| 单词 | prime of life |
| 例句 | Suddenly, I had to pay my respects to this innocent creature, cut down in the prime of life. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z Which makes you wonder, are they really speaking real words, or do little kids just start out naturally understanding each other before the prime of life sets in? The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z I guess trading away your prime of life is a fair price for somebody flying you out of that hellhole. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking of Aristotle, he divided the “ages of man” into three: youth, the prime of life and old age. ArtsBeat: Jill Lepore Talks About Life, Death and the Stages in Between 2012-06-06T21:29:46Z According to Genesis, he lived to the age of 962; here, he looks to be in the prime of life. Art Review: Stained Glass at the Cloisters 2014-02-28T00:07:01Z So there are possible social interventions, but it’s also inescapable that our biology is not the same as men — and it’s kind of unfair that ours stops when we are in the prime of life. The future of sex 2012-09-19T19:20:00Z For the Venice film festival, at least, 75 is the prime of life. Venice film festival 2018: all star lineup, despite lack of female film-makers 2018-08-28T04:00:00Z Death in the prime of life is a gripping subject for a writer. The Lives of Four Andover Grads Cut Short 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z The people now on the ship and in the prime of life were born aboard and have never known Earth. ‘Ascension,’ a Space Travel Mini-Series on Syfy 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z Robert Spofforth looks like “a black man in the prime of life,” but is actually the most sophisticated android ever built. Review | ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ is a bestseller, but its author, Walter Tevis, was hardly a one-hit wonder 2021-02-03T05:00:00Z The disease, which causes paralysis, strikes many patients in the prime of life and often leads to death within two to five years. Ady Barkan, Health Care Activist, Dies at 39 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Those most likely to be captured, men and women in the prime of life, had been contributing the greatest share of labor to their communities. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z A.L.S., or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — also called Lou Gehrig’s disease — often strikes patients in the prime of life and frequently causes death within two to five years. Price of New A.L.S. Treatment Will Be $158,000 Per Year, Maker Says 2022-09-30T04:00:00Z Rather than being in the prime of life, they think they'd soon be decrepit and dead. Old age isn’t a modern phenomenon – many people lived long enough to grow old in the olden days, too 2022-08-11T04:00:00Z “People are dying in the prime of life,” says Andrew Stokes, an assistant professor of global health at the Boston University School of Public Health. What One Million COVID Dead Mean for the U.S.’s Future 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Contributing to the trend has been rising mortality among those in the prime of life, including from drug overdoses, alcohol use and suicides. America's deepest and most dangerous divide isn't between Democrats and Republicans 2022-01-16T05:00:00Z "The experience of death is always disturbing. But the death of a young person, in the prime of life, is overwhelming in its effects," Fr Noel McGahan said. County Tyrone road deaths 'cast dark cloud' over community 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z He is 27, nearing old age for a running back but still the prime of life in every other realm. Seahawks’ Rashaad Penny gets another, perhaps final, chance with Chris Carson’s season over 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z The fatalities have lasting repercussions, since most of them occurred among people aged 25 to 55, in the prime of life, she added. Overdose Deaths Reached Record High as the Pandemic Spread 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z These issues were most pronounced among people in the prime of life. Column: Thanks to the pandemic, we now also have 'an epidemic of sleep deprivation' 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Imagine being an able-bodied an active person, in the prime of life — a fitness instructor like Jamie, for example — and suddenly finding yourself bedridden for not only days or weeks, but months. For us COVID long-haulers, disease hardships could last years 2021-05-23T04:00:00Z “He has a higher chance of mortality, even in the prime of life,” Durban said. Southern resident orcas celebrate 3 healthy calves as researchers find J pod in