| 单词 | old person |
| 例句 | When you got a old person crying you got a whole ’nother story. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z The room looks like it used to belong to an old person. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z And I wasn’t an old person with rheumatism like I’d seen some in the fields. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z Anxious to rescue in the course of a few months what had lain in ruins for years, the patron hired every man, woman, old person, and child who could stand on his own two feet. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z It was like a kitchen in an old person’s house, with shabby red linoleum and—in keeping with this odd apartment—a door that led onto the roof. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z ‘Well now,’ Thwaites went on, ‘when an old person like Mrs Pratchett suddenly gets a very big shock, I suppose you know what happens next?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z Watching an old person cry is not the same as watching a young person cry. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A really old person had probably lived through all that history and wouldn’t want to hear about it again. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z Her hands be like hands of an old person, like Donay’s own. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z I don't like seeing her move so stiffly, like an old person. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I often felt like a very old person trapped in a young person’s body; Matlock was my people. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Her voice, she knew, was an old person’s voice now, too soft sometimes, too tentative. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The bathroom smelled like an old person, and some of the tiles that were supposed to be on the wall were on the floor. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I’ve met Coach K a half-dozen times,” Russ says, as if Coach K were just any old person and not the head of perhaps the best collegiate basketball program in the country. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “One old person at a time,” she said deliberately. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z A neat resolution, a neat return to the old person, the old status quo, is often not possible. An Acclaimed Playwright on Masks and the Return to the Stage 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z She meant it as a compliment, but I kind of preferred the old person. 'The Voice' recap: The top 12 turn up the heat 2015-04-14T04:00:00Z There’s not a moment on the Daily Show where we think about whether this would appeal to a young person, an old person, a tired person, a liberal person. Jon Stewart: ‘I’m doing a movie about torture – I’m not being tortured’ 2014-09-11T04:00:00Z Cynical old person is sent to festival, wanders around and, inspired by half a cider, loons on stilts and a delusional attempt to have "an experience", they have some kind of epiphany. 'I saw the Rolling Stones. In the 60s' 2013-07-01T06:00:18Z Margery Leveen Sher, 68, a former corporate consultant and nonprofit executive in the District, says she internalized the unspoken code of ageism long ago and was for many years a “closeted old person.” Baby boomers are taking on ageism — and losing 2016-08-03T04:00:00Z In winter when an old person died of pneumonia the bell of Santa Maria sounded the death knell and Domenico Orecchia, the joiner, made the coffin. Read Natalia Ginzburg's "Winter in the Abruzzi" 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z “They treat me like a member of the cast,” he said, “not some old person who needs a cane.” Exit, Stage Left, Grasping Cane; Enter, Sprinting 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z Or at least, to paraphrase the way Michael Kinsley once described Al Gore, it is an old person’s idea of a young person’s book. | 'The Little Prince': ?The Little Prince? at New Victory Theater - Review 2011-10-07T00:15:32Z Any old person whose eye happened to catch it? The Year in Stupidity 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z Bond and Mellman joined forces in San Francisco in the late eighties, and concocted the act one night when Bond was sick and needed an excuse to sound like an old person. Kiki and Herb Make America Great Again 2016-05-04T04:00:00Z These voters are not a young person’s idea of an old person. Older voters may turn out to be the Democrats’ 2020 heroes 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z We were very aware that he was feeling his age, and the younger dancers were perhaps less sensitive to an old person’s struggles. ‘Like He Was Going to Live Forever’: Making Jerome Robbins’s Last Ballet 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z They would say, ‘You speak so by the book,’ or ‘You speak like an old person.’ Living and Loving Underground in Iran 2011-08-21T03:33:02Z There are very few comic novels that do not wither with time, and even fewer novels — comic or otherwise — that can be given to pretty much anyone, from an old person to a small child. Donna Tartt on the Singular Voice, and Pungent Humor, of Charles Portis 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z But mostly Leland adds self-help, sprung from a single axiom: “If you want to be happy, learn to think like an old person.” When Growing Old Is a Blessing 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z In most of his stage appearances he played an old person. Obituary: Clive Dunn 2012-11-07T16:22:33Z That would be Al Gore, whom political scribe Michael Kinsley once described as “an old person’s idea of a young person.” Older voters may turn out to be the Democrats’ 2020 heroes 2020-10-03T04:00:00Z The blue-rinsers work on a simple but watertight assumption: that everybody trusts an old person. The Hard Sell: Wonga 2012-07-06T23:05:00Z “I didn’t want to be the only old person there,” he said. Long Chats Followed Their Alumni Reunion 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z “It reads like an old person’s fantasy of Tinder,” she immediately writes back. Tinder isn’t swiping out romance: Why reports of the dating apocalypse may be greatly exaggerated 2015-08-14T04:00:00Z Explaining his own mother's doting attitude to her grandchildren, he says to them: "You're looking at an old person who is trying to get into heaven now." Comedy gold: Bill Cosby's Himself 2012-07-19T16:10:01Z At best it’s something an old person whispers over the op-ed pages, or a shrug about how all matter is relative. Mark E. Smith Shows His Staying Power 2010-04-30T19:55:00Z I mean, Joe probably wouldn’t get along with any old person you sat next to him, but I bet you’d try harder to. Table for Three: For Two Female News Anchors, Morning Has Broken 2013-08-23T16:13:40Z “Brecht was happy when the youngest character in one of his plays was played by an old person,” Mr. Lenhard said. In This Show, Mack the Knife Is a Woman 2022-12-23T05:00:00Z “At the end of the day,” she told me, “an old person can be just as trying as any other person; just as messy, just as unthankful.” What Old Age Is Really Like 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z Of course, it's not a question you ask just any old person. The Survivor by S?nia Hern?ndez, translated by Samantha Schnee 2011-04-01T11:27:00Z “SoHo is a younger area, but it’s cool and hip, and Lord & Taylor is not the old person’s brand that people, I think, associate us with.” Lord & Taylor Returns to New York — Sort of! 2019-12-11T05:00:00Z “They say that when an old person dies, a library goes with them.” Wangechi Mutu: A New Face for the Met 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z I have thought about my behavior all year, and I am resolved not to become the old person in the family who remains recalcitrant and claims outsize privilege with age. Modern Love: Modern Love - Building Christmas on Presence, Not Presents 2012-12-20T17:50:57Z I don’t want to become that sad old person who gets written off because they can’t keep up. I’ll never be a grandmother 2016-01-16T05:00:00Z “Before his diagnosis, I always thought that Alzheimer’s was an old person’s disease,” she said. Man with Alzheimer’s forgot he was married to his wife. He proposed, and they wed again: ‘There wasn’t a dry eye.’ 2021-06-21T04:00:00Z You do realize that I have lived — that these aren’t just lines of an old person. Brooke Shields is just getting started 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Al Gore, “an old person’s idea of a young person.” Marco Rubio is just the guy to win the youth vote. Or so the old folks think. 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Granted, that could just be my inner old person talking. Ranking: The Disney Renaissance From Worst to Best 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z “Trump just made the interior of Air Force One sound like the living room of an old person who died three days ago and who nobody’s found yet,” he said. John Oliver on Trump's relationship with the truth: 'a pathological liar' 2017-02-13T05:00:00Z It isn't like the old person saying, 'Kids these days, what's wrong with them? Arcade Fire: 'It's a lot easier to get smaller' 2011-02-10T21:36:01Z He was not – that was an old person’s way of thinking of TV. Tim Roth: ‘As messy as your life can be, there has to be a window you can escape through' 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z The Urban Dictionary has it right that millennial is the “name an old person gives a young person they don’t like”. From woke to gammon: buzzwords by the people who coined them 2019-12-25T05:00:00Z He said during the interview, “I can’t see an old person trying to cross the road and not offer to help.” Lonnie Holley’s Life of Perseverance, and Art of Transformation 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z “What is life?” asks Hrabal’s narrator and answers, “Everything that once was, everything an old person thinks back on and tells you stories about, everything that no longer matters and is gone for good.” ‘Harlequin’s Millions,’ by Bohumil Hrabal Until that moment I saw myself as coping well with my Parkinson's and definitely not as an old person. 