Toni Servillo 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z The “Irish” films benefit both from a lighter touch and from location shooting in Melbourne, whose funkiness and edge of decrepitude help to supply the undercurrent of nostalgia and egalitarianism essential to satisfying noir. Watch List: Hero on the Page Moves Doggedly to the Screen 2013-07-21T22:08:20Z Few remain, but one, Greenwood Gardens, has been lifted from decades of decay and decrepitude to live a second life as a public park and cultural center. Greenwood Gardens in Short Hills, N.J. 2013-04-25T20:46:49Z It is, Ms. Hawn continued, a “word that had so many connotations of old age and decrepitude.” Noticed: Who Are You Calling Grandma? 2011-05-11T19:24:36Z No other character, no other show, better encapsulates the moral decrepitude of white, male middle management. The fall of Ricky Gervais: How did the once-brilliant star of “The Office” end up here? 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z The day of the attack was to be Catherine Karp’s 30th birthday, with classical connotations of imminent decrepitude. This Life: A Day to Dance or Weep? 2010-09-03T20:42:00Z Was all he had to look forward to now decline, decrepitude and death? Age against the machine: the secret to enjoying a long life 2019-01-03T05:00:00Z Even so, I am aware of its unparalleled war-torn decrepitude: almost every structure is pockmarked by bullets and many homes are on their sides, falling in on themselves. Nuruddin Farah: Windows on the World 2011-07-09T23:05:47Z Banderas is playing a character rather older than he is: a troubled film-maker — older, fragile and in fact on the verge of utter decrepitude. Sorry they missed you, Tarantino – but Cannes was right to celebrate Parasite 2019-05-25T04:00:00Z It’s an eerie, unsettling image — the glorious Radio City fallen into decrepitude! | 'Zarkana': Radio City Is Transformed Into a Cirque Tent 2011-06-30T02:01:16Z In slightly tawdry surroundings, the show found its milieu; “Little Shop” excelled in an atmosphere of decrepitude. After 36 years, ‘Little Shop,’ a ‘close to perfect’ musical, comes to the Kennedy Center 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z You look at the decrepitude of the very old and ill, and at least I'll be spared years of that. Iain Banks: the final interview 2013-06-15T07:07:55Z We are meant to understand that the hollow self-regard of the performative life is no preparation for the drama of creeping decrepitude. Is Theater Ridiculous? Movies, TV and Books Seem to Think So 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z Martin Amis recently abandoned London for Brooklyn, and now he's published a satire of Britain's moral decrepitude subtitled "State of England." 'Lionel Asbo': from brothel to brawl and back in dystopian England 2012-09-13T20:25:05Z When they have dragged themselves unhappily into consciousness, and the thirst for that first drink begins, they assemble into a grotesque tableau of human decrepitude. Review: ‘The Iceman Cometh’ Revived, With Nathan Lane and Brian Dennehy 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z The grand house they share, inherited from Chela’s parents, shows signs of decrepitude. ‘The Heiresses’ Review: A Surprising Drama of Status and Sexuality 2019-01-15T05:00:00Z Her solution to anxiety about signs of decrepitude and looming mortality is to go overboard and buy an adjustable bed, railings for the bathtub and a large-button telephone. Movie Review: ?Late Bloomers,? With William Hurt and Isabella Rossellini 2012-04-12T21:52:54Z “Trailer Park: Welcome to Myrtle Manor,” set in Myrtle Beach, S.C., is even more artificial in its celebration of Southern decrepitude. Critic’s Notebook: ‘The Price of Gold’ Revisits the Harding-Kerrigan Story 2014-01-15T22:56:24Z Tennessee Williams has, it's true, clobbered her with too many signs of decrepitude. Let the Right One In; The Amen Corner; Sweet Bird of Youth – review 2013-06-15T23:05:22Z Even in her decrepitude, sapped by a stroke and the rodentoid cancer inside her, Bette Davis knew how to fill a room with her majestic arrogance.” Remembering the Rememberer: 10 Great Obituaries Written by Richard Corliss 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z It shares the jaunty decrepitude “Justified” also loved, a passion for seediness and a comfort with severe violence. Need a New Crime Drama? Visit This Colorful Nail Salon 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z These days, of course, decrepitude reigns where was once a worldly entrepôt. The Rangoon of The Glass Palace 2010-08-26T08:35:00Z “Don’t you think it should cost less to be alive?” he bursts out at one point, seemingly at random, as if the decrepitude around him has stirred much larger anxieties. ‘The Humans’ Review: Reasons (Not) to Be Cheerful 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z When Ms. Anderson stares into her makeup mirror — the solar center of Jan Versweyveld’s mutable set — her face, as replicated on a giant screen, ages into crumbly decrepitude. Review: ‘All About Eve’ Gets the Vampire Treatment from Ivo van Hove 2019-02-13T05:00:00Z Nor do you have to be a man, though Letts now seems to be our leading contender for bard of male moral decrepitude. Review: Tracy Letts Brings Out the Long Knives in Short Plays 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z In the past year, Bishop’s attitude toward suicide had shifted as she looked ahead to old age and increasing “decrepitude.” Elizabeth and Alice 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Outsiders, even close friends, weren’t allowed in to witness the decrepitude. ‘The Yellow House’ Is a Major Memoir About a Large Family and Its Beloved Home 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z The more hallowed the building in the architectural history books, the greater its decrepitude. Moscow's architectural heritage is crumbling under capitalism 2010-08-10T13:50:00Z In a way, “Three Tall Women” — a comedy about decrepitude or a tragedy about survival, depending on how you look at it — is “Queen Lear” in a fun house mirror. Review: Glenda Jackson Gets Her Queen Lear Moment in ‘Three Tall Women’ 2018-03-29T04:00:00Z Many famous defendants have aimed for respectability, maturity, wide-eyed innocence or even pitiful decrepitude on their days in court. Perspective | At trial, Gwyneth Paltrow is dressing for where she’d rather be 2023-03-25T04:00:00Z But the old ways are passing, symbolized by the physical decrepitude of Al, whom McShane plays magisterially as a lion in very late December. Review: In One Last ‘Deadwood,’ the Future Prevails and the Past Endures 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z Ranging from sturdy middle age to elfin decrepitude, the monks spend their days tending bees, growing food and praying. | 'Of Gods and Men': Between Heaven and Earth 2011-02-24T22:55:48Z Exploring the warren of octagonal rooms today, it is hard to imagine the building's former decrepitude. Hadlow Tower: the UK's tallest folly reborn as a rentable holiday home 2013-04-18T11:06:44Z Several acoustic guitars lean against the walls in varying states of decrepitude and a small portrait of Snoopy looks on. Bombay Bicycle Club unveil new album 2013-11-08T07:45:51Z The young poets emerging at the same time were, in their own way, also in revolt against the decrepitude of Victorian Britain. Edward Thomas, Robert Frost and the road to war 2011-07-29T21:57:01Z A favorite topic nowadays is aging and impending decrepitude, a touchy subject no singer-songwriter of his generation has addressed as honestly — and as hilariously. Review: Loudon Wainwright III Offers Tart Folk-Song Sentiments at Appel Room 2016-01-24T05:00:00Z Subtitled "State of England", and published soon after Amis's departure for America, decrying the country's "moral decrepitude", it is a full-on indictment of a debased culture. Lionel Asbo by Martin Amis – review 2012-06-08T21:55:05Z As Brown recalled, “Dave takes a long look around the room, leans into me and says, ‘I have to tell you something, Earl: The indignities of decrepitude are boundless.’ David Milch Still Has Stories to Tell 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z I think I used the phrase ‘glamorous decrepitude’ at one point.” Casinos aren’t the future 2012-06-02T16:00:00Z I’d read this story when I was young myself, along with other similar tales of postponed decrepitude such as “The Picture of Dorian Gray.” How I Came Out as Gray 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z Even when they reconcile at the end, it’s in a peculiar sex game in which Megan gets on her knees, cleans the floor and mocks the 40-year-old men for his decrepitude. Mad Men?s Return: Surprise! 2012-03-26T13:11:14Z Her somewhat sad and depressive life is rendered with fine touches, the decrepitude of the home standing in for her current condition. Review | ‘The 22 Murders of Madison May’ is a thrilling ride in every dimension 2021-07-16T04:00:00Z Mr. Bradlee, who was allergic to cats, was horrified by the house’s deep feline funk and its decrepitude, as were their friends. G’night Forever, Little Edie! Grey Gardens Is Empty at Last. 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z His routine was solid weeks ago, and it was downright dazzling in the finals, despite his physical decrepitude. 'Dancing With Stars' Watch: The Finale — Part 1 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z As opposed to moral ambitiousness — a crucial tenet of Rand’s philosophy — you become a walking practitioner of moral laziness and decrepitude. Jamaican, gay and Ayn Rand made it OK: My amazing “Atlas Shrugged” love story 2014-04-25T23:00:00Z Now there’s “Welfare,” a debut novel by Canadian writer Steve Anwyll that similarly eschews the bravado of literary fiction from major publishing houses, chronicling a teenage protagonist’s descent into state-sponsored decrepitude. Review | ‘Welfare’ offers a sly critique of public assistance — and capitalism 2019-01-02T05:00:00Z He has one year left in his term to right the ship before cementing a legacy as the governor who sailed the system into decrepitude. WA's ferry system is broken, and Gov. Inslee must right the ship | Editorial 2023-11-10T05:00:00Z Eventually, though, the canals were filled in, the amusement attractions waxed and waned, the housing fell into decrepitude or got plowed under for bigger and better. Real estate, transit, oil — how early L.A. built fortunes and bred scoundrels 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z Even for classic car enthusiasts, there’s a point of extreme decrepitude that precludes restoration but ignites reimagination. The fabulously creative (and personal) mailboxes of Bainbridge Island 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z For years, the levee running along the Pajaro River had been neglected despite concerns about its decrepitude. In the wake of winter storm damage, Pajaro River flood-control efforts slide 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z Here and throughout his work, contradictions between vitality and decrepitude, nature and artifice, beauty and the grotesque don’t resolve in neutralizing harmony, but instead thrum on with generative friction. Melted action figures, mushrooms, rotting French fries: Inside Max Hooper Schneider's 'feral' art 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z Not many contemporary actors could summon to the stage Gardner’s radiance and decrepitude simultaneously. Review: In 'Ava,' Elizabeth McGovern casts a spell at Geffen Playhouse as a classic Hollywood femme fatale 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z People bought there, people built there, and when the real estate company folded, the sign that was meant to stand for 18 months soldiered on into decrepitude for years. The Hollywood sign debuted 100 years ago in 1923, the year of L.A.'s 'Big Bang' 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z Of course, as an analogy for our present moment — or our “empire of dirt,” to quote the Nine Inch Nails frontman, Trent Reznor — mud isn’t subtle: The world is in a state of decrepitude. How Did Mud Get Everywhere? 