best overall condition in a decade 2021-05-08T04:00:00Z He has faith and the hardihood of being in the prime of life, but even Letlow at Christmas was taken away, temporarily, from his lovely young family by this pandemic. Editorial Roundup: Louisiana 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The photos look like a couple who should be in the prime of life. Amanda Stevens takes up the fight against ALS: 'She's been an absolute warrior' 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z By the time the rodents were 7 months old, typically the prime of life for a mouse, they already appeared to be in their dotage, the team reports today in Science. Defective immune cells could make us old 2020-05-21T04:00:00Z Epidemiologists caution against becoming alarmed by the deaths of older people with no known underlying conditions, or by the story of a 35-year-old, seemingly in the prime of life, who succumbs to the disease. U.S. deaths from coronavirus top 1,000, amid incomplete reporting from authorities and anguish from those left behind 2020-03-26T04:00:00Z “These are people in the prime of life — they’re not the elderly,” said Seth Ginsberg, president and co-founder of Creaky Joints, an advocacy group for people with arthritis and rheumatic disease. As coronavirus outbreak accelerates, youthful faces may mask mortal risk 2020-03-11T04:00:00Z Many of those people saw friends cut down in the prime of life. Buttigieg, the first openly gay presidential candidate, was hated by the left. Why? | Aaron Hicklin 2020-03-03T05:00:00Z Mark Easterbrook becomes suspicious when a young woman dies just weeks after he saw her in a cafe, apparently in the prime of life, and he decides to investigate. How Agatha Christie mystery The Pale Horse may have inspired a murderer 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z The Post’s View: More Americans are dying in the prime of life. Opinion | We need to pay more attention to the epidemic of suicide 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z “They were young men in the prime of life, away from home for long stretches of time,” he said. Court to decide whether North Carolina deputy can be fired for refusing to work alone with women 2019-08-22T04:00:00Z In medical school, physicians learn that people in the prime of life are “normal” and scant time is spent studying aging. A doctor speaks out about ageism in medicine 2019-06-02T04:00:00Z “That’s like literally being a 30-year-old woman. Dying at 30 is not normal,” Rose told the Orlando Sentinel, adding that "30 is prime of life" for orcas and they typically live to at least 50. 30-year-old SeaWorld orca dies suddenly in Orlando 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z They cut down people — men overwhelmingly — who are in the prime of life, between the ages of 15 and 40. In some countries, the odds of getting shot are 1 in a million. In the U.S., it’s 1,000 times higher. 2018-08-29T04:00:00Z Terrible loss, victims probably in the prime of life. Military Plane Crashes in Algeria, Killing at Least 257 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z That’s almost 80 percent of what was then regarded as the prime of life. Opinion | For a Better Marriage, Act Like a Single Person 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z She was 34 years old in the prime of life, with three little boys, the youngest of which was my father who was 6 at the time. Questions and Answers About This Year’s Flu Season 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z Overdose is now the nation’s leading cause of death for people in the prime of life. The Social Life of Opioids 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z And it charged up the mental horsepower of mice in the prime of life. The hormone klotho really helped cognition in mice. Would it help humans? 2017-08-18T04:00:00Z These theoretical cancer patients that we are debating about are real people, active and contributing, often in the prime of life or younger. Kennedy’s Battle in the Nation’s War Against Cancer 2009-08-27T04:00:00Z “There is nothing more tragic for a parent than to lose a child in the prime of life,” President Trump said in a statement. Otto Warmbier dies days after release from North Korean detention 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z “There is nothing more tragic for a parent than to lose a child in the prime of life,” the president said. Trump calls Otto Warmbier ‘latest victim’ of North Korea’s ‘brutality’ 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z On the sidewalks, wounded men in the prime of life walk with canes or ride in wheelchairs. In the South Bronx, Lives Marred and Erased by Firearms 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z A spectrum of the ultraviolet light from the event, recorded by Hubble, suggested a low-mass star in the prime of life, not on its deathbed. The universe’s brightest supernova may be something much more exciting: a spinning, star-eating black hole 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z Now, as the artist contemplates his work, it’s clear that his ambition is broader than simply invoking the memory of two martyrs frozen forever in the prime of life. A car bomb killed Orlando Letelier on Embassy Row 40 years ago. A mural by his son marks the tragedy and the progress it inspired. 