'My NHS hell waiting for surgery and information' 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Matthew A. Graves will prosecute an old person for walking through an open door to the Capitol on Jan. 6. How DOJ protected Hunter Biden and his father 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z This presumes that the only thing that is different between a young person and an old person is their age when, in fact, that’s not quite true. Why Some People Get Sick More Often 2023-06-21T04:00:00Z I understand that I’m 83, and normally that’s an old person in people’s minds. Smokey Robinson on love, Motown and sex at 83: 'I feel as good as I felt when I was 40' 2023-04-27T04:00:00Z “Imagine yourself as an old person looking back on your life,” Jobs wrote in a June 2005 email to himself as he was preparing to give the Stanford commencement speech. Steve Jobs has a new ‘memoir,’ more than 11 years after his death 2023-04-01T04:00:00Z A 40-year-old man with Parkinson's wants to share his experiences of the illness and show "it is not just an old person's disease". Man with Parkinson's whose best day is every day 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “The most significant relationships were born casually, where the child wanted to go upstairs to the old person’s room, hop on their lap and read a book,” said Francesca Cavozzi, 41, the project’s coordinator. The Double Whammy Making Italy the West’s Fasting Shrinking Nation 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z An old person might die very quickly of covid at home. Opinion | Covid hospitalizations don’t account for long covid 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z Mashinsky had aspirations at the time to start a business for whole-body transplants: "Give an old person a new body - keep the head, keep the spine, and re-create the rest," he said. Who is Alex Mashinsky, the man behind the alleged Celsius crypto fraud? 2023-01-05T05:00:00Z “I don’t view myself as an old person,” Flacco said with a smile. Flacco, 37, steps in at QB for Jets with Wilson sidelined 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z People's general idea that is is an old person's disease. Man with Parkinson's whose best day is every day 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z “The old person feels that the adult looks at them with pity,” Ms. Cavozzi said, “the child doesn’t do this yet.” The Double Whammy Making Italy the West’s Fasting Shrinking Nation 2023-01-30T05:00:00Z I think that if you can make a baby laugh and you can make an old person laugh, you’re funny. Tiffany Haddish explains why stand-up comedy will always be the best art form 2022-08-03T04:00:00Z As a result, corgis came to be viewed as an old person's breed for a time. Corgis: How the queen fell in love and started a phenomenon 2022-06-02T04:00:00Z Each fall, Becca Levy asks the students in her health and aging class at the Yale School of Public Health to picture an old person and share the first five words that come to mind. Exploring the Health Effects of Ageism 2022-04-23T04:00:00Z We do whatever we can, every you know, every old person, every farmer, every teacher, every medical person, every housewife is fighting in their own way. How Russia's invasion turned everyday Ukrainians into heroes 2022-04-15T04:00:00Z It’s an old tradition that is slowly shrinking, like an old person. Arsenal v Brighton, Southampton v Chelsea and more, football clockwatch – live! 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z Although Korea is historically a Buddhist country, young people think of meditation as an old person's pastime, not something an office worker in Seoul might do. South Korea: Why so many struggle to sleep 2022-04-05T04:00:00Z “In this era of Web3, I just want to be a better old person.” Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z But hey, I may just be an old person yelling at a cloud. Dell XPS 13 Plus hands-on: is that... a touch bar? 2022-01-04T05:00:00Z As the antithesis of an angry old person, White became a bigger star the older she got. Opinion | The enduring, aspirational appeal of Betty White 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Mr Thorn says younger people see it as an old person's disease, a sentiment echoed by Mr Green, who says they have a "generally lower awareness". HIV: The misinformation still circulating in 2021 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z "I am now the old person who is taking up all the space and the oxygen and I need to get off the stage and let younger people have a go." Lee Child: Why Forsyth's Day Of The Jackal was a game-changer for thrillers 2021-07-20T04:00:00Z “In this era of Web3, I just want to be a better old person,” Musk concluded. Doing shots with true believers at Ethereum’s biggest party 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z An old tree, this research revealed, isn’t just a bigger version of a young tree, any more than an old person is just a bigger kid. Meet the eminent scientist, now 84, who vowed as a boy to protect Washington’s old-growth forests 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z I’m an old person with high blood pressure, and see how well I did? Mexicans Worry That Even Getting Covid Won’t Make Their Leader Take It Seriously 2021-01-25T05:00:00Z “Dotard” is defined as “an old person, especially one who has become physically weak or whose mental faculties have declined.” Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Capturing the content and context of the Capitol riot 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z “The last thing a young person needs is an old person pontificating and wagging the finger.” Global COVID-19 death toll could hit two million before vaccine in wide use - WHO 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z "It is no use me thinking I am too old, no use as an old person," he continues. The wisdom of Buddha in lockdown 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z It is, she said, “like going through an old person’s trunk. You’ll never know what you find in there. Sometimes it’s junk, but sometimes you find interesting things.” Pandemic escape: Volunteers transcribe Sally Ride’s papers, Rosa Parks’s recipes, Walt Whitman’s poems 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z “I’m sorry, I’m an old person and I talk about the old days,” Mori said. Tokyo Olympics: Looking for a new date for opening, closing 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z Nobody wants to hear another old person chirping that it was better in their day. The lost art of having a chat: what happened when I stopped texting and started talking 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z Every old person’s face is wrinkled and weathered in its own particular way. Opinion | We don’t need to just plant trees. We also need to take care of them. 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z As an aspiring old person, I found it reassuring. Chris Erskine: Human beings are so overrated. But the good ones make up for it 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z When you're saving for your first house or raising a young family, you may not feel a pressing need to provide for the old person you'll one day become. What happens when we're too old to be 'useful'? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z At the very least, it does not seem likely that any old person could pretend to be 'Q.' QAnon is the conspiracy theory that won't die 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z “But when they said it was from an old person, it was rated as ‘nasty.’” Do Older People Have a Different Smell? 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z It was as though you walked through a door at midnight on the last day of 59, emerging a completely different person the next morning: an old person. An ageless question: When is someone ‘old’? 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z “I don’t have a problem voting for an old person I agree with more than a young person.” Beto O’Rourke Is 46. Bernie Sanders is 77. Does Age Matter Anymore for Democrats? 2019-03-16T04:00:00Z Indeed, you may find it hard to conceive of that future old person as you. What happens when we're too old to be 'useful'? 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z No one cares about an old person whose only resource that still functions quite well is her voice. Opinion | Getting to the bottom of e-scooter safety 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z It's hard to imagine at this point becoming an old person in an old person's body. Deborah Landau Reads Anne Sexton 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Now, if you are like me, you never considered getting braces as an old person, because you already had them when you were young. Perspective | Having braces as an adult is like finding the fountain of youth 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z “For all of my 40s I was really conscious of being an old young person. But suddenly I felt like a young old person and that was much more liberating,” she says. Sarah Waters: ‘Some of my readers really did hate me. They felt let down’ 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z It’s more predictable, and I think most people will prefer this behavior, but I’m an old person who actually adjusts ringer volume a lot, so it’s less convenient for me. Android 9 Pie review: the predictive OS 2018-08-16T04:00:00Z Kumar’s book initially leans toward the first sort, but then migrates into the second, becoming more interested in the new world than in the old person exploring it. Erotic Exploration in “Immigrant, Montana” 2018-07-23T04:00:00Z "These days being in your 50s and 60s doesn't mean being an old person in the same way it used to." 'My mum found my first grey hair at seven' 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z For elder abuse to happen requires a relationship between the old person and another person who is in a position of trust who uses his/her position to cause harm to the older person. Elder Abuse: Sometimes It’s Self-Inflicted 2018-03-02T05:00:00Z A quarter of households are headed by an old person, a much higher share than in the country as a whole. Thailand’s heartland is surprisingly keen on the military junta 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z “My first answer was no, because I don’t want to photograph any old persons anymore.” Nobel winners make appearance in Los Alamos 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z But finally it did: If you want to be happy, learn to think like an old person. Want to Be Happy? Think Like an Old Person 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z “But I’m an old person. What is this whole ‘bro’ thing?” Business Schools Now Teaching #MeToo, N.F.L. Protests and Trump 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z Racing to our dictionaries, we learned that the word means, more or less, an old person of diminished mental capacity. Opinion | Rocket Man and Dotard go bonkers in Toontown 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z His statement referred to Trump as a “dotard,” an old person who is weak-minded or senile. Asia learns to live with Trump rhetoric, but unease remains 2017-09-23T04:00:00Z The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "an old person, especially one who has become weak or senile". 