2022-11-21T05:00:00Z Russia’s decrepitude has been proved to the world so swiftly that comprehension lags behind. Opinion | Why a negotiated peace with Putin is the safest way out 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z On Tuesday, one of the main buildings on the property was demolished, after a devastating fire delivered the killing blow following decades of decrepitude and abandonment. Catskills hotel that inspired ‘Dirty Dancing’ suffers devastating fire 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The area was once a bustling shipping port and became a cruising hot spot only after it had fallen into decrepitude. Resurrecting the Forgotten Art of the AIDS Era 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z That has prompted concerns about what legal scholar David J. Garrow labeled “mental decrepitude” on the court. Column: Why we need a term limit for the Supreme Court 2022-05-04T04:00:00Z Another important reason for the growing ranks of senior athletes is a shift in the mindset of older Americans, who no longer see aging as a sadly inevitable slide into decline and decrepitude. Meet America's oldest competitive snowboarder. (He's 76.) Just try keeping up 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z This is indicated in the article by what Mr. Will perceived to be “untreatable distress” and “mental decrepitude.” Opinion | Medical aid in dying is really a discussion about disabilities 2022-01-30T05:00:00Z As it climbed, it acquired several of the hallmarks of what naturalist Richard Carstensen lovingly calls “age and decrepitude,” including delicate plants hanging off its branches. This tree has stood here for 500 years. Will it be sold for $17,500? It seemed to be primarily an example of the Ukrainian navy’s decrepitude, though it’s possible that Ukraine, too, could have been trying to push the boundaries and provoke Russia. Russia-Ukraine Sea Encounter Highlights Jittery Nerves in the Region 2021-12-10T05:00:00Z But it still reflects the decrepitude of a nation where a water main breaks every two minutes, and where nearly half of public roads are in either poor or mediocre condition. In the shadow of its exceptionalism, America fails to invest in the basics You write, “Even if we cling to the illusion of youth, most people my age are striding toward decrepitude and we are all going to end up dead before prejudice against aging is abolished.” Isabel Allende isn't passing the feminist torch — she's sharing it 2021-02-24T05:00:00Z We must be honest and candid about the depths of the decay and decrepitude that we as a nation are dealing with, in the form of Trump and Pence and their allies and movement. Cornel West on Trump, the virus and the future: "Imagine a world that is worth fighting for" 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z But McCarthy didn’t simply leave those conventions, he dedicated his life to exposing their decrepitude. 'I get censored four or five times a year': Paul McCarthy, art's virtuoso of vile 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z It’s no wonder I’ve ended up in a gym that’s mostly a lumpen mass of humanity, a gym that does not simply tolerate debacle and decrepitude but actively celebrates it. Letter of Recommendation: Gyms 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z Once a city reliant on heavy industry, Erie is moving past the stereotype of Rust Belt decrepitude. ‘I Gave the Other Guy a Shot’ 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z If there’s anything people want to ponder less than death, it’s decrepitude. Liz Weston: The 6 biggest retirement mistakes, and 1 defense 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Three years ago, Johnson purchased the First Baptist Church from its congregation - which still worships there - rescuing the building from a decrepitude that seemed all but inevitable. Vermont nonprofit connects community through art and science 2019-09-11T04:00:00Z Two months later, the family exhumed his casket from Woodlawn, allowing a local NBC affiliate, First Coast News, to document the cemetery’s decrepitude and film the removal. ‘Finally home’: A Vietnam vet is buried at Arlington Cemetery after decades in a run-down graveyard 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z If the machine guns and mustard gas of the first world war revealed to Freud the fragility of what had seemed solid, the election of Trump reveals its decrepitude, if not its collapse. Analyse this: what Freud can teach us about Trumpism 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z But there may be a good reason for both, beyond moral decrepitude. Is compassion fatigue inevitable in an age of 24-hour news? 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z One student reads: “Emerging next day from the hotel into the painfully bright sunlight, I started the rocky pilgrimage through Pershing Square to my office in a state of miserable decrepitude.” Many people work hard to avoid the homeless. These volunteers embrace them 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z It is equally clear that Mr. Akhmedov will litigate this case until he wins or the vessel melts into decrepitude. A Russian Oligarch’s $500 Million Yacht Is in the Middle of Britain’s Costliest Divorce 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z I quote him a recent review: “Wolfson makes you feel like we’re all moments away from staggering violence and moral decrepitude … morality is a veil that can drop any second.” Jordan Wolfson: 'This is real abuse – not a simulation' 2018-05-03T04:00:00Z Cynics said its decrepitude mirrored Rome's own state of disrepair in recent years. New life for Rome's 'baldy' Christmas tree 2018-01-06T05:00:00Z Well, there's the obvious moral decrepitude of roaming the earth in mink and stilettos while your countryfolk starve. Why we love to hate despots' wives 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z The class laughs, and Johnson marches on as Ocegueda repeats “decrepitude” several times. Many people work hard to avoid the homeless. These volunteers embrace them 2018-06-07T04:00:00Z What difference does age make apart from general decrepitude and slowness and lack of energy? Philip Pullman: ‘My daemon is a raven, a bird that steals things’ 2017-10-22T04:00:00Z That fall can be a gateway to incapacity and decrepitude: about 40% of these fallers will end up in a nursing home; 20% may never walk again. ‘Words are the best weapons with which to come to terms with ageing’ 2017-08-13T04:00:00Z The image lingered: not the external menace of the immigrant, but the internal decrepitude of the food bank, the homeless huddling around the depot. How Jeremy Corbyn Moved Past the Politics of 2016 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Nearly 20 percent of the Keystone State’s bridges achieved that level of decrepitude. More than 55,000 U.S. bridges are in need of repair or replacement 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z So best not to take the decrepitude too seriously. The Rolling Stones' new blues album is an amplified death wheeze. And it rules 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z A lot of boats, in various states of decrepitude. The man who created a tiny country he can no longer enter - BBC News 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z Behind them, the North Korean town of Namyang slumbered in decrepitude. For South Koreans, a Long Detour to Their Holy Mountain 2016-09-26T04:00:00Z Unlike “Sunday Morning,” however, “Not Enough Whiskey” is far from celebratory in its decrepitude. Kiefer Sutherland touring to support music album ‘Down in a Hole’ 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z Other potential buyers perceived the institutional decrepitude as a drawback. What Happened When Venture Capitalists Took Over the Golden State Warriors 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z In a recent Netflix documentary, Rolling Stones guitarist and Waters devotee Keith Richards visits the house and, climbing its steps, is astonished at the decrepitude. Sites that shaped Chicago's sound: from Louis Armstrong's spots to Kanye's crib 2016-03-01T05:00:00Z Indeed, despite its apparent decrepitude, Slough is a remarkably successful place. Come, friendly firms 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z Sierra Gorda itself looks like it is heading toward a similar decrepitude, despite huge copper mines carved into the hills around it. In a hole 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z An aura of decrepitude shrouds the entire country. Light at the end of a long, dark tunnel 2015-12-03T05:00:00Z Her decrepitude was sad to see, and infuriated her. How much did Ian McKellen want to make 'Mr. Holmes'? Enough to learn to work with bees 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z Yet even with most rooms in a state of abandonment and decrepitude, Gould remains one the city’s splendors. An Opulent Bronx Library in Decay, and in Search of a Purpose 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z IT IS hard to exaggerate the decrepitude of infrastructure in much of the rich world. Building works 2015-08-27T04:00:00Z Most likely, it is a bit of both, with muscle strength being a good marker of “real” ageing—in other words, of generalised biochemical decrepitude—which correlates only imperfectly with someone’s calendar age. Getting a grip 2015-05-13T04:00:00Z Their best hope for survival was to parade their decrepitude and hope speculators would bet on their imminent demise. Risky Moves in the Game of Life Insurance 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z When depressed U.S. cities are talked about in the media, the explanation for their decrepitude is nearly always described through the prism of a departed industry, a natural disaster, or overseas competition. Google In Booming New York Shows Why General Motors In Dying Detroit Drives Its Decline 2015-02-08T05:00:00Z Its membership then barely reached 300 and the entire balcony was cordoned off in decrepitude. A Shift in Demographics at a Church in Harlem 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z And each year, older players forget who they are and fall into depressions at their injury-driven decrepitude. Reactions to Adrian Peterson Case Ignore Brutality on N.F.L. Fields 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z All indications are that today we also live at an interface or border in time, a transition between a period of stellar and planetary youth and one of encroaching decrepitude. Is Earth’s Life Unique in the Universe? 