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z “A young person in the prime of life cut down and killed by a tumor. He’s seen the suffering. He’s been there. So I just went with it.” John Grisham thinks his new book is so important he’s giving it away for free 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z The stump is symbolic in the person may have been cut down in the prime of life. Gravestone tour tells captivating, multilayered tale 2015-09-06T04:00:00Z Why do we fall apart just as we reach what should be the prime of life? What A Body Built to Last a 100 Years Would Look Like 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z This is what Shakespeare looked like, drawn from life and in the prime of life.” New Image of William Shakespeare Has Been Discovered, Historian Says 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z "This is what Shakespeare looked like, drawn from life and in the prime of life," he said. 'True face of Shakespeare' appears in botany book - BBC News 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Jim, the runaway slave, is nine feet tall, a handsome black man in the prime of life, standing very straight and gazing somewhat apprehensively into the distance. The Man Making Sculpture Modern 2015-05-04T04:00:00Z At our age, past the prime of life, we are given to sinew and sag, and Larry bears, with his trademark stoicism, the further affliction of a late-onset muscular dystrophy. Sally Mann’s Exposure 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women, and the second-leading cause of cancer deaths among women, many of them in the prime of life. Retesting Breast Cancer Axioms 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z Rosy-cheeked, sculpted athletes in the prime of life doing eye-popping things on skis, skates and sleds. Column: With 2022 games, IOC turns magic into mush 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z The deadly weapon was perhaps a rock, certainly something hard, heavy and sharp enough to fell a strapping 24-year-old in the prime of life. Column: For deadly football, Algeria must face ban 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z The thing is, I’m a successful man in the prime of life. Jeffrey Eugenides: “Find the Bad Guy.” 2013-11-11T05:00:00Z An American flag and a Granite Mountain Hotshots shirt draped over a burned prickly pear cactus mark the spot where they died, together — fathers and sons, in the prime of life. Weeks After Deadly Fire, Arizona Town Struggles to Pick Up Pieces 2013-07-27T16:53:44Z This not only represents a huge loss of productive capacity as people in the prime of life are turned into dependants. Schumpeter: The great mismatch 2012-12-06T16:03:43Z Thus many an apparently robust man is stricken down in the prime of life. Being Well-Born An Introduction to Eugenics 2012-05-22T15:16:53.140Z As a result, thousands of good women who ought to be in the pink and prime of life are going pathetically to the only rest which the conditions seem to allow—the grave. Farm Boys and Girls 2012-04-21T02:00:21.733Z He is chief barber for the King, a Corsican, red-faced, rotund, about forty; he seems in the prime of life. Voices from the Past 2012-04-19T02:00:30.787Z He was still in the prime of life, being the right side of fifty by two or three years. A Gamble with Life 2012-04-11T02:00:33.587Z Murillo was now fifty-two years old, in the prime of life, famous and honored. Famous European Artists 2012-04-07T02:00:30.487Z He is a tall, stout fellow, in the prime of life, black with tattooing, and splendidly dressed, according to the splendour of those days. Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 2012-04-05T02:00:37.337Z General Gage was now in the prime of life. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z Agir, the ocean god, who hates mankind, I represent in the prime of life, with a long flowing beard, which he holds back with one hand, in the other he grasps a sceptre. Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories 2012-03-28T02:00:24.407Z Thus perished, in the prime of life, the gay and handsome Louis of Orleans. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Erich R�stow was a man still in the prime of life, who, it was plain to see, had been handsome in his youth. Fickle Fortune 2012-03-20T02:00:13.167Z Another man, in the prime of life, fell into a melancholy state and drowned himself; his son, of good constitution, wealthy, and the father of two gifted children, drowned himself at the same age. A Review of the Systems of Ethics Founded on the Theory of Evolution 2012-03-17T02:01:00.033Z Here am I, just fifty years of age, now in the prime of life, and cannot enjoy a moment's content. Geoffery Gambado A Simple Remedy for Hypochondriacism and Melancholy Splenetic Humours 2012-03-14T02:00:27.650Z Mamma is in the very prime of life, only just turned of five and forty! The American Gentleman's Guide to Politeness and Fashion or, Familiar Letters to his Nephews 2012-03-01T03:00:22.883Z Thus shockingly and prematurely perished an active, intelligent, and most energetic officer, in the prime of life. Narrative of the surveying voyages of His Majesty's ships Adventure and Beagle, between the years 1826 and 1836 Volume I. - Proceedings of the First Expedition, 1826-1830 2012-02-24T03:00:32.793Z There was a fine show of yachts at Harwich at this time, and there was a great assemblage of yachtsmen in the prime of life, many, like myself, young fellows of about twenty-three. Through East Anglia in a Motor Car 2012-02-22T03:00:21.787Z In person he was a tall, well-favored man, in the prime of life, with hair just beginning to be flecked with gray. For the Cause 2012-02-19T03:00:18.033Z Perhaps, situated as Terence was, he would have done better not to speak at all--but it is difficult in the prime of life and manhood to accept at once your position as a corpse. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The Hon. Edward Blake is a man in the prime of life, of fresh complexion, of more than average height and build, with a keen and intellectual face. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z Zubin, in the prime of life and in the pride of her health and beauty, died ten days after giving birth to a son. A Russian Gentleman 2012-02-08T03:00:18.800Z Mr. Westinghouse is still in the prime of life and is activity personified. Inventors 2012-02-08T03:00:16.647Z You married young yourself, I take it, and here you are at the prime of life with a son old enough to be a companion to you. Peter Binney A Novel 2012-01-29T03:00:10.423Z Shane had grown to manhood--to the prime of life--under the impression that he was true master of wealth and broad acres. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z The Doctor is now in the prime of life, and his preaching powerful and effective. Pictures of Canadian Life A Record of Actual Experiences 2012-02-14T03:00:28.520Z His neighbor, a florid and handsome man, a little past the prime of life, glanced at the name on the visiting-card which marked Captain Rames's place, and smiled sympathetically. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z At the time she arrived in the country, in the prime of life, she was considered a fine, noble-looking woman, affable and free to converse with all she met. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z Now I know, by youth's sweet token, That this is the time called the 'prime of life.' Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z He was a man beautifully ruddy and burly, in the prime of life. The White Peacock 2012-01-14T03:00:21.627Z In the prime of life, genial, incisive, he was the focus centre of vibrant energies. A Century of Sail and Steam on the Niagara River 2012-01-11T03:00:29.487Z Auber, though past the prime of life, had not yet scored his greatest success. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z But you are in the prime of life and full of vigor. The Battle of The Press As Told in the Story of the Life of Richard Carlile By His Daughter, Theophila Carlile Campbell 2011-12-24T03:08:06.653Z Yet later on, when with blood and muscle Equipped I plunged in the world's hard strife, When I loved its danger, and laughed at the tussle, "Why this," I said, "is the prime of life." Recitations for the Social Circle 2012-01-17T03:00:22.643Z He was well fixed financially and still in the prime of life—not due to retire permanently, but ready to take it easy. In Pastures New 2011-12-23T03:00:12.717Z The farmer was a heavy-set man in the prime of life. Endurance Test or, How Clear Grit Won the Day 2011-12-16T03:00:11.660Z We see that in that rude age it was not the custom to speak of sexagenarians as in the prime of life. Lola Montez An Adventuress of the 'Forties 2012-01-08T03:00:19.240Z The women are obese, and stronger than the men; they wear a dress all of one