'Dotard' Trump? The story of 'rocket man' Kim's insult 2017-09-22T04:00:00Z He ended by saying he would "surely and definitely tame the mentally deranged US dotard with fire", employing a rarely used word for an old person. 'Deranged' Trump hardens Kim's will 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z He says things like, “I remember reading an essay by some monk” or “I feel like an extremely young old person.” Ethan Hawke lets us in his editing room and reveals what Philip Seymour Hoffman taught him 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z This process could explain, for instance, why an old person’s skin can refresh itself with new cells every month and yet continue to look old. Silicon Valley’s Quest to Live Forever 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z "If there's an investigation, rarely will the police be involved. "If the police are involved, they don't actually want to upset that old person, so they won't prosecute. Prosecutions 'rare' for abuse by home carers - BBC News 2017-02-27T05:00:00Z There's nothing worse than hearing an old person say, "Oh, I wish I'd done this or that". A song for Syria: Why soul star Jodie Abacus is singing about refugees - BBC News 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z “Would I treat a young person the same way I’m treating this old person?” she said. U.S. Immigration Judges Look Within to Minimize Bias 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z Why would anyone want to hire an old person when society's attitudes and beliefs are so pejorative? As More Older People Seek Work, They Tend to Be Put Into ‘Old-Person’ Jobs 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “If they see an old person with white beard like me studying in school they might get motivated as well,” he told Reuters, adding he hopes to study until his death. Why a 68-Year-Old Man in Nepal Went Back to School 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z “If they see an old person with white beard like me studying in school, they might get motivated as well,” he said. Nepali grandfather of eight goes back to school 2016-06-15T04:00:00Z Could you throw me in with just any old person? Meet Bernie Sanders' Official Photographer 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z Towards the end of my pregnancy, I felt like an old person. Joy, fear and hating the word ‘bump’: nine things I learned about pregnancy 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z There was a picture of an old person with white hair and a sweetly soft face. As More Older People Seek Work, They Tend to Be Put Into ‘Old-Person’ Jobs 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z “I’m willing to be that person—that old person who’s trying new things.” At This High School Film Class, Phones Are Allowed 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z They looked, in other words, like young people with an old person's disease. The red-hot debate about transmissible Alzheimer's 2016-03-15T04:00:00Z “It is not that college football is an old person’s game, but that it tends to be more than just the experience of going to the game,” he said. For Several Generations, the Sports Road Trip as a Staple of Fandom 2016-03-04T05:00:00Z “He’s not just an old person using a computer in an adequate fashion, he’s creating something people use and appreciate,” DeBacher says. Meet the 90-year-old Reddit guru 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z The Mediterranean gaped beneath it, wide and textured like the skin of an old person’s cheek. Has the Internet Made Air Travel Irrelevant? 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z My whole view of old person culture is that they have a tough time dealing with their own failures and instead blame the younger generation. The Phoenix Suns have gone from bad to worse. Time to blame the millennials 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z There’s that really old person that’s in their seventh or eighth year of undergrad? Bill Gurley Sees Silicon Valley on a Dangerous Path 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Colon cracked a smile and said through an interpreter, “An old person like me, I’ve got no limit.” Mets and Bartolo Colon Wait Out a Rain Delay and Swamp the Braves 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z “I am an old person here just living,” she said before hanging up the phone. Infant at Unlicensed Day Care Is Taken to a Hospital and Dies 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z "People see him as an old person, because we haven't talked about him in a while. But he was the person with bling before bling was even a word." The fried-chicken wars: Inside KFC’s weird new fight to dethrone Chick-fil-A 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z You see a job applicant as an old person. America Is Unready For The Era Of The Aging Worker 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z “I just sit around and do what an old person do,” he said. Statue proposed for Dothan’s ‘Dancin’ Dave’ 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z A 24, 25 year old person is a full grown man or woman. N.F.L. Coaches Now Reach for Next Level: College 2015-01-03T05:00:00Z "If an old person dies without signs of struggle or bruises, we don't usually suspect a crime," said Koji Nishiyama, a detective for the Kyoto prefectural police department, which oversees Muko city. A ‘Black Widow’ Case Strikes a Nerve in Japan 2014-12-08T05:00:00Z “This isn’t an old person’s problem, but commercials still present it as one,” says Cindy Gallop, an independent advertising consultant. Viagra's Come-Hither Ad Campaign 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z Trying to anticipate hazardous conditions, retirement facilities like The Sequoias hire architects and interior designers, some of whom wear special glasses that show the building as an old person would see it. Bracing for the Falls of an Aging Nation 2014-11-02T04:00:00Z By comparison, "nothing's required of an old person driving a car," Perry said. No mandatory retirement age, but pilots must pass FAA review every 2 years 2014-09-30T04:00:00Z She was more like an old person than the woman with higher education. On New Measurements of Aging 2014-09-16T04:00:00Z Manfred’s checklist probably includes controlling player costs, catching and punishing drug cheats, securing fat TV contracts, and fixing the game’s old person problem. New Baseball Commissioner's Task: Managing Decline 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z Based on Social Security Administration actuarial tables, the life expectancy of a 58-year old person is roughly 26 years. Why Retiring Baby Boomers Won't Unload Stocks 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z One explanation is that James G Cobb is an old person who doesn't understand the internet. Manual retweets are self-promotion and Twitter embeds aren't journalism 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z "We need to encourage proactive care, while at the same time helping to maintain a sense of identity as a 'normal' old person," they said. Dying patients 'baffled by services' 2014-07-14T04:00:00Z “Don’t forget, I’m an old person,” he joked. Center helps the blind realizes their ambitions 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z I do not think of myself as an old person. Can we control how we age? 2014-05-06T23:07:21Z They are from the age of DOS, OS/2, Lotus, Netscape, Borland, WordPerfect and other brands that are mostly unrecognizable to the 25 year old person working today. Why The Microsoft Surface Just Died Last Week 2014-03-31T15:30:00Z Maybe your parents are dead or maybe not, but you’re now an old person. The New Old Age: Getting While the Getting Is Good 2013-09-10T15:30:02Z I just want to be the same old person I’ve always been and keep going right at guys.” Tanner Roark stars in first major league start as Nationals beat the Marlins, 9-2 2013-09-08T02:56:00Z And I’m thinking anything from a small child to an old person and anything in between. One-On-One With Nichelle Nichols: 'And We're In The Next Century And The Next Century And We're Just Growing!' 2013-08-10T10:38:00Z A very old person, a woman, stood before him, gripping the narrow shoulder of a girl child. Zadie Smith: “Meet the President!” 2013-08-05T04:00:00Z But you’ll also look silly in a PT Cruiser or some other quirky vehicle that marks you as an old person trying to look young and hip. Retirement Relevance: 8 Ways to Stay Hip Without Embarrassing Yourself 2013-07-22T16:40:28Z When an old person wants to start a conversation with a passerby, most recognize the need. Starting a New Life in Israel 2013-05-21T04:07:59Z I don’t know, I never really got into it, but everything seems way advanced…I feel like an old person. WWE Diva AJ Lee Gets Into The Game With WWE 13 (Q&A) 2012-11-21T23:55:08Z "I'm not sure how realistic an old person Jones was meant to be," Higson says. Clive Dunn and the art of playing older people 2012-11-08T14:34:20Z Tuesday: Other angles reveal it was actually "an old person". Said & Done: the week in football – Rio, Silvo, and the ghost of Dragao 2012-10-27T23:29:25Z "What if it's a little kid or an old person in the row behind them?" he said. American explains, fixes loose seats 2012-10-03T11:09:00Z I immediately took an old person and began to run.” Earthquakes in China Kill at Least 50 2012-09-07T10:32:07Z You know you're past it when you start furiously agreeing with the old person in a row. Unseen and ill-used – the plight of night workers 2012-07-28T23:06:57Z You instantly think - wheelchair, old person with MS. "My battle against childhood MS" 2012-06-18T02:58:08Z “The results of this study support the cross-culturally popular concept of an ‘old person odor,’” the paper, published in the online journal PLoSOne, concluded. The old person smell, in one chart 2012-05-31T13:00:00Z Contrary to the popular notion that old person smell is disagreeable, volunteers in the new study rated the odors of the elderly as much less unpleasant and intense than those of the middle-aged and young. Scents and Senescence: "Old Person Smell" Is Real, but Not Necessarily Offensive 2012-05-30T21:15:00.467Z The place is now called Telltown, an evident Anglicisation of its Irish name; but it is still called Tailltean by any old persons in its vicinity who speak Irish. Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland 2012-04-23T02:00:32.180Z A baby was born, or an old person died, just before the house clock struck twelve on a particular night, but after the church clock struck. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z If obliged to cross a plank, or narrow path, let any lady or old person who may also be passing, precede you. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z We now occasionally find some old persons whose memory recurs with longing delight to the days in which these formal distinctions held uncontrolled sway. The Portland Sketch Book 2012-03-28T02:00:28.847Z She could not understand how an old person, on the very verge of the grave, could wish to lengthen out her few years by such base and wicked lies. Delusion, or The Witch of New England 2012-03-19T02:00:28.267Z That of old persons is commonly between 60 and 70, until, at a very advanced age, with debility, its frequency may be increased, especially upon exertion. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z The money has been left to me"—still the shoulders waited—"by a—by—an old person whom I befriended. The Devourers 2012-03-16T02:00:23.493Z But she knows you are simply a sick grumpy old person of the male species who needs be ruled with a rod of iron, although the metal be well hidden. Unicorns 2012-03-14T02:00:26.677Z The first signs of darkness came a year after college, when he told his mother “I don’t think I’ll live to be an old person.” Son Who Hears Voices Finds Health Care Fatally Dysfunctional 2012-02-28T13:05:45Z Sometimes the old person said one thing to the caregiver but put something very different in the will. The New Old Age Blog: The Caregiver's Bookshelf: Broken Promises 2012-02-15T17:46:03Z In some quite healthy old persons there may be seen at the same junction a clearly-defined circular line of calcareous nature. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Swiftly he rolled, rather than ran, down the steep staircase, closely followed by Robert, and sent sprawling in the doorway a fat old person, who yelped piteously for mercy. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:34.177Z He was an enthusiastic admirer of the old ballads, and on one occasion actually walked between forty and fifty miles for the sole purpose of visiting an old person who possessed an ancient historical ballad. The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion 2012-02-11T03:03:41.800Z There is absolutely no connection between the clinical evolution of real tuberculosis and observations based on the autopsies of old persons whose lungs contain cavities, but whose death was not due to tuberculosis. New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers 2012-02-05T03:00:10Z And sometimes the old person simply died before writing a will. The New Old Age Blog: The Caregiver's Bookshelf: Broken Promises 2012-02-15T17:46:03Z In Switzerland only children and old persons died. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Martin told Reuters Health that treatment for depression in a very old person can include medication, but he said it could be as simple as allowing the person to contribute or be more engaged. The very old may feel helpless, but not depressed 2012-02-01T22:20:20Z Now, what has brought that tiresome old person here to-day," she demanded of the world in general; "you don't know him, do you? Christina 2012-01-16T03:00:06.507Z “Lincoln’s image is as an old person’s car or a taxi,” says Rebecca Lindland, an auto analyst with researcher IHS Automotive. Reinventing Lincoln 2012-01-10T05:01:07Z “She acts like a young person, not like an old person like the other teachers,” said junior Sasha Long. SchoolBook: What Makes a Good Teacher? Ask a Student 2012-01-06T21:17:07Z In old persons serous effusions into the pleural sac are now and then encountered. A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases 2012-03-17T02:00:54.097Z Mrs. Anthony was a delightful old person, with the figure of a young girl and the flashing eyes and snowy bob curls of a French marquise. In Jeopardy 2012-01-04T03:00:35.013Z Youth is naturally more susceptible to the influence of magnetism than riper years; really old persons have never yet been put to sleep. Modern Magic 2012-01-01T03:00:09.557Z Every time we lose a young person — or an old person — to this crime, it is as tragic as it was in 1980. Well Blog: Drunk Driving Rates Remain High 2011-10-18T16:02:06Z What young or old person, what man, what woman? Arguments Of Celsus, Porphyry, And The Emperor Julian, Against The Christians Also Extracts from Diodorus Siculus, Josephus, and Tacitus, Relating to the Jews, Together with an Appendix 2011-10-12T02:00:42.117Z A smile, which was like the wise smile of an old person, flickered over Letty's features. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z It was the face of an old person, she felt instinctively, but the eyes had something childlike in their expression of wonder and surprise. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson Fighting Fire in Sleepy Hollow 2011-09-18T02:00:23.270Z “I thought you were a nice, kind, fat old person bringing me a glass of water.” The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z And at this a very old person in a black bonnet came in, and was overcome by emotion at the first sight of Flushington. The Black Poodle And Other Tales 2011-08-30T02:00:37.963Z For an old person he would step aside. Stories and Pictures 2011-08-30T02:00:28.080Z She talks exactly like an old person sometimes. The Builders 2011-09-19T02:00:09.067Z “She seems to be a shrewd old person.” Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z I have no doubt she is a perfectly harmless old person.” The Motor Maids Across the Continent 2011-09-17T02:00:31.140Z Under no circumstances should any one but a physician give it to a weak or old person, or to a young child. How to Care for the Insane A Manual for Nurses 2011-08-22T02:00:55.510Z And one little girl asked about some old person of her acquaintance: "When will she begin to get small?" Children's Ways 2011-08-11T02:00:16.473Z Well, I do think great-great-grandfather must have been a gay old person. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays 2011-08-08T02:00:15.947Z You may show this letter to your friends, extending to them a crabbed old person’s sincere thanks and good wishes.” Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Very old persons, and those who are dangerously ill, are often noticed to be curiously like their nearest of kin, and to have almost visibly ceased to be themselves. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1 2011-07-17T02:00:36.813Z Nature may be asserting herself in these old persons so they can get back some of the spirit of childhood before they are called to the Great Beyond. Tripping with the Tucker Twins 2011-07-10T02:00:21.613Z Evidently her unrest is caused by an uneasy conscience, if tradition be correct; which says that she was a wicked old person who flourished in the early seventeenth century. Stranger Than Fiction Being Tales from the Byways of Ghosts and Folk-lore 2011-07-06T02:00:50.100Z Whatever the age may be, whether in a young child or in an old person, the average of beneficial effects appears to be the same. A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy 2011-06-21T02:00:28.890Z She had never before met an old person who so heartily detested youth. Marjorie Dean College Junior 2011-08-27T02:00:22.827Z Indeed, it is often said that old persons who have suffered one of these injuries earlier in life carry a barometer around with them. Psychotherapy 2011-06-19T02:00:20.053Z Every young and even old person should read it, study it over and over again, and follow those hints in it which lead them to break up bad habits and cultivate good ones. Jessamine A Novel 2011-06-15T02:00:24.413Z “What a dreadful old person,” Billie burst out at last, giving vent to her indignant feelings, when the girl staggered and almost fell on the floor. The Motor Maids by Palm and Pine 2011-06-05T02:00:14.760Z "You're a meddlesome old person," cackled the little Yellow Hen, "but as long as you're all here, come in," and she led the way to the sitting room. Little Jack Rabbit and Uncle John Hare 2011-05-09T02:00:05.633Z A queer old person lived on the Weir’s Mills road when we were children. A Northern Countryside 2011-04-27T02:00:22.523Z So much better done than in the days of the old Cura, a dreadful old person, concerning whom there were so many queer stories. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z I found a shallow old person also here named Dr. Hall, who told me he had been eighteen years in the service. The Wound Dresser A Series of Letters Written from the Hospitals in Washington during the War of the Rebellion 2011-04-01T02:00:42.513Z Leeds is so called from an old person called Leed or Lloyd, of whom the great city is now the only memorial. Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 2011-03-20T02:00:26.607Z "Hence this instrument is useful to old persons and those who have weak eyes." Cabinet Portrait Gallery of British Worthies Volume I 2011-03-12T03:00:27.327Z He is a hoary-headed old person, decrepit and garrulous, with only one leg worth speaking about, and an ear trumpet. Mrs. Geoffrey 2011-02-27T03:00:29.460Z "Oh, she's the old person who made so much money out of a patent medicine." Miss Theodora A West End Story 2011-02-26T03:00:48.940Z For an old person I has good 'collection. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 2011-02-25T03:01:11.447Z Estenetia initially thought the "whole atmosphere of an old person is like death". Swapping lives with the elderly 2011-02-21T12:06:32Z An old person totally unable to notice lapses from convention, from social customs? Fr?ulein Schmidt and Mr. Anstruther 2011-02-17T03:00:18.413Z I had the satisfaction of knowing that comfort and pleasure was brought into many a poor old person's home. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z And no one guessed that the white-haired, upright old person attending Sybil, as watchful chaperon, was really only Mrs. Van Camp's ancient maid, who, at the instigation of Thrall, had been commanded thus to masquerade. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z The idea passed from one old person to another, and was a common belief, though you do not hear much about it now.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z My fear for my mum, like with any old person, is hypothermia. Woman's heating 'broken all year' 2010-12-24T04:04:00Z Thou art an old person, granny, but thy way of asking is not wise. Russian Fairy Tales From the Skazki of Polevoi 2010-12-20T17:11:44.353Z I'm sounding like an old person reminiscing," said the 73-year-old Osborne, "but it was a good era in college athletics because your level of athletics were certainly rising. Nebraska-Oklahoma a blast from the past 2010-12-01T18:47:00Z Educating kids is great but not as great as giving every old person money and invading other nation-states. Why $1,700 Means Joel Stein is Rich 2010-09-29T17:55:00Z The old person left soon declines and dies.’ The Fairy-Faith in Celtic Countries 2011-01-06T03:00:47.543Z In society, if you beat up an old person, you are a scoundrel of the lowest degree. Ventre: Magic appears to have run out for Favre 2010-09-22T01:35:00Z Everyone thinks it is an old person's disease, but it does affect young people. Shock diagnosis 2010-05-01T00:13:00Z On the other hand, the bones of old persons are more easily broken, and in some cases fail to unite. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers The writer was observant, and her command of English is far superior to that of many old persons who write reminiscences. The Settlement of Illinois, 1778-1830 The picture of this frivolous old person, with his dwarf, his mistress, and his chaplain, is drawn with some spirit. Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster In the opposite corner there were two old persons, probably a husband and wife, who had been very careful as to a foot-warming apparatus, and were muffled up very closely in woollen and furs. Ayala's Angel The Casa de Beneficencia is a large institution, for orphan and destitute children, for infirm old persons, and for the insane. To Cuba and Back Children not infrequently discover that they see much better when they chance to put on the spectacles of old persons. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers The older one was not a very old person then, she was an old person then, she was almost not earning a living then. Geography and Plays In meeting persons, we must turn to the right, and never take more than our share of the sidewalk, and give an old person or a lady more than half. Lessons on Manners For School and Home Use And then an old person in a black bonnet came feebly in, and was considerably affected when she saw Flushington. International Short Stories English As the curtains were pulled aside I caught a momentary glimpse of an old person whose face I shall never forget, but apparently it was not for him that the breathless crowd was waiting. The Last Generation A Story of the Future The fruit shrinks by loss of water, just as the face of an old person shrinks by loss of fat. Earth and Sky Every Child Should Know Easy studies of the earth and the stars for any time and place The older sister was then quite an old person. Geography and Plays “Perhaps an old person who didn’t have much time left, but whose mind was still clear and sharp—” “Professor Thomas.” Mr. Spaceship Sir Pine cannot escape being an intractable old person, seeing that woman's suffrage was not the rule seventy-five years ago, or more, when he was born. Seeds of Pine An old person's bones are more tender than a child's, and will not spring much without breaking. Applied Physiology Including the Effects of Alcohol and Narcotics She was a grim old person, very stern in matters of sectarian opinion, and the captain recognized in his heart of hearts that she alone was his superior officer. Strangers and Wayfarers Seldom does a very old person get outside the limits of his previous habits. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life Every day produces new births, carries minors forward to maturity, and old persons from the stage. The Writings Of Thomas Paine, Volume III. 1791-1804 For all along o’ this, out comes from that elegant mansion another old person, the lady, Miss Laura Bonnicastle, by your leave. A Sunny Little Lass But old Phoebe kept back all her horrors, and even the man's claim to be the son of an old person who had gone to Strides Cottage. When Ghost Meets Ghost "Was the witch, or fairy, or whatever she was, an old person, with wrinkled skin, and half her teeth gone?" inquired the Tin Owl. The Tin Woodman of Oz A Faithful Story of the Astonishing Adventure Undertaken by the Tin Woodman, assisted by Woot the Wanderer, the Scarecrow of Oz, and Polychrome, the Rainbow's Daughter Few great inventions, artistic or practical, have emanated from really old persons, and comparatively few even from the middle-aged. Psychology A Study Of Mental Life "Seeing both me and Theo happy, she naturally asks herself, Am I always to sit here like an old person with mamma?" A Country Gentleman and his Family Their chief they called Rab-mag—or Lab-mac—the old person—LAB, old—MAC, person; and their name Magi, meant learned men, magicians, as that of Maya in India. Vestiges of the Mayas or, Facts Tending to Prove that Communications and Intimate Relations Must Have Existed, in very Remote Times, Between the Inhabitants of Mayab and Those of Asia and Africa You have to go, of course, because of that poor old person. When Ghost Meets Ghost There was an old person of Crete, Whose toilet was far from complete, She dressed in a sack Spickle-speckled with black, That ombliferous old person of Crete. Cole's Funny Picture Book No. 1 Neither do I think it right," she added, with an air of candour, "to offer an old person, or one who is hideous, or even very disagreeable. Sir Tom The ventricles of the heart contract, or the “pulse” beats, about seventy-five times every minute; in adults; in infants, more than a hundred times every minute; in old persons, less than seventy-five times every minute. A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Bob went to her distressed attendant’s aid, and between them they half-carried, half-dragged the stubborn old person from the shining rails. Betty Gordon in the Land of Oil The Farm That Was Worth a Fortune Now just you think how alike old persons do get, by reason of change. When Ghost Meets Ghost He was really a painfully orthodox old person; all his up-to-dateness was within the covers of the catechism, and the real thinkers kept away. The Preacher of Cedar Mountain A Tale of the Open Country But if they only knew––really knew, as Jesus did––why, Katie, there wouldn’t be an old person, or a sick or unhappy one in the whole world! Carmen Ariza They think it's smart, and she's a very smart old person—likes a fast motor-car, and plays cards for money—hates to lose, too—and smokes, Mother! Kildares of Storm At first Hepworth had seemed rather an old person to her, notwithstanding the gloss of his black hair, and the smooth whiteness of his forehead. The Old Countess; or, The Two Proposals She was talking with an old person, a stranger, in black, with silver-white hair. When Ghost Meets Ghost "What a quantity of boxes she has brought!" she said; "some finery, I dare say, in all of them; how silly for such an old person to be fond of dress!" The Fairchild Family He took the old person by his last button and led him a little apart. Another Sheaf Ring: startling effect—grey-mouldy old person, with skeleton hands folded on woollen tippet, glides in a ghastly manner down passage. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 There was an old Dutchman, Von Rail, Who had an ambition to sail, So he put out to sea, In a fit of high glee, That hilarious old person, Von Rail. Our Young Folks, Vol 1, No. 1 An Illustrated Magazine These two old persons have not seen each other for fifty years, and it's very interesting. When Ghost Meets Ghost When old persons came around muma sent us out and you better not be seen. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States, From Interviews with Former Slaves Virginia Narratives In this year, toward the end of January, God sent us an epidemic of influenza, very malignant, from which many children and old persons died throughout the islands. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898—Volume 39 of 55 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 Close of the Nineteenth Century, Volume XXXIX: 1683-1690 “No | Members of the Class ‘you and I’ | are | old persons”. Symbolic Logic I thought it was always some old person who was chosen.” Phoebe, Junior Are you aware that this poor old person is under a delusion about her own parentage? When Ghost Meets Ghost An old person or a baby may have it warmer. Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts So, whatever she might think of the wisdom of his advice, she was far too prudent an old person to express her doubts. In Brief Authority The Proposition may be written “No | Members of the Class ‘you and I’ | are | old persons”. pg1355. Symbolic Logic I don’t see how such an old person can step around so lively. The Comings of Cousin Ann He paused a moment, and then added, meaningly:—"So far as being a very—very taking sort of old person goes." When Ghost Meets Ghost The anatomical neck may be fractured in an old person by a direct blow on the shoulder. Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. She was too cautious an old person to take unnecessary risks, and decided to employ a deputy. In Brief Authority The very breath of an old person in the room in which she sat was enough to oppress and stifle her. Too Old for Dolls A Novel She might have added: “Instead of an old person trying to look young,” but she did not. The Comings of Cousin Ann Granny Marrable's thought, of the two, dwelt more on "the old person"; whose identity, as Dave's other Granny, had made its impression on her. When Ghost Meets Ghost There survive in a few old persons some primitive industrial habits. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study Why, what an old person I shall be! The Nursery, October 1877, Vol. XXII. No. 4 A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers Of course, it was Lady Throckmorton, and, having been a beauty in her long past day, even at sixty-five Lady Throckmorton was quite an imposing old person. Theo A Sprightly Love Story There is one species of deafness, which occurs very frequently, and happens generally to old persons, though sometimes to the delicate and irritable in the earlier periods of life. Popular Lectures on Zoonomia Or The Laws of Animal Life, in Health and Disease "Well, Friend Adam is the youngest old person, and Gwendolyn Jones is the oldest young person I ever saw," remarked Hallam, as he lighted his mother's bedroom candle and bade her good night. Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life The meeting is called to order by acts ever so simple, and dismissed by two old persons shaking hands; but these are invariable and formal as a doxology and a benediction. Quaker Hill A Sociological Study "Got it at once, my dear old person," he said. Bones in London Could this terrible old person have detected him, and if so what would become of him? The Giant's Robe She was actually making eyes at him, the preposterous old person. The Wooden Horse "What a horrid old person!" said Mrs. Joy, who looked heated and vexed. A Little Country Girl “It is not a very fatal disease in young and healthy subjects, but in weak children, old persons and habitual drinkers, it is a very fatal malady.” Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say "Then, under the circumstances, dear old person, we'd all better sit here until——" At that moment the light came on. Bones in London Tradition and the recollections of old persons must be attended to. Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Find out why a child’s bones will grow together more easily than an old person’s bones. The Later Cave-Men The persons signified symbolically by Saturn are grandparents, and other old persons, day labourers, paupers, beggars, clowns, husbandmen of the meaner sort, and especially undertakers, sextons, and gravediggers. Myths and Marvels of Astronomy There was the fatherly-looking old person almost bending over her chair back. The Girl from Sunset Ranch Or, Alone in a Great City So, after a moment's reflection, Mrs. Arthur bade the girl, "show the old person up." Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter Might not some very old person know the place where the ship was wrecked? True to His Home A Tale of the Boyhood of Franklin Why do a child’s bones break less easily than an old person’s? The Later Cave-Men Mrs. Price, the landlady, was a very nice old person. The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview Finally, he saw that she was a shrewd, matter-of-fact old person, and for the sake of making his work easy it would be as well to conciliate her. A Coin of Edward VII A Detective Story The janitor is a disobliging old person who has been there since the house was started and holds his job, in spite of incessant complaints. This Giddy Globe She was a handsome woman of fifty-five,—still a woman, not an old person, Wanning told himself, as he kissed her cheek. A Collection of Stories, Reviews and Essays One day an old person came in with a life of Garfield and laid it on the table, opened to the picture of the candidate, and left it. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 The old person is very fond of macaroni, and eats it about three times a week. Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa 1883 "I feel that I've already lived my life and am coming back to old Wellington to die with a lot of other decrepit old persons who used to be young and beautiful." Molly Brown's Senior Days The bones of very old persons get too much like this, and we are afraid to have such people fall. Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management Upon a narrow seat just inside the cabin door, an indelicate old person lies, eyes closed and jaws agape. Ship-Bored Particularly was this the case with children and women, and old persons, and to have the angel business wiped out by a lot of white chokered revisers is too much. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 "Why use such big words as 'biography' and 'criticise'?" this old person may ask. The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People "I'm afraid I'm just a weak old person," she said to herself, giving the hand a little squeeze and then releasing it. Molly Brown's Senior Days Many old persons have written well, and you cannot do better than to avail yourselves of their instructions. The Young Man's Guide An old person coming upon her at this moment would have been painfully moved by that tragic pity which age feels for the unreasoning joy of youth. The Squirrel-Cage It is certain that an old person with a lame back can swing in a hammock half the day and it will never kick up. Peck's Sunshine Being a Collection of Articles Written for Peck's Sun, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1882 Perhaps some old person will criticise it severely. The Nursery, February 1873, Vol. XIII. A Monthly Magazine for Youngest People Here we found the guardian, a quaint, and garrulous and most obliging old person, waiting to show us over the handsome, albeit somewhat gloomy, building. The Idler Magazine, Vol III. May 1893 An Illustrated Monthly A schoolmistress gets to know that look, and recognises it sometimes in grown-up folk, even in quite old persons. Shining Ferry An old person without a card, Mr. Joles," he confided to that individual below stairs; "name Barkwick or something, says he has an appointment. The Music Master Novelized from the Play “Marcus, my son, I cannot bear to hear you speak in that way of any old person, especially of Aunt Barbara.” Hatty and Marcus or, First Steps in the Better Path "I beg your pardon, sir—that was my fault," he said, with so quaint an imitation of an old person that the General could not help smiling. The Christmas Peace 1908 "Oh, you wicked old person," said the red policeman. The Old Man's Bag When you lived in a town all your life and knew its people, it wasn't unusual to see some old person snap under the weight of years. The Last Place on Earth There was an old person of Bow, Whom nobody happened to know, So they gave him some soap, And said coldly, 'We hope You will go back directly to Bow!' A Philanthropist She was a shrewd old person, with strong whims of her own, even at seventy. "Le Monsieur de la Petite Dame" It was painful to see a boy so young acting with the caution of an old person, from the consciousness of being surrounded by enemies. The Peasant and the Prince She was a still-agreeable old person of sixty-five or six, whose lean wrinkly face still bespoke cheerfulness and kindliness. The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works The old persons took part with their children; criminations and strife spread from house to house; it was most deplorable. The Broken Cup I'm not going to have you spout it out before any old person, and get us into hot water, perhaps. Miss Pat at School "And as to the other servants, why, there's an old person named Hubbard—Old Mother Hubbard, I call her—who is supposed to look after them." Nell, of Shorne Mills or, One Heart's Burden I have very often heard old persons describe the impossibility of making any one believe that the American colonies could ever be separated from this country. The History of Tasmania , Volume II But apart from that, every young and old person in the village was known to the others. The Shellback's Progress In the Nineteenth Century I believe that reminiscence takes up a very small part of old persons' time. The Old Folks' Party 1898 But in the West of Donegal, whence James Kelly's father emigrated to where I found his son, every old person had this literature in mind, and my friend was no exception. Irish Books and Irish People He failed in many attempts to destroy your brothers and sisters-in-law, but succeeded at last in transforming yourself and your wife into decrepid old persons. The Indian Fairy Book From the Original Legends I don't suppose any but a very old person who has lived her life, and has no hopes left, can rest and wait patiently. The Carved Cupboard "I shall infallibly blow out at that obnoxious old person, or else do something equally reprehensible." Molly Bawn The members of the club observed with astonishment that, however affectionately we may regard old persons, we no more think of becoming like them than of becoming negroes. The Old Folks' Party 1898 But there is something awe-inspiring to a young girl in the sudden death of even an old person. Good Old Anna The young people among these prisoners will be sold into slavery, and the old persons will be killed at the Grand Custom. Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Oh, I hope, if I should live to be over fifty, that I may be a pleasant old person. The Love Affairs of an Old Maid "Well, that greatly depends upon taste," returns Molly, who, though angry, finds a grim amusement in watching the flounderings of this tactless old person. Molly Bawn They began to regard every event and feeling from a double standpoint, as present and as past, as it appeared to them and as it would appear to an old person. The Old Folks' Party 1898 The dead are usually buried, the bodies of old persons being burnt as a special honour and to save them from the risk of being devoured by wild animals. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II The suite was on the fifteenth floor, and a full minute's walk from the lift for an old person like Miss O'Reilly. The Lion's Mouse "Am I, ridiculous old person! in love with her?" The Finer Grain "From your description of her, I should say she must be a most thoroughly uncomfortable old person." April's Lady A Novel The "pious and intellectual old persons" whom Mrs. Sherwood admired had withdrawn from the scene, if indeed they had ever figured on it. Fifteen Chapters of Autobiography He failed in several attempts to destroy your brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, but succeeded at last in transforming yourself and your wife into decrepit old persons. The Myth of Hiawatha, and Other Oral Legends, Mythologic and Allegoric, of the North American Indians In very old persons the case is usually hopeless, as life itself is fading. Papers on Health I may be a ridiculous old person," Cornelia returned—"and, for that matter, of course I am! The Finer Grain As for that sly old person, the caretaker, our new friend volunteered to straighten out everything with him, our affair as well as his own. The Chauffeur and the Chaperon There was a queer old person that lived in Farmer Green's garden. The Tale of Grandfather Mole I always think one misses so much if there is no old person in the house to help with advice and example!” More about Pixie Hair Coming off.—There are many forms of this disfiguring trouble, both in the case of young and old persons. Papers on Health I see the woman," he told his companion, "and just as we thought she's an old person, bent over considerably. Afloat on the Flood The tailor knew that it was Timothy Turtle's voice, for he had seen that crusty old person standing upon his doorstep. The Tale of Timothy Turtle And I've no doubt you think me simply a disagreeable, crotchety old person. Torchy, Private Sec. He enjoys life as few old persons do. Watch Yourself Go By More than that, she will go herself and row for some child or old person who cannot manage the oars, but who stands on the bank and looks wishfully at the river. Girls and Women She had brought old Aunt Sis Stidham back from the shadow of the grave, and had turned that tart, irreverent old person's erring feet back into the way of the Lord. In Happy Valley All her body felt weak and incapable, like the body of an old person whose life was drawing to an end. The Call of the Blood Not a single old person who was not protected by a previous attack and who was exposed to the infection failed to contract the disease. Measles She never would bring up the subject again, but she'd stand and talk with as much respect as if I'd been some old person. Dixie Hart Many of those so reported are found, as in the cases of old persons and children, but many disappear forever. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City Max, you old person, have you seen them, or have you not? The Way of Ambition I am the old person of the party, but I begin to believe that it is I who keep you lively. The Call of the Blood This when cooked is one of the best and most sustaining foods for children and infirm old persons. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure I don't know when I've ever been so sorry for an old person. Dixie Hart Ladies, old persons, and children find it impossible to do so without the aid of the police, whose duty it is to make a passage for them through the crowd of vehicles. Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City We confess, however, that we saw very few old persons in Quito. The Andes and the Amazon Across the Continent of South America In the other house two old persons had been killed while looking down upon the street. Kelly Miller's History of the World War for Human Rights Its infusion is a good warming medicine against chronic cough, and moist bronchial asthma in an old person. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Two feet south of this skeleton and a few inches lower were the crushed and decayed bones of an old person with the head lying toward the east. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 If you dream bout you be travelin en come to a old rotten down buildin, it a sign of a old person death. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 1 "Goodness, I don't see how you can see anything beautiful about old persons," said the girl. A Court of Inquiry Those children who were still being fed from their mother's breasts were also under the care of one of these old persons. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 4 Is it as easy for an old person to form a habit as it is for a young person? The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners The folded skeleton of a very old person lay on the right side, head east, in loose ashes, on a large flat rock whose top was 30 inches below the surface. Archeological Investigations Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 76 What are called "rough" and "coarse" types of humanity are seldom without a sense of reverence and even affection for old persons. The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches They had, at the time of our visit, forty-seven old persons under their care. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 433 Volume 17, New Series, April 17, 1852 Two excellent and cheerful old persons were engaged in conversation on the subject of Father Molyneux. Great Possessions The old person, therefore, must wear convex glasses when looking at near objects, as in reading and sewing. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners Such sores on the toes of old persons are always to be looked upon with suspicion and treated with the greatest care; and the urine should be examined for sugar. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. She resembled her father closely, and herself looked like an old person anywhere but beside him. Jerome, A Poor Man A Novel There were no deep easy-chairs, nor other appliances for lounging; for to lie down, or even to lean back, was a luxury permitted only to old persons or invalids. Memoir of Jane Austen It takes a right old person to fish out the innards of an inimy's secrets. The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady Even then, it is probably better for an old person to continue to use the accustomed methods of a lifetime. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners The incubation period averages about forty days, but varies from a fortnight to seven or eight months, and is shorter in young than in old persons. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. From one cabin came the sound of a child crying angrily, from another the harsh coughing of some very old person, and from still another the whining of a dog. The Harbor Master Very old persons sometimes have a third set of teeth. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene Then there's an old person with gray whiskers who—well, I can't bear to watch him. On With Torchy Although better methods are developed, they will not be so good for the old person as those modes of action that he is used to. The Science of Human Nature A Psychology for Beginners It must clearly be understood that any form of gangrene may occur in old persons, the term senile being here restricted to that variety which results from arterio-sclerosis. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. "After all, this eccentric old person may change his mind, and it will be so awkward to break off the match, for you cannot afford to marry a poor woman." May Brooke Children should not try to wear old persons' glasses, as this is likely to injure their eyes. First Book in Physiology and Hygiene Really, you know, that ridiculous old person has been the bane of my existence for the last three weeks. On With Torchy An imbecile old person is often a fair reader of character. Jacqueline of Golden River As the term indicates, it occurs in old persons, but the patient's age is to be reckoned by the condition of his arteries rather than by the number of his years. Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. I should like a few addresses of old persons who are lonely as she was, who would like letters such as I write. Letters of a Woman Homesteader Never had he seen any old person so active or a slave so wrapped in covering. The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt Some silly old person of a bygone century had scratched with a diamond on one of these a rough cross, and beneath it the motto: In hoc vince. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year So glad that miserable old person is out of the way for ever, of making young men of family marry young women of no family, who have not even money to recommend them. The Hoyden Moreover, she was not in the least what one expects an old person to be. The Judge Only one old person did he behold, whence he inferred that their precarious life was unfavorable to longevity. The Knight of the Golden Melice A Historical Romance And who was this very patronising old person, pray? Austin and His Friends He was now mastering it himself, independent of the antics of an old person of a century ago, bowing away in the mirror. The Upas Tree A Christmas Story for all the Year I would give anything in the world if I could only remember exactly what the old person's name was, and where she lived. The Lost Lady of Lone He was a solemn-looking old person, who had been a missionary, and "had laid away three dear wives in foreign lands," as he confided to me afterward over a plate of ice-cream. Clover When I spoke of old persons it never occurred to me that you could fall into that class! The Seeker Oh, a daguerreotype, I suppose—an extraordinary-looking, smirking old person in a great bonnet with large roses all round her face, and tied with huge ribbons under her chin. Austin and His Friends Mike, or Crowgill Mike II, to give him his full entitles, is a very sagacious old person, in the fifteenth year of his disillusionment, and of excellent family. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned It is one of the privileges of old persons to compare the young with this or that parent. A Splendid Hazard "Must be an infirm old person," he added to himself. Bressant The religion of an old person is merely so much reflex nervous action. The Seeker This old person is very much my friend, and will keep my secrets as well as those of other people. Philip Winwood A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American Captain in the War of Independence; Embracing Events that Occurred between and during the Years 1763 and 1786, in New York and London: written by His Enemy in War, Herbert Russell, Lieutenant in the Loyalist Forces. Not till I'm a toothless old person with side curls, hobbling along on a stick. The Militants Stories of Some Parsons, Soldiers, and Other Fighters in the World And hearing these words, the king said, 'Let the car stay here as long as I do not take these old persons to the places whence I brought them. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Whose bones are the more brittle, those of a child, or those of an old person?—"Those of an old person." Object Lessons on the Human Body A Transcript of Lessons Given in the Primary Department of School No. 49, New York City Yes, sir—I doubt even the efficacy of typhoid in most cases; it's as difficult for an old person to change a habit of thought as to take the wrinkles from his face. The Seeker You tell me this, and I make reply to you that there are powers more high than this old person, who have of that child charge. Nautilus From this fast an exception is made in favor of old persons and children. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 In the latter class may be included old persons, children, and the sick women; who, from their former situation in life, have been unaccustomed to labour, and are weakened by the effects of famine. 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 This old person has European features but has an unpleasant expression. A Journal of a Tour in the Congo Free State Usually, the effects of a given dose of radiation are more severe in very young and very old persons, and those not in good health. In Time of Emergency A Citizen's Handbook on Nuclear Attack, Natural Disasters (1968) So this quaint and shockingly heterodox millionaire would rave on, for he was a most peppery old person. A Dream of the North Sea The reference to the “old gentlefolks” implies the well-known fact that in argument old persons are inclined to be much more obstinate than young people. Books and Habits from the Lectures of Lafcadio Hearn The expostulating feet of the old person ascended wearily from the lower depths of the house. Flames He admitted that he had become something of an invalid, but that his elder daughter should have classified him as an old person would have appeared to him as absurd and offensive. Mount Music In old persons, when thus fully expressed, we often observe a fair, plump, perennial, waxen complexion, which indicates that all the ferment of earlier days has subsided into serenity of thought and behavior. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862 Oh, well," said the Duchess, shrugging her shoulders, "how can you always be perfectly straightforward with such a tyrannical old person! Lady Rose's Daughter The remaining buildings on the Favors' plantation were the smokehouse and the cook house where in addition to the cooking the younger children were cared for by another old person. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 1 I was only a child then, but I'm quite an old person now. The Motor Maids in Fair Japan Unfortunately Mr. Alpha used it with a sarcastic inflection, implying that he regarded Mr. Omega as a prig, a fussy old person, a miser, a spoilsport, and, indeed, something less than a man. The Plain Man and His Wife "It is not right to laugh at old persons," Bertha said, summoning all her courage; yet she was mortified and humiliated in the extreme. The King's Daughter and Other Stories for Girls Mrs. Tarns was the most faithful and capable old person that was ever born. The Price of Love This opinion is corroborated by the remarks of several old persons whom we have consulted as to their recollections of the custom. Bundling; Its Origin, Progress and Decline in America It is the little child whose attention seems omnivorous, and it is the old person for whom situations worthy of attention have narrowed down to a few lines. How to Teach You see I am expected to attend to Mrs. Poynsett; and I have seen whist at Dunstone when any dull old person came there. The Three Brides The philosopher had fallen from the path into the swamp at the back of the Castle, the existence of which I recollect hearing of from old persons forty years ago. Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character With feet as heavy and slowly-dragging as those of some unwieldy old person, with drooped figure, and stained and swollen face, I enter the school-room an hour later to tell my ill-news. Nancy At the same time he might also be characterized as a sweet old person, with all the tender reminiscences of the old days and the and childish prejudices against all things new. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Florida Narratives A cough is vexatious, but in old persons is a great preservative. Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II It is no joke, though at first it may seem like one, to scare an old person with the affair. Bob the Castaway There are quite a few old persons around Woodson that can give you information. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 6 Now I crawl up, like some sickly old person. Nancy Some old person who didn't have to go to the field would give them somethin' to eat so that they would be out of the way when the folks come out of the field. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Arkansas Narratives, Part 7 The weather had turned cool, and his imposingly tall old person was wrapped in a cape-overcoat. The Bent Twig Much of this is held in the memory of old persons, and will be lost if not gleaned up and preserved in the shape of narratives. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers "Why should that old person come in this very morning?" she thought. The Girl at Cobhurst "But it mostly attacks old persons and children." Old Saint Paul's A Tale of the Plague and the Fire When I was a child I wouldn't have talked that way about any old person. Trial and Triumph There was an old person of Dover, Who rushed through a field of blue Clover; But some very large bees, Stung his nose and his knees, So he very soon went back to Dover. The Book of Nonsense What a mass of reminiscences and elements of history dies with every old person of observation, white or red. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers "Was the witch, or fairy, or whatever she was, an old person, with wrinkled skin and half her teeth gone?" inquired the Tin Owl. The Tin Woodman of Oz It was almost as difficult for old persons to get to church in Sussex during winter as it was in the Lincoln Fens, where they were rowed thither in boats. The Life of Thomas Telford; civil engineer with an introductory history of roads and travelling in Great Britain The faces of some of the Welsh people, among whom there were many old persons, were certainly the least intelligent. The Uncommercial Traveller There was an old person of Dutton, Whose head was so small as a button; So to make it look big, He purchased a wig, And rapidly rushed about Dutton. The Book of Nonsense In Wilson's "Healthy Skin" are mentioned several instances of very old persons in whom the natural color of the hair returned after they had been gray for years. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine I asked him then, if this old person had made all things, why did not all things worship him? Robinson Crusoe Strongly conservative and rather feudal old persons were much pleased by this. The Shuttle I got up heavily and slowly as an old person, and then slipped out and ran down the path to the meadow, because I could hear Leon whistle as he came to bring the cows. Laddie; a true blue story There was an old Person of Chester, Whom several small children did pester; They threw some large stones, Which broke most of his bones, And displeased that old person of Chester. The Book of Nonsense In old persons intracapsular fracture may be caused by such a trivial thing as turning in bed, and even a sudden twist of the ankle has been sufficient to produce this injury. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine How must we treat old persons in general? An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism She was a well-preserved and markedly respectable old person, in a decent print frock and a cap. The Shuttle The new-comers, on the contrary, were persons of very various capacities, and still more diverse in their requirements: there were among them women and old persons, fathers with numerous children. Freeland A Social Anticipation I'm not pretending to say ma mayn't be a little peculiar in her ways, but you never saw an old person that wasn't, did you? Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It "He has been kind to me once or twice, but he's rather a starchy old person." The Pawns Count She is, he will say, such an impassioned old person, and so on, and so on. The Diary of a Superfluous Man and Other Stories She was a decent and self-respecting old person, but in her mind there was no faintest glimmer of resentment of questions concerning rent and food and the needs of her simple, hard-driven existence. The Shuttle "You should," urged Mrs. Yu, "be sparse in what you tell her lady ship so as not to frighten an old person like her!" Hung Lou Meng, Book I Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books "I am master here!" exclaimed the old person impetuously; and with further strong language he expressed his intention of rating my father soundly for not having brought me inside along with himself. Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places "Yes, they are," asserts Larcher, jumping at the chance to show this uninterested old person that wise young men may sometimes be entertained unawares. The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day Ladies, old persons, and children, find it impossible to do so without the aid of the police, whose duty it is to make a way for them through the crowds of vehicles. The Secrets of the Great City This was enough to put in good spirits even a less cheery old person. The Shuttle Next morning an absurd old person, in a broad red baldrick, came on board and counted noses, to ascertain that we had not brought the dreaded small-pox from the Ionian Islands. To the Gold Coast for Gold A Personal Narrative in Two Volumes.—Volume I Are there crops of fine youths, and majestic old persons? Complete Prose Works Specimen Days and Collect, November Boughs and Goodbye My Fancy Oh, dear madam," cried the old person, "don't you know yet? Dame Care To nod carelessly at an old person is rude, if not actually insulting. Frost's Laws and By-Laws of American Society A condensed but thorough treatise on etiquette and its usages in America, containing plain and reliable directions for deportment in every situation in life. She was eighty-three years old, and a respectable old person—a widow, who had reared ten children. The Shuttle "Why he went and had all his special numbers here changed once just because I found out one of them by mistake and called him up on it for a joke—the cryptic old person!" Young People's Pride A Novel There's not many who would put themselves out to do for an old person who hadn't any claim on them the way you are doing for him. Georgina of the Rainbows And they allow women with child and giving suck, old persons, and young children to be exempted from keeping most of the public fasts. The Koran (Al-Qur'an) Its face was wrinkled like an old person's of ninety years. A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences Are there crops of fine youths and majestic old persons? The French in the Heart of America "If you take infirmity," said Mrs Charlton, who was now helped into the chaise, "for intoxication, you must suppose no old person sober." Cecilia; Or, Memoirs of an Heiress — Volume 2 "A truly dreadful old person, Diana!" said I, as she joined me. Peregrine's Progress The only really old persons are the selfish ones. David Poindexter's Disappearance, and Other Tales He is just like an old person, does not care to go anywhere but to church and Sunday-school. The Hero of Hill House "Look you, you base old person," said the incensed philosopher, "if you do put another jest upon me, I will cleave your skull-piece with this shovels!" The Antiquary — Volume 02 Now when two young persons come separately to an old person to discuss each other's affairs, it is a bad sign. From a Bench in Our Square "Well, mother, did you ever see such a funny old person?" said Esther, on her return to the parlour. Young Lives You would find it difficult, impossible perhaps, to get out of Lady Kirkbank's claws while you are single; but once my wife, that amiable old person can be made to keep her distance.' Phantom Fortune, a Novel She was not a cultivated old person, and she did not know how to unturn people, and now you see the result. Little Saint Elizabeth and Other Stories Who could have supposed that this shabby old person, whom he had endeavoured to snub, was the great Lady Tintern? Peter's Mother Why does a child need more food proportionately than an old person? Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics Grasshoppers.—These insects give warning of a poor harvest season; for an old person the risk of chill leading to severe illness. Telling Fortunes By Tea Leaves Furthermore, since an old person's strength is somewhat lessened, he needs less food to carry on the activities of the body. School and Home Cooking It's bad enough to be with a greedy child, but it's really horrible to have much to do with a greedy old person. December Love She died, as might any other old person, of bronchitis. The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography She felt lame and stiff, like an old person afflicted with rheumatism. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch |
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