2014-08-04T04:00:00Z Life, it seems, is just a voyage into decrepitude. Lest we forget, aging has its downside 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z Horvath acknowledges that it will take more work to find out whether epigenetic age predicts the onset of disease and decrepitude better than a calendar does. Biomarkers and ageing: The clock-watcher 2014-04-09T17:20:26.613Z Here, from that Instagram account, are a series of images of Russian troops and their equipment that show a force emerging from a long period of decrepitude. Reporter's Notebook: Reporter’s Instagram Catalogs New Russian Weaponry 2014-04-02T17:40:16Z Now, shopkeepers sit on the empty streets, in the shade of the bazaar’s elegant decrepitude, to sip tea and trade tales of anguish. Pakistan's Terror Capital: Inside Peshawar, a City Under Siege 2013-10-02T10:05:22Z In the Pursuit of Longevity At some point between George Washington and Colonel Sanders, white hair and a cane turned from symbols of elegance to suggestions of decrepitude, and an industry was born. Books: ‘Counterclockwise’ and ‘Up’ - In Pursuit of Longevity 2013-06-03T15:29:48Z They just could not get enough of his decrepitude. Benedict’s Act of Grace 2013-02-15T17:00:00Z Michigan leads the nation in urban poverty, violence and decrepitude. Right-to-work bill: Michigan just gives up 2012-12-10T21:05:00Z For many fruit trees, 75 years is late middle age; 100 is decrepitude. In the Garden: In Tucson, a Search for Fruit the Missionaries Knew 2012-11-21T23:41:36Z His doddering, bumbling L/Cpl Jones was the very epitome of comic decrepitude. Clive Dunn and the art of playing older people 2012-11-08T14:34:20Z What the decrepitude in Queens ignites in the Brentwoods is a wish for an alternate route to their Long Island weekend house, one that is less ugly. City Room: Big City Book Club - Discussing 'Desperate Characters' With Paula Fox 2012-10-10T22:03:36Z “How We All Will Live to Be 100,” by staff editor Katherine Harmon, examines efforts to lead longer, healthier lives by attacking our ancient enemies of illness and decrepitude. How Science Takes Us Past Today s Boundaries 2012-08-15T19:45:00.167Z Maybe average age at first parenthood would creep up once the non-sequenced elders died off and people no longer suffered the decrepitude of advancing age, like the current cohort of healthy 30-year-olds. UGS (Universal Genome Sequencing) in the Mid-21st Century 2012-06-09T18:45:02.963Z Beauty and strength have separated from decrepitude and weakness. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z Corruption and decrepitude marked every feature of Gentile life. The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians 2012-03-20T02:00:11.133Z When the mariners had entered the hut they saw an old man, arrived at the most extreme decrepitude and miserably muffled in rabbit skins. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z The scholastic philosophies became inhuman only in their decrepitude. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z For a long time there had been something vaguely the matter with him, and ever since her mother's death he had sickened visibly, and nothing would rouse him from his pale and cheerless decrepitude. Spiritual Adventures 2012-02-17T03:00:27.070Z The earnings of the Negroes being small, they have but little opportunity to accumulate a surplus for old age and decrepitude. Unfettered A Novel 2012-02-12T03:00:15.143Z They loved to see the pallor on the cheek of youth, while they talked, in solemn tones, of age, decrepitude and lifeless clay. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 11 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Miscellany 2012-02-11T03:03:52.627Z It is precisely because we do consider these old faiths historically, because we fully recognise their early efficiency and vigor, that we can thoroughly realise their decrepitude and dissolution. Satires And Profanities 2012-03-14T02:00:24.637Z This art of forecast naturally attached itself closely to that of medicine; and in its decrepitude still it clung to medicine like a parasite. Science and Medieval Thought The Harveian Oration Delivered Before the Royal College of Physicians, October 18, 1900 2012-02-22T03:00:23.620Z In fact, unless some measures be adopted to revive a taste for this important branch of learning, the next generation will be involved in decrepitude and darkness with respect to typographical antiquities. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 102, October 11, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-02-07T03:00:08.550Z If you saw this old man in the Artat, a fashionable street, you would be struck with his air of decrepitude, feebleness, and poverty. What Shall We Do? 2012-01-29T03:00:11.167Z And everywhere the operatives wore the same appearance of decrepitude. Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z The social and political decrepitude of Italy, where patriotism was unknown, and only selfishness survived of all the motives that rouse men to action, found its representative and exponent in Guicciardini. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" 2011-12-16T03:00:12.320Z It is an antique convention that hurries off old age with decrepitude and care and quavering palsy. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z This deep-rooted antipathy to a country-life is one of the many causes of the decrepitude of Spanish agriculture, among which may be specified the following:— 1.—The custom of absenteeism. Wild Spain (Espa?a agreste) Records of Sport with Rifle, Rod, and Gun, Natural History Exploration 2011-12-05T03:00:38.980Z The internal arrangements, the domestic economy, the whole system of education, everything in connection with Mecklemburg House was in the same state of decrepitude and age--worn-out traditions rather than living things. A Hero of Romance 2011-11-30T03:00:11.457Z They were all broken with decrepitude, and the Condesa de Cotorraso could not help saying: "Only old men seem to be employed." Froth 2011-12-28T03:00:38.123Z To the gentle-hearted, childhood and its defects are no less sacred than age and its decrepitude; withal, much dearer, because full of hope and of promise. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z But in my decrepitude I must make the best of the more effortless relations which I enjoy with nature in my own country. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z I cannot charge my memory with a single anecdote in which the youthful animal endeavours to sustain the old one, by feeding it during its decrepitude. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z They reproached him, when more important topics were exhausted, with the apparent decrepitude of this retainer, whose name was Jules. The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel 2011-11-17T03:00:37.293Z I am now stricken with the decrepitude of age, and know death to be near. Chaitanya's Life And Teachings From his contemporary Begali biography the Chaitanya-charit-amrita 2011-11-16T03:00:26.507Z Shalit's decrepitude, officials said, was due to depression from his five years of isolation, lack of sunlight and shrapnel wounds from his capture that received only superficial treatment to fend off infection. Bike, radio gave Israeli held in Gaza some reprieve 2011-11-06T13:25:06Z It suggests no more enterprises to the decrepitude of age, which vegetates along, drawing interest merely on the investment of its earlier enterprises. The Letters of William James, Vol. II 2011-11-24T03:00:48.427Z As they passed into the systems of the prisoners they became the cause of disease, decrepitude, and death. Martyria or Andersonville Prison 2011-10-22T02:00:28.563Z The blight of the Ottoman was everywhere; there was dirt, decrepitude, and decay in every corner. Caught by the Turks 2011-09-09T02:01:01.073Z But old as he was there were no signs of decrepitude. The Coming of the King 2011-08-13T02:00:24.197Z The decrepitude of Spain and the arrogant self-will of Austria were displaying themselves more conspicuously than ever. William the Third 2011-07-31T02:00:12.077Z The picture is not good as a picture, but striking from the evident truth of the expression—uniting the last lingering gleam of thought with the withered, wrinkled, and almost ghastly decrepitude of extreme age. Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad with Tales and Miscellanies Now First Collected Vol. II (of 3) 2011-07-24T02:00:08.803Z Ph�dra, by the terrible blow that had fallen upon her, was crushed into premature age and decrepitude. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z He associated it with age, and age with decrepitude. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z Nowadays we are inclined to regard Don Juan as a kind of dupe, the plaything of woman from puberty to decrepitude. The English Stage Being an Account of the Victorian Drama 2011-07-04T02:00:21.750Z They, and two others far advanced in decrepitude, are the sole inhabitants of this portion of the island. In the Andamans and Nicobars The Narrative of a Cruise in the Schooner "Terrapin" 2011-06-30T02:00:24.487Z He seemed an image of decrepitude, a symbol of approaching death. All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z The yard itself was no longer strewn with tin cans and bits of paper, nor did the gate hang half-hinged in slovenly decrepitude. The Turn of the Tide The Story of How Margaret Solved Her Problem 2011-06-14T02:00:18.357Z This will prevent the hardening of the cellular tissues which produces the decrepitude of old age, and help to bless and lengthen human life. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z Lawmakers gave Fisk, Crawford, and their ilk a Clean Air Act pass based on the expectation that the old plants would soon close anyway because of decrepitude and inefficiency. The Price of Clean Air 2011-06-02T21:00:06Z The Italian literature thus burst into birth and into maturity; while it is remarkable of the other languages of Europe, that after their first efforts they fell into decrepitude. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z Let him who smiles at my inquietude, Who never trembled at a fear like mine, Know that in their decrepitude's despite These seven old hideous monsters had the mien Of beings immortal. The Poems and Prose Poems of Charles Baudelaire with an Introductory Preface by James Huneker 2011-06-01T02:00:22.477Z Sports journalists, therefore, become experts at maintaining cooperation with organizations, even when they could be writing hard-hitting stories about their decrepitude. FIFA President Plagued by Allegations of Scandal 2011-05-29T14:00:00Z And they say their fermentation in countless numbers produces a poison which creates irritation, the decrepitude of age and finally death. The Universe a Vast Electric Organism 2011-06-09T02:00:22.450Z At the sight of MacGregor’s decrepitude, as, stiff and tottering, he made his way to his meal, Joey and Tammy strove vainly to conceal the wolfish grins that appeared on their ugly faces. The Snow-Burner 2011-05-17T02:00:21.527Z At the same time, the universal decrepitude prevented the despiser of his own people from conceiving a decided preference for some other country. Prophets of Dissent : Essays on Maeterlinck, Strindberg, Nietzsche and Tolstoy 2011-05-17T02:00:20.900Z The new dynasty thus at first gave the impression rather of decrepitude than of youth, seeming more a continuation of the Carolingian monarchy than a new departure. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 7 "Fox, George" to "France" 2011-05-15T02:00:07.897Z More than eighty years old, and no sign of decrepitude in crowing, fighting and laying eggs! A Speckled Bird 2011-05-06T02:00:09.097Z He is the only one of the Birmingham organizers of the society living today and though one of the oldest of his group, he shows but few signs of decrepitude. Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume I, Alabama Narratives 2011-05-04T02:00:16.830Z Age had forgotten All its decrepitude; sickness, its pains. Joan of Arc A Play in Five Acts 2011-04-14T02:00:57.593Z I had seen him not more than twice or thrice before, for he shrank from exposing his decrepitude to general view. The MS. in a Red Box 2011-04-07T02:00:20.313Z Never did I feel the miseries of my decrepitude as now! Lily Pearl and The Mistress of Rosedale 2011-04-05T02:00:12.720Z With this earliest offspring of the Latin muse, it may be curious to compare a production from her last age of decrepitude. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Without you are as bereft as myself, you must surely have— relations, of whom— choice — and certainly more suitable than one whose age and decrepitude might in pity and compassion sentiment. Luttrell Of Arran Complete 2011-04-01T02:00:31.290Z It was well for him, perhaps, when he presently fell into mental decrepitude, and in vacancy was spared the anguish of remorse. The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 2011-03-22T02:00:18.637Z No disease but decrepitude was known in America till we introduced strong liquors, the source of all evils. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z The rococo sentiment of the faded sketch contrasted strangely with the old lady's dignified decrepitude and poetically softened charm. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Old age and decrepitude are his derision, and he will mock at and laugh you to scorn, and add still more pangs to the hearts of his disconsolate parents. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z We must assume, then, as altogether the most probable view, that the moon has reached this stage of planetary decrepitude, even if she has not become an absolutely dead world. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z And they may believe that medical science will transform human biology and spare us all from decrepitude. It Gets Worse 2011-02-27T02:16:56Z They wrinkle the brow and bring on decrepitude, senility and grey hairs faster than Time himself can possibly whirl bodies graveward. Tom Clark and His Wife Their Double Dreams, And the Curious Things that Befell Them Therein; Being the Rosicrucian's Story 2011-02-25T03:01:12.293Z These remnants of a worn-out monarchy can never forgive the vigorous energy that has dethroned their decrepitude! Harper's New Monthly Magazine No. XVI.?September, 1851?Vol. III. 2011-02-15T03:00:16.383Z How, without the magic resource of books, could she get through the long years of age, when decrepitude might confine her to the chimney-corner? Ghetto Tragedies 2011-01-27T03:00:46.507Z Assuming her to be no older, we yet cannot escape the conviction that her state is that of utter decrepitude. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z The two rooms in which Ellen Neal had established herself were on the second floor of a house that had gone some decades since into a state of senile decrepitude. Why Joan? 2011-01-02T03:00:20.290Z “It looks like the apartment of a great writer, a tremendous literary mind, but there’s a pathos about the decrepitude and poverty and lack of air,” he said. Researchers Start Job of Sorting Out Yiddish Writer's Papers 2010-08-31T17:10:00Z The firm began buying in 2004, focusing on so-called acquisition rehabs — older properties in various stages of decrepitude, often with absentee landlords and teetering finances. Power Player 2010-08-01T00:47:00Z With this newly widowed patient I imagined that only a life of sadness and decrepitude remained, and I felt bad about it. Cases: Old Age, From Youth?s Narrow Prism 2010-03-01T21:58:00Z His body feeble and emaciated, his mind stripped of its distinguishing faculties, he rapidly sunk into decrepitude. Lives of Eminent Zoologists, from Aristotle to Linnæus with Introductory remarks on the Study of Natural History "He who is worn out with decrepitude, though he be free from cough, from asthma, and similar infirmities, "He is not qualified for meditation in whom the activities of the cognitive organs are obstructed. The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha Review of the Different Systems of Hindu Philosophy They wrung our hearts with their sad, patient faces and their decrepitude, and they exasperated us with their indifference to our desires. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise For twenty-two years he lived thus alone, dwelling in waste places, till at last he fell into extreme decrepitude and old age. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race Fortunately I resided in a house which from age and decrepitude, pretty effectually ventilated itself. Forty Years in the Wilderness of Pills and Powders Cogitations and Confessions of an Aged Physician Sicily was another exception from the general decrepitude and ruin of the Roman empire in the latter reigns of the Cæsars. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 368, June 1846 All the five houses of Leppard Street seemed to be untenanted by children, which certainly added a touch to their decrepitude. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Their long, lean, half-clad limbs look like the ghost of poverty, and their slow, cautious movements like decrepitude begging alms. The Speech of Monkeys Again old age and decrepitude fell upon Tuan, but another transformation awaited him. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race But the decrepitude of age is coming upon me, and each morning I leave my bed, with growing fear lest my infirmities will increase until they finally overcome my resolution. The Sword of Damocles A Story of New York Life I should at least like to go no farther in the road of decrepitude, pain, loss of memory, and disfigurement, which are at hand to injure me. Lives of Celebrated Women Death, so far as one can see, strikes at random, killing the man whom he hits, and leaving the man whom he misses to old age and decrepitude. Arabian Wisdom The Park of Palestine had fallen into decrepitude. The Story of Chautauqua The swan plumage falls off, and reveals, not, indeed, the radiant forms of the Danaan divinities, but four withered, snowy-haired, and miserable human beings, shrunken in the decrepitude of their vast old age. Myths & Legends of the Celtic Race They give him sometimes strong soups and capon broths, in which amber and other nourishing things are dissolved, that he may not wholly lose his strength and fall into decrepitude. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 He retained a spirit unconquered by decrepitude of body or reverse of fortune. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia Piety alone makes even the decrepitude of age an object of admiration and of reverence. Black Forest Village Stories The old Amphitheater, which had faithfully served its generation, but had fallen into decrepitude, no longer lifted its forest of wooden pillars over the ravine. The Story of Chautauqua Greece, still young, lingered briefly, then without decrepitude, without decadence, ceased, nationally, to be. Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern But it worked well for the monarchy, which, acquiring fresh vigor from the constant infusion of new blood into its veins, was slow in exhibiting any signs of decrepitude or decay. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Past eighty—why, that was old age, decrepitude presently, loss of memory—some old people had to be told things over and over again. Helen Grant's Schooldays But, despite the old man's apparent decrepitude, he stepped down the steep and rather rickety ladder, at the foot of which lay a dory, with the agility of a youth. The Boy Scouts for Uncle Sam These remnants of a worn-out monarchy can never forgive the vigorous energy that has dethroned their decrepitude. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune I confess I could not dismiss a feeling of uncomfortable suspicion from my mind, and all the reflections I bestowed upon his age and decrepitude were very far from reassuring me. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands In every walk were to be seen the symptoms of premature decrepitude, as the nation clung to the antiquated systems which the march of civilization in other countries had long since effaced. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Nearly the same thing had happened in the decrepitude of paganism. Priests, Women, and Families When the present writer came to Lexington in 1832 the population had remained nearly the same, and an era of decrepitude and decline of all her industries still prevailed. The History of the Medical Department of Transylvania University Does not my white head entitle me to all such luxuries of old age and decrepitude? Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part His age and decrepitude forbade the thought of his having descended the mountain, and so I felt puzzled in no common degree. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands At the beginning of the fifth century of the Christian era China had fallen into a state of decrepitude. Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality This brought the greatest happiness to many of them who were approaching decrepitude. The Crow's Nest For Greek philosophy, what other prospect was there but decrepitude, with its contempt for the present, its attachment to the past, its distrust of man, its reliance on the mysterious—the unknown? History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition I meant to describe that age of decrepitude in which death is every day to be expected, and life cannot continue long. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 The old cur� himself, as he jogs along on his ambling pony, suggests nothing save the figure of age and decrepitude. Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands And yet, strange to say, out of her decrepitude loyalty was born. Aliens I saw an old woman, whose appearance indicated the extremest decrepitude, staggering under a load of meat which I would have hardly thought a quartermaster's mule could carry. History of Morgan's Cavalry Greek intellect was passing into decrepitude, and the moral condition of the European world was in antagonism to scientific progress. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition Truths so stricken in years that they are sinking into decrepitude. Pot-Boilers A dream of woman's purity and innocence; a foolish dream of married happiness between thy youth and my decrepitude; to put an end to such a madness, surely was not wrong! The Scarlet Stigma A Drama in Four Acts I speak not, of course, of the decrepitude of old age and of the decay of the faculties. In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education When sentiment dies out, and mere prosaic calculation of loss and profit takes its place, then comes a Byzantine epoch, a Chinese epoch, decrepitude, and slow decay. Lectures Delivered in America in 1874 They despised the military decrepitude of the superannuated city; her recollections they hated. History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition It stretched out its boughs to the sea and its branches to the river, and it was the ancient trunk that gave signs of decrepitude. The Stones of Venice, Volume III (of 3) Your noble tower must need no help, must be sustained by no crutches, must give place to no suspicion of decrepitude. The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) Epicureanism, not very bad in the beginning, had come to a stage of decrepitude. History of Human Society The old man, who with the old mill had fallen into decrepitude, then came slowly hobbling out, an inquiring look on his kind old face. The Boy from Hollow Hut A Story of the Kentucky Mountains There was no breaking-down of the features, or the least sign of decrepitude, such as we usually note in old men. Whitman A Study Also, because the walls are thick and sturdy, it is well to contrast their strength with weakness; therefore we enjoy the evident decrepitude of this roof as it sinks between them. The Elements of Drawing In Three Letters to Beginners In that ancient town, crumbling into the final stages of decrepitude, she dwelt in heaven. Carmen Ariza From the beginning of its mythology in old Indian legends, and of its philosophy in Ionia, we saw that it passed through phases like those of the individual to its decrepitude and death in Alexandria. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 5, November, 1863 Hence for instances of the complete absence of gradation we must look to man's work, or to his disease and decrepitude. Modern Painters Volume II (of V) How the ages of man should be depicted: that is, infancy, childhood, youth, manhood, old age, decrepitude. Thoughts on Art and Life As he did so, she seated herself upon the hair-cloth stool, pressed a white finger to a discolored key and smiled at the not unexpected result––the squeak of decrepitude. The Strollers And never, she thought, had she seen such physical decrepitude and helplessness. Carmen Ariza Monarchy came to be regarded as only another name for weakness; and civilized order for national decrepitude. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 Other men than the Judge have labored under the same delusion, and found sick rooms and decrepitude necessary to disabuse them. Shoulder-Straps A Novel of New York and the Army, 1862 Finally, having become old, unfit for work, and helpless, he was obliged to go on crutches, being unable to stand upright, and so died, after long illness and decrepitude, in his seventy-eighth year. Six Centuries of Painting Instances of decrepitude and deformity, are rarely known to exist among them: this is probably owing to the manner in which they are tended and nursed in infancy. Chronicles of Border Warfare or, a History of the Settlement by the Whites, of North-Western Virginia, and of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the Indian Wars and Massacres in that section of the State In no other respects, bodily or mental, did he exhibit signs of decrepitude. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index Consequently this "blaze star" of 1866 will bear watching in its decrepitude. Pleasures of the telescope An Illustrated Guide for Amateur Astronomers and a Popular Description of the Chief Wonders of the Heavens for General Readers Their hands and faces appeared to be unacquainted with soap and water, their clothes were tattered, their shoes seemingly in the last stage of decrepitude. The Madcap of the School On the contrary he recognizes that the world has grown old and already shows signs of decrepitude which foreshadow its ultimate destruction. Introduction to the Science of Sociology We have no right to look forward to decrepitude, to failure in zest of living, to lessening of real enjoyment because of coming years. What a Young Woman Ought to Know There was, in fact, no evidence of decrepitude anywhere about him. Heart of the Blue Ridge Stars, like organic beings, have their birth, grow and arrive at maturity, then decline into a state of decrepitude, and finally die out. The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost' In this state of decrepitude she occupied the best position in the house, seemed to be treated with great kindness, and whatever was said by her, was listened to with much attention. Travels in North America, From Modern Writers With Remarks and Observations; Exhibiting a Connected View of the Geography and Present State of that Quarter of the Globe Serbian newspapers without fear of reprimand discuss the decrepitude of the Dual Monarchy and insult her officials, and even "the exalted person of our ruler." The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers The old have reached the extremity of hideous decrepitude. Prisoners of Poverty Abroad Throughout England, nothing is more common than decrepitude, premature old age, and a frightful list of diseases, caused by long continued and excessive muscular exertion. Cotton is King, and Pro-Slavery Arguments Comprising the Writings of Hammond, Harper, Christy, Stringfellow, Hodge, Bledsoe, and Cartrwright on This Important Subject We used to get men in all stages of decrepitude, but I had never seen two who looked so completely under the weather. Tatterdemalion The impressions reflected in William's eyes were increasingly disagreeable ones, as he diagnosed moral, physical, and financial decrepitude. Otherwise Phyllis Of the two, his taxi was far worse—rickety, spavined, with every evidence of decrepitude. Juggernaut We had rather see old age, or decrepitude, pensioned by the government we support, than employed in stations that require high health and activity. A Journal of a Young Man of Massachusetts, 2nd ed. Late A Surgeon On Board An American Privateer, Who Was Captured At Sea By The British, In May, Eighteen Hundred And Thirteen, And Was Confined First, At Melville Island, Halifax, Then At Chatham, In England ... And Last, At Dartmoor Prison. Interspersed With Observations, Anecdotes And Remarks, Tending To Illustrate The Moral And Political Characters Of Three Nations. To Which Is Added, A Correct Engraving Of Dartmoor Prison, Representing The Massacre Of American Prisoners, Written By Himself. This is no new thing, for in all ages the enervation and decrepitude of the bodily frame has been observed to follow a prodigal waste of the mental or corporeal energies. Buchanan's Journal of Man, September 1887 Volume 1, Number 8 It is chiefly in very uncivilized nations and also in nations in their decrepitude, and during periods of anarchy, and in despotisms, that personal security stands higher than any other. Principles Of Political Economy There is the progress that moves away from infancy towards youth, towards maturity, towards age and decrepitude. A Handful of Stars Texts That Have Moved Great Minds Was he thinking of their white souls darkening with the sins of the world, or of the troubles, the disillusionments of life, and the decrepitude? The Land of The Blessed Virgin; Sketches and Impressions in Andalusia His assumed activity is only put on till he turns the first corner, for he tries to conceal his lameness and decrepitude, especially from his wife, who strains her gaze after him. An Anarchist Woman Also because the walls are thick and sturdy, it is well to contrast their strength with weakness; therefore we enjoy the evident decrepitude of this roof as it sinks between them. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing Even when gnarly and broken, it does not convey an impression of decrepitude and decay but rather of a hardy old character bearing his burdens. The Apple-Tree The Open Country Books—No. 1 It seemed to be a child, for it had but childhood's growth; yet the body had the clumsy decrepitude of old age. A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg Flinging aside his decrepitude, as though it had been no more than an affectation, he shot bolt upright, gripping the arms of his chair. The Kingdom Round the Corner A Novel But youth would be far more impressed if age drew a vivid picture of their own physical and digestive decrepitude. Over the Fireside with Silent Friends The whole mass being nearly white, we want a contrasting shadow somewhere; and get it, under our piece of decrepitude. The Crown of Wild Olive also Munera Pulveris; Pre-Raphaelitism; Aratra Pentelici; The Ethics of the Dust; Fiction, Fair and Foul; The Elements of Drawing It is not a pleasing prospect; nor is the early autumn of ill-health and decrepitude to which it naturally leads any more pleasing. Castellinaria and Other Sicilian Diversions As one has happily expressed it, “Age has few passions to which profligacy can appeal; and the proselytism of decrepitude and years are enlistments of little value.” Amusement: A Force in Christian Training Monarchical government appears under all the various characters of childhood, decrepitude, dotage; a thing at nurse, in leading-strings, or in crutches. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics I don't want to be looking all the time for signs of decay and decrepitude, and hail each illness he may have with a feeling of pleasant anticipation. The Man Who Knew Behind it glimmered the Donatello figure, and the divine Hermes, a glorious shape in the dusk, looking scorn on human decrepitude. Robert Elsmere The ladies—girls I had supposed them to be—were, in fact, women and mothers, and had reached an age that with us would be associated with decrepitude, wrinkles and imbecility. Mizora: A Prophecy A MSS. Found Among the Private Papers of the Princess Vera Zarovitch Of figure he was broad and upright, without a symptom of decrepitude unless it might be the stout cane he used in walking. The Valley of the Kings The white semi-circle of whisker under his chin, the trembling hands, the bald head, like a globular map with the veins as rivers, all attested extreme decrepitude. Danger! A True History of a Great City's Wiles and Temptations The Veil Lifted, and Light Thrown on Crime and its Causes, and Criminals and their Haunts. Facts and Disclosures. From a ruddy youth he became an old man in the last stage of decrepitude. The Science of Fairy Tales An Inquiry into Fairy Mythology From that moment indeed Spain sank into a strange decrepitude. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 Every one who lived to decrepitude knew that he must expect it. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Its very decrepitude, I reasoned, was my opportunity; starting from scratch and working with nothing, I would build a substantial structure. Greener Than You Think I don't pay you at all, sir, except at rare intervals and in moments of mental decrepitude. Waring's Peril In the nineteenth century Persia had sunk into such deep decrepitude that its patent weakness excited the imperialistic appetites of Czarist Russia and, in somewhat lesser degree, of England. The New World of Islam Spain, from causes which it is no part of our present story to detail, was falling into a state of strange decrepitude. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 The old, from pain and decrepitude, often beg for death. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals Recited soon after dawn, Prime was the figure of childhood; Tierce of youth; Sext the full vigour of age; None the approaches of old age, while Vespers were an allegory of decrepitude. En Route In passing from your threshold, I leave the curse, due to decrepitude, behind me. The Continental Monthly, Vol 6, No 5, November 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Pope's life had been all a struggle against ill-health and premature decrepitude. A History of the Four Georges, Volume II When Death, the great Nimrod, should come to Old Dalton, he would not find him ready caught in the trap of decrepitude. The Best Short Stories of 1919 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story Years and decrepitude fell from him like a discarded garment. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Every sign of age and decrepitude had vanished: his misshapen frame seemed dilated, and instinct with nervous energy: his face was pale with the intensity of his fury, and his small eyes flashed fire. The Island Home Upon them have been deposited, like a sort of mold, the traces of our decrepitude, our skepticism, our vices, and the bad habits they have contracted in our company. The Simple Life Oh! why does juvenility, or decrepitude, or duty deprive us of the joy of taking part in your enterprise? The Philippine Islands Or is Thackeray's way any nearer the truth, who strips Louis the Great of all his stage-properties, and shows him to us the miserable forked radish of decrepitude? The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays You will be leaving me!" the Vicomte growled; "now, in my decrepitude, you will be leaving me! Chivalry And so they made their way to the French quarter, crossing Canal Street and turning into a quiet, narrow way, that soon brought them to a region of architectural decrepitude. Frank Merriwell Down South Venice was by no means in a disarming state of decrepitude. The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 Every time you go you will find more gray hairs on father's head and more wrinkles on mother's brow; and after awhile you will notice that the elastic step has become decrepitude. The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony Koho was complimented on the peace he had kept, and he, with many protestations of his aged decrepitude, swore peace again and everlasting. A Son Of The Sun It is a small wooden building, leaning and bent with age and decrepitude and darkened by exposure and time. Peter the Great The Saracens, the Moguls, have had their day; those European states, so great three centuries ago, Spain and Poland, Venice and Genoa, are now either extinct or in decrepitude. Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity A young religion jumps upon the shoulders of an older one, and soon becomes like her, by mockery of her tricks, her cant, and her decrepitude. Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection For two or three years, illness and decrepitude interfered with my active service, but the ideal was still enthroned in my heart; and, as health returned, the shame of doing nothing for others became intolerable. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography But how surprised was Odjibwa to see, not an aged man, far in years and decrepitude, but one of the handsomest young men he ever saw stand up before him. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians The snow man stood there till long after all doubts were settled on these mooted points, falling slowly into helpless decrepitude in spite of occasional patching. Children of the Tenements We are now fast descending the hill to old age, decrepitude and disease—what avails a few more years, allowing that we are spared this time? The King's Own Look now at the adolescence of Russia, the youth of America, the old age of France, and the decrepitude of Turkey. Reincarnation A Study in Human Evolution What a blessing it has proved to thousands of England’s brave tars, who would otherwise in their decrepitude have been cast helpless on the cold world! My First Voyage to Southern Seas His projecting, dropping lower jaw exhibited the few decayed teeth he had in his head, which, with his lustreless eyes, made him look the very picture of decrepitude. In New Granada Heroes and Patriots There were a variety of uncomfortable chairs, an ink-splashed drugget, and red walls covered with pictures which had been banished from other rooms as they acquired the requisite stage of decrepitude and grime. A College Girl But, notwithstanding her extreme age and apparent decrepitude, the extraordinary old creature displayed marvellous activity. Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru Now let me tell you, that some half a dozen of them, from age, decrepitude, or infirmity, are wholly unable to gain a livelihood for themselves, and are a heavy charge upon me. The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918 Nations, General Lea says, are never stationary—they must necessarily expand or shrink, according to their vitality or decrepitude. Memories and Studies This work of decrepitude is, in some sort, self-acting. Napoleon the Little In this scene the moat-house was in perfect harmony, attuned by its own decrepitude to the general dissolution of its surroundings. The Hand in the Dark It must have reached the limit of growth a hundred years ago and now shows very evident signs of decrepitude. Handbook of the Trees of New England They were in startling contrast to the apparent decrepitude of the stooped shambling body, far too small for its covering of decent but somewhat rusty black. The Plum Tree Sorrow and sickness, decrepitude and death never enter; even boredom is unknown. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia A fruitful decrepitude, under which germinates the new life. Napoleon the Little Then, too, the air is so warm that even decrepitude fumbles on the porch and down the steps, with a cane to poke the weeds. Journeys to Bagdad The encroachment of the sea and subsequent change of conditions account well enough for the present decrepitude, but their general similarity in size and apparent age point rather to introduction than native growth. Handbook of the Trees of New England Even at the best, its component elements could only represent decrepitude and infirmity, degeneration and senility. Plain Facts for Old and Young And Bergsöe, though he works, without suspicion of its decrepitude, the ancient machinery of Italian romance, is unaffectedly eloquent and unsophistically entertaining. Essays on Scandinavian Literature To see how completely Vauvenargues rejected the Christian doctrine of the utter decrepitude and hopeless inherent badness of the human mind, we have but to gather some of his sparse thoughts together. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France Under her sympathetic touch a gentle stream of melody flowed from the old-time piano, scarcely stronger toned in its decrepitude, than the spinet of a former century. The Colonel's Dream He has, apparently without provocation, passed from strength to decrepitude. A Hero and Some Other Folks Thus Draper argues, that nations, like the individuals composing them, have fixed periods of growth, manhood, decay, decrepitude, and death—more or less rapid, according to the stock and situation. Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith Being an Examination of the Evidences of Infidelity Like pain, or decrepitude, hurricanes or drought, poverty or death, they prove, and purify the servants of God. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel A curse lies upon them because they were not equal to it; they made illness, decrepitude and contradiction a part of their instincts—and since then they have not managed to create any more gods. The Antichrist And should Old Time, with subtle art, delude Thy feebled Age into decrepitude; Still on thy crutches sing, and dance, and play, And gild the close of Life's short Holiday! The First of April Or, The Triumphs of Folly: A Poem Dedicated to a Celebrated Duchess. By the author of The Diaboliad. She, too, will soon be gray, and she loves not age and decrepitude; and the face in the picture is faded, no rose-tints in the cheeks. A Hero and Some Other Folks A debauched old degenerate marrying the daughter of his mistress because her eighteen years attracts his vicious decrepitude. Robin It was now determined to wait the probable effect of the summer heats in relieving the Colonel from the imbecility of extreme decrepitude. The Loyalists, Vol. 1-3 An Historical Novel Age without decrepitude, or remorse, or fear, or hardness of heart! The Last Harvest Like all powerful organisms the period began with a long and mysterious gestation; it had its youth, its manhood, its decrepitude. Life of St. Francis of Assisi When courage and ambition have gone old age and decrepitude have entered in, no matter whether a man be eighteen or eighty. Levels of Living Essays on Everyday Ideals He was saved, as he had wished to be, from all consciousness of decrepitude. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters Monarchy as an institution is dying, and it can either die in foolish decrepitude, or it can die mightily, merging itself in democracy for a final blow against bureaucratic government. King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties The world had grown old, and all its inmates partook of the decrepitude. The Last Man Venice drew near its fall, but the silence and mystery of its government concealed even from the Venetians the decrepitude of the state. History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution My dear young lady, is it not melancholy to find a confirmed old bachelor, verging fast upon decrepitude, with no one to look after or care for him? Infelice And your tree of knowledge is not the tree of life: it is, in every case, the tree of death; of decrepitude, madness, misery. Health and Education The glaring sun of the South showed him some wrinkles which he had not observed before—a condition of decrepitude unnoticed in the imperfect light of Parisian rooms. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 4 At that moment, being altogether incapable of such an effort, I could only establish in my own mind the idea of extreme decrepitude and horrible old age, which they produced in my imagination. The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume 3 From this day on Maslova began to lead a life to which hundreds of thousands of women are driven, and which, in nine cases out of ten, ends in painful disease, premature decrepitude and death. The Awakening The Resurrection William's handkerchiefs, being regularly used to perform the functions of blotting paper among other duties not generally entrusted to handkerchiefs, were always in the last stages of decrepitude. More William A gigantic dream haunted for centuries the Jewish people, constantly renewing its youth in its decrepitude. The Life of Jesus He stood, at sixty-five, lean and strong, gray-haired, but with decrepitude far away. Foes As trees die from accident or decrepitude, others should take their places. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm Only occasionally do we meet with an example of vigorous health continued to old age; hourly do we meet with examples of acute disorder, chronic ailment, general debility, premature decrepitude. Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library They were very sallow, and their figures betrayed the incipient decrepitude of old age, though for our world they were but in the prime of life, if not of early manhood. Another World Fragments from the Star City of Montalluyah It must be remarked, in passing, that the study is much more finely used than when his powers, largely exhausted by a tedious struggle with the world, had got into a state of decrepitude. Richard Wagner Composer of Operas The oldest specimens are invariably the most perfect and beautiful; the most recent exhibit too marked signs of the decrepitude of skill that had come over their makers. Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood It may be added here that a growing barbarism, a decline in art and letters, is observable in the Parthian remains, such as have usually been found to accompany the decrepitude of a nation. The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 6. (of 7): Parthia The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. Neither age, beauty nor innocence, neither infancy nor decrepitude, found refuge or compassion from the fury of the licentious soldiery. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power The intellectual faculties, the latest to decline, are often vigorous in the decrepitude of age. Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions We have nothing left but the last resource of female weakness, of helpless infancy, of doting decrepitude,—wailing and lamentation. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) Thus, as soon as it began to be penetrated by Greek influence, it fell at once into complete dissolution, and sank into a state of decrepitude, that already resembled death. Ancient Egypt "And is it a sign of advancing age and mental decrepitude not to admire this fellow?" A Woman Named Smith If I have, by the use of the word "grandfather," given you an idea of decrepitude and old age, in the case of Bobby's grandfather, I wish at once to change that idea. What Two Children Did The Missions, which had already lost much of their property and power under the Mexican Government, quickly shrank after this new invasion into decrepitude. John L. Stoddard's Lectures, Vol. 10 (of 10) Southern California; Grand Canon of the Colorado River; Yellowstone National Park Men, from the decline, which after fifty becomes every year more sensible, to the period of debility and decrepitude, and the maladies that precede a final dissolution. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) They become freed from the fear of birth, death, decrepitude, and disease. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Death, decrepitude, disease, sorrow, and many things of a similar kind, are incapable of being avoided by mortals. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 An in their sixteenth year, men are overtaken with decrepitude and decay and the period of life itself is soon outrun. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 There was a keen scrutinising restlessness of the eye, stealing through the silvery locks about his brow, that but ill accorded with his apparent decrepitude. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 Those unfortunate governments in the Peninsula have been reduced to such a state of decrepitude, that I believe there was no authority existing within Spain or Portugal before the French invaded these countries. Maxims and Opinions of Field-Marshal His Grace the Duke of Wellington, Selected From His Writings and Speeches During a Public Life of More Than Half a Century Turning away decrepitude and death, he neither grieves nor exults. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 That man becomes emancipated who always recollects that this body, when overtaken by decrepitude, becomes assailed by wrinkles and white hairs and leanness and paleness of complexion and a bending of the form. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 It was the weakness and unsightly decrepitude of the ecclesiastics which opened the way for the thinkers. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) She was of low stature, but not bowed by decrepitude or age. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 The Dutch dreaded the approach of the French military power to their frontiers, and yet the decrepitude of Spain seemed to render it inevitable. History of Holland Why did decrepitude cover her beauty so long? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Indeed, we wish to attain to That which is auspicious, bodiless, not subject to decrepitude, eternal beyond the ken of the senses, and having nothing superior to it.' The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 We have to realise that official religion was then a strange union of Byzantine decrepitude, with the energetic ferocity of the Holy Office. Diderot and the Encyclopædists (Vol 1 of 2) On the stage he is all spangles and activity; off the stage, seediness and decrepitude are his chief characteristics. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, October 23, 1841 It is stern in its decrepitude; its very aspect is historic. A Midsummer Drive Through the Pyrenees Enduring birth in the uterus, decrepitude and afflictions of diverse kinds, in this ocean of the world, living creatures may be seen to be continually going forward and coming back. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 True happiness is his who can cast off that thirst which is incapable of being cast off by the misguided, which does not decay with decrepitude, and which is regarded as a fatal disease. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The conclusion at which I arrived was, that the plant in question did actually possess the property of retarding that softening of the arteries which more than anything else causes the decrepitude of old age. Mr. Fortescue An Andean Romance Newcastle was the growth of the decrepitude and decay of a great party, which had fulfilled its mission and done its work. Montcalm and Wolfe The Byzantine empire had fallen into decrepitude, and the Latin kingdom of Jerusalem was reduced to a mere strip of coast. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) Entering the mansion he beheld an old lady, with indications of decrepitude, attired in white robes and adorned with every kind of ornament. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 When death, decrepitude, disease, and sorrow arising from diverse causes, are all residing in thy body, how is it that thou livest as if thou art perfectly hale? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The wretched records of ignorance, slavery and decrepitude have been justly expunged from your curriculum. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 3, 1891 "The example of America kept alive, as it had created, the party of progress"; now "it has sunk from the decrepitude of premature old age." Great Britain and the American Civil War The Hansa, though in a stage of increasing decrepitude, now lingered on until the final crash came in 1630, when all the members dissolved their allegiance to the league. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) Gradually, in course of time, O son, decrepitude overtook Utanka, that great ascetic. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 They are also overwhelmed by numerous mental griefs caused by loss of wealth and separation from friends, as also by griefs caused by decrepitude and death. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Alas, my son!" he would say, "is not this very decrepitude and suffering another proof of the importance of those secrets with which we are surrounded? Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists The few years which had matured me into a vigorous man had shrunk him into decrepitude. Tales of a Traveller He stepped quickly, his actions showing nothing of that decrepitude which his dutiful daughter had feared would prevent him from seeking the society of his friends. The Captain's Toll-Gate Rishi then, beholding that lady afflicted with decrepitude, began to reflect earnestly on the matter. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 When such an apprehension has been attained, one transcends the effects of age, rises superior to the consequences of decrepitude and death, and obtains Brahma which is eternal, deathless, immutable, undeteriorating."'" The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 It was the age of Spain's greatest power and the slow decline and subsequent decrepitude that soon afflicted the parent state could not fail to react upon the colony. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803 — Volume 01 of 55 1493-1529 Explorations by Early Navigators, Descriptions of the Islands and Their Peoples, Their History and Records of the Catholic Missions, as Related in Contemporaneous Books and Manuscripts, Showing the Political, Economic, Commercial and Religious Conditions of Those Islands from Their Earliest Relations with European Nations to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century My father, whom I had left in the pride of vigorous age, whose noble and majestic bearing had so awed my young imagination, was bowed down and withered into decrepitude. Tales of a Traveller He was in reality stronger than he looked, and an extraordinary nervous energy still lurked beneath the appearance of a feebleness almost amounting to decrepitude. Don Orsino Dwelling in that, I am never attached to anything through desire and wrath, and decrepitude and death. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 What need have I now of life itself, left as I am of kinsmen and friends and resembling as I do a bird shorn of its wings and afflicted with decrepitude? The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 I said as we stood looking upon the various dumb exhibitions of so many phases of sickness, of decrepitude and of mishap—quaint, grotesque, yet pathetic withal—in the precincts of the Jain hospital. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 097, January, 1876 Do you wonder that churches built, lighted, or upholstered by such processes as that come to great financial and spiritual decrepitude? The Abominations of Modern Society But is it really necessary to reach the point of decrepitude, in order to profit by an experience, actually useless at that time, as is always a posthumous conquest. Common Sense, How to Exercise It The man who has betaken himself to renunciation and who is possessed of knowledge, who transcends all pairs of opposites, as also darkness, death, and decrepitude, attains to the highest goal. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 He, however, who abandons the worldly course of life, which is really a fleeting illusion although it looks eternal, and which is afflicted by birth, death, decrepitude, disease, and pain, is sure to obtain happiness. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 They will refer to their class cane, that mark of decrepitude and imbecility, for old men use canes.—Ibid. A Collection of College Words and Customs What can be expected for their wretched offspring, but sickness and suffering, premature decrepitude, and untimely death? Headlong Hall And this examination can only be spoiled by decrepitude, if common sense did not succeed in dictating its conclusions to us. Common Sense, How to Exercise It The royal sage Dhundhumara was overwhelmed with decrepitude even while engaged in performing his sacrifices, and foregoing all the merits thereof, he fell asleep at Girivraja. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 No man can escape decrepitude and death, not even the subjugator of the whole earth girt by the sea. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 When her glory had declined, Spain, even in her lowest decrepitude, indulged in what might seem the luxury of persecution. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval History It was most touching to look upon one whose morning of life had been so bright and beautiful and, still in the sunny days of childhood, transformed into an image of decrepitude and decay. Marriage I shall either be put out or I shall go out; and then—decrepitude, uselessness, penury, unless something has been hoarded. The Mettle of the Pasture Turning off decrepitude and pain and pleasure, he sleeps in comfort. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 It is seen that somebody in the enjoyment of wealth perishes in youth; while some one that is poor drags on his existence, borne down by decrepitude, for a hundred years. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 And in their sixteenth year, men are overtaken with decrepitude and decay and the period of life itself is soon outrun. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 2 This I found was fairly senile in its worthless decrepitude. Adopting an Abandoned Farm I show how Christianity, coming as it did with a new philosophy, and a new motive for life, invigorated and saved the Latin language in a time of decline and decrepitude. A Mere Accident Overcome by decrepitude, thou art of advanced years. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Neither medicines, nor incantations, can rescue the man assailed by decrepitude or overtaken by death. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The blackened shell of the building stands in cold decrepitude, a melancholy vestige of usefulness outlived. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 19, May, 1859 She had fallen into a senile decrepitude that bordered on dotage. The Torrent Entre Naranjos Many were closing their annals of error in decrepitude and beggary; others were well-knit studies of evil, with health still hanging on, more or less, and much deviltry to do. Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel Though assailed by decrepitude and death and disease, he that understands Pradhana beholds with an equal eye that Consciousness which dwells in all beings endued with consciousness. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Alas, no one understands that the world is sinking on the ocean of Time that is so very deep and that is infested with those huge crocodiles called decrepitude and death. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 It feeds alike on all; the infant in its innocence; childhood in its playfulness; youth in its beauty; manhood in his usefulness, and old age in its decrepitude. Withered Leaves from Memory's Garland And she laughed, as if it filled her with intense joy, the joy of vengeance, to see her former lover so crestfallen at her portrayal of his decrepitude. The Torrent Entre Naranjos But in all that related to the most ordinary details of existence his moral decrepitude increased daily and deprived him of complete responsibility for his acts. Facing the Flag It is overwhelmed by decrepitude and grief, and it has diseases and calamities for its progeny. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Men well-versed in chemistry, notwithstanding chemical compounds applied judiciously, are seen to be broken down by decrepitude like trees broken down by elephants. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 The patient was a poor, old female, in the last stage of decrepitude, and fast sinking beneath the sorrows of life. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 383, August 1, 1829 It possesses a fine glossy foliage, unrivalled in its verdure, and every branch is fully clothed with it; and, whatever may be the age of the tree, it never shows the marks of decrepitude. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 35, September, 1860 One would like to ask whether the crazy tyrant was aware how well he was fulfilling the ancient rite by ordaining the slaughter of decrepitude. Essays in Rebellion The penalties they threaten—sickness, decrepitude, effeminacy—are too dire to pass unheeded. Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Similarly, persons possessed of ascetic merit, devoted to study of the Vedas, practising charity, and frequently performing sacrifices, succeed not in escaping decrepitude and death. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 His uncle had deceived him, and might he not consign her to some miserable place where her youth and beauty would prove a far greater curse than ugliness and decrepitude? Nicholas Nickleby He was certainly living as late as 1229, and preached a sermon, which assuredly shows no signs of mental decrepitude, in that year at a synod in Toulouse. The High History of the Holy Graal Despite his sixty years and snow-white hair, his hand-shake was firmly hearty, and he showed no signs of decrepitude, walking with a quick, snappy step, making all movements definitely and decisively. Burning Daylight The Jew stepped back in this emergency, with more agility than could have been anticipated in a man of his apparent decrepitude; and, seizing up the pot, prepared to hurl it at his assailant's head. Oliver Twist In heaven there is no hunger, no thirst, no decrepitude, no sin. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 It was like a sudden and final decrepitude of his senses, of his body, of his thoughts. An Outcast of the Islands And seen at this hour, before placing himself in his valet's hands, before his premature decrepitude had been concealed by the artifices of the toilet, he was really frightful. Baron Trigault's Vengeance There were no signs of decrepitude about her, and she had a cheery old eye. The Shuttle The grace of her age was still struggling against the hideous, premature decrepitude of debauchery and poverty. Les Misérables The man of intelligence, beholding the world over-whelmed with the evils constituted by birth, death, decrepitude, sorrow, disease, and anxieties, should exert themselves for the attainment of Emancipation. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 When it was discovered that the knacker and tanner would give only a very few shillings for Prince's carcase because of his decrepitude, Durbeyfield rose to the occasion. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Harriet, still putting on a greater appearance of decrepitude, twitched away from him, and kept her place. Harriet, the Moses of Her People What wonder that its vigor became the aimless gestures of madness, that a bloated habit simulated health, and that decrepitude suddenly fell upon the uneasy life? The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 10, No. 58, August, 1862 It is a pity to see individuals or nations remain childish in this respect just as much as in any other, or to see them return to it in their decrepitude. Albert Durer If that be regarded as existent which does not really exist in the world, then it may be mentioned that the king, being regarded so, is really never liable to decrepitude or death. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 There prevailed, in his time, an opinion, that the world was in its decay, and that we have had the misfortune to be produced in the decrepitude of nature. Lives of the Poets, Volume 1 But there is one thing capable not only of preserving the old from contempt, but of raising them to grandeur and diffusing lustre over their years of decrepitude. Female Scripture Biographies, Volume II There was something in his voice like sickness and decrepitude, and for that very reason, the horrible order sounded more terrible, so that the torch began somewhat to tremble in the hand of the executioner. The Knights of the Cross or, Krzyzacy His lordship was scarcely past the meridian of life; yet, in spite of his gay and debonair manner, he looked old, as if he were paying for the libertinism of his youth by premature decrepitude. Tales and Novels — Volume 05 It is not upon years, or decrepitude, or wealth, or the number of kinsmen, that Rishis found their claim to merit! The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Life is forever unlocking the portals of the present to youth and vigor; Death is forever closing them to age and decrepitude. Life: Its True Genesis Once, when a little girl, she had loyally jerked it off her grandmother because it added to her ugliness and decrepitude. Bride of the Mistletoe If this little volume betrays, as it doubtless does, a weakening hand, and decrepitude, remember it is knit together out of accumulated sickness, inertia, physical disablement, acute pain, and listlessness. Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Behind it glimmered the Donatello figures and the divine Hermes, a glorious shape in the dusk, looking scorn on human decrepitude. Robert Elsmere And as I find—at alas! the cost of decrepitude,—the one thing life teaches us is that many truisms are true. Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes She looked as Reshideddin and finding him as we have said, replied, 'I will not be sold to a grey- beard, whom decrepitude hath brought to evil plight.' The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume IV From the old age of nations glory fades away; but in their utmost decrepitude there is still a generation young enough to love. Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance She told me I mustn't make fun of her old age and decrepitude. Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire Many dread old age because they think of it in connection with decrepitude, helplessness and the childish querulousness popularly associated with advancing years. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency The girl does not see it, but the priest sees it with the long-sightedness of decrepitude. The Saint He was the incarnation of walking decrepitude, vapid and slack. Recollections of My Childhood and Youth It dissects the decrepitude of ancient formulas, it surveys the ruin of ancient faiths. Henrik Ibsen Man is forever sexual, and in equal degree, until the verge of decrepitude. Youth and Egolatry Old age today brings to mind a picture of decrepitude and decay. Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency It is with joy that I see in Catholicism signs, not of decrepitude, but of putrefaction. The Saint It has stricken down Innocence in its beauty, Youth in its freshness, Manhood in its vigor, and Age in its feebleness and decrepitude. Sketches and Studies And I hope I may never grow wise; 'tis a sign of decrepitude. Wanderers Their suits begin almost with their steel baby clothes, and adapt themselves almost to their senile decrepitude. Familiar Spanish Travels This embraces the clatter of the cabs, which are seldom less than fifty years old, and of a looseness in all their joints responsive to their effect of dusty decrepitude. Roman Holidays, and Others And then—the stone lions of Roman days, couched forlornly at street corners, in courtyards and at fountains, in every stage of decrepitude, with broken jaws and noses, missing legs and tails! Old Calabria The race must yet revert in its decrepitude, as I have in mine, to the climates of the South. Indian Summer Sixtus V., who simulated decrepitude to get elected to the Papal chair, and when elected threw off all disguise and ruled despotically. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Do you doubt, therefore, whether by remaining quiet we shall not conquer him who is daily sinking into decrepitude? who has neither provisions nor money? The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 But the respirator, the hollow cough and decrepitude of the morning—where were they? Dawn It is something for me, that, as I have not the decrepitude, I have not the callousness of old age. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes But notwithstanding, she found in him still, with his delicately handsome head, a languid grace, like that of a girl, even in his premature decrepitude. Doctor Pascal The war brought to light the decrepitude of the Bourbon rule. Beacon Lights of History, Volume 08 Great Rulers But others ought not to sink into decrepitude together with a sick man. The History of Rome, Books 09 to 26 To hide the revolting spectacle of a corpse whose extreme decrepitude and thinness made it look like a skeleton, the embalmers had drawn a sheet over the body, which covered all but the head. International Short Stories: French Occasionally only do we meet with an example of vigorous health continued to old age; hourly do we meet with examples of acute disorder, chronic ailment, general debility, premature decrepitude. A Practical Physiology The Left at first had confined itself to irony, and borrowing from me a word to which people then attached, though wrongly, the idea of decrepitude, had called the sixteen Commissioners the "Burgraves." The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness Line 10: throws the blame of Genoese decrepitude upon the nobles. Sonnets Sin had borne its certain fruit of anarchy and decrepitude. All Saints' Day and Other Sermons Nevertheless, despite the great care which the lord of Belvidéro bestowed upon his person, the days of decrepitude arrived. International Short Stories: French She protected them from piracy and the Persian power, which soon fell into decrepitude and decay, but she exacted in return implicit obedience to herself. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) The rishi," says Eitel, "is a man whose bodily frame has undergone a certain transformation by dint of meditation and asceticism, so that he is, for an indefinite period, exempt from decrepitude, age, and death. Chinese Literature Comprising the Analects of Confucius, the Sayings of Mencius, the Shi-King, the Travels of Fâ-Hien, and the Sorrows of Han My mother, later, often spoke, in consolation for us and for herself, of his dread of helpless old age; and she tried to be glad that his desire to disappear before decrepitude had been fulfilled. Memories of Hawthorne Then every moment would leave its load of weariness behind, and decrepitude would reign supreme on its throne of eternal dirt. Sadhana : the realisation of life You cannot fear, however, that your uncle could run after you in his state of decrepitude. The Queen Pedauque Although bent with his years, he was tall, and, in his younger days, must have had a graceful, as well as powerful, figure, traces of it remaining still, in spite of his decrepitude. Old Mission Stories of California Is it the style that has brought about the decrepitude, or the decrepitude that has, as it were, intensified and consecrated the style? Italian Hours The signs of disease and decrepitude were already but too manifest in them. Hypatia — or New Foes with an Old Face There is no decrepitude in the woman's face and form, but someway you read into the picture the story of a great and tender love and a long life of useful effort. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 06 Little Journeys to the Homes of Eminent Artists It is in their decrepitude that political abuses are most ferociously attacked. The Eve of the French Revolution She led a blind pug in a complicated leading apparatus, and several other pugs in various stages of fat and decrepitude followed her. Spring Days He came back fifteen years afterward, poorer than when he went away, broken in health, old to the point of decrepitude, bedraggled, unkempt and prideless. Mr. Bingle He then began to watch for signs of decrepitude in the General. Her Weight in Gold We mean when a man has passed through the different phases of growth, virility, old age, and decrepitude. The Physiology of Taste |
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