piece, paint all their body, and become bald in the prime of life. A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century 2011-12-11T03:00:10.483Z I saw before me, a man in the prime of life, of middle height and slender figure, with however a great dignity of carriage. The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z The man was in the prime of life, but the paleness of his face contrasted strangely with the depth of colour in his beard. Shireen and her Friends Pages from the Life of a Persian Cat 2011-12-08T03:00:24.107Z In a room overlooking the sea, in high-backed cushioned chair, sits a lady,—but little past the prime of life, perhaps, though her hair is like the snow. Kenneth McAlpine A Tale of Mountain, Moorland and Sea 2011-12-05T03:00:48.967Z Mankell was a tall, slight, wiry-looking fellow in the prime of life, with coal-black hair and olive complexion--apparently of Romany extraction. Amusement Only 2011-12-04T03:00:06.637Z Here was a strong, well-built, healthy man in the prime of life, dying in his sleep, and no sign whatever to guide Science towards the discovery of the cause. The Heath Hover Mystery 2011-12-01T03:00:22.357Z “Mr Morgan is in the prime of life.” Imprudence 2011-12-01T03:00:19.303Z It was a portrait--the photograph of a man in the early prime of life. A Master of Deception 2011-11-30T03:00:12.357Z She was a hale, hearty woman, in the prime of life, as late as yesterday afternoon. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z Both men were in the prime of life;91 both were endued with strength and activity far beyond the average; and the courage and the knowledge of each was alike undoubted. The Ascent of the Matterhorn 2011-11-19T03:00:23.233Z About twenty years ago one of his sisters, named Akanda, died in the prime of life. Fetichism in West Africa Forty Years' Observations of Native Customs and Superstitions 2011-11-18T03:00:28.907Z He was now in the prime of life. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z "Somers is a mere boy in years, though he is smarter and knows more than any man in the navy in the prime of life." Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck 2011-11-04T02:00:18.377Z Five years ago, still in prime of life, bought a house at Oban; obliged to go to Edinburgh once, sometimes twice, a week. Mr. Punch in the Highlands 2011-11-01T02:00:23.677Z Perhaps, too, I shall be quite past the prime of life, my faculties will be wasted, and my few acquirements in a great measure forgotten. Charlotte Bront? A Monograph 2011-11-01T02:00:20.233Z He was not only an easy and agreeable speaker, he had also the advantages of an attractive presence; he was a fine-looking man, in the prime of life. Studies in Medi?val Life and Literature 2011-10-29T02:00:13.050Z When he had fixed his residence in this beautiful and attractive spot he was in the prime of life, in excellent health, and in prosperous circumstances. Homes of American Statesmen With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches 2011-11-04T02:00:19.293Z I say ‘view,’ as in old age, a Rajah sits there all the time; but in the prime of life he takes part in these races, steering one of the boats himself. My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills 2011-10-26T02:00:28.847Z Many of you will enter the next century in the prime of life and help solve problems we wot not of. Pioneer Day Exercises 2011-10-19T02:00:21.770Z I stood before him a free man, in the prime of life, full of energy, and this stripling alone interposed between myself and liberty. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Our drive consisted of about thirteen thousand pieces, with a crew of thirty-two men, all vigorous and in the prime of life. Forest Life and Forest Trees: comprising winter camp-life among the loggers, and wild-wood adventure. with Descriptions of lumbering operations on the various rivers of Maine and New Brunswick 2011-10-11T02:01:03.847Z With children this is especially the case, and with workingmen in the full prime of life. Health Five Lay Sermons to Working-People 2011-10-07T02:00:21.697Z Nascia was a woman in the prime of life, pink, smiling, large, healthy, and well-built, having a handsome, regular face, somewhat too round perhaps, but even with this defect a perfect type of village beauty. Iermola 2011-10-06T02:00:40.637Z It occurred in a gentleman in the prime of life, and naturally of a powerful physique, whose very active and capacious mind had been greatly overwrought. Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it 2011-10-03T02:00:31.460Z I am the man you seek; I am the prisoner who, a few days ago, stood in the prime of life before you. Etidorhpa or the End of Earth. The Strange History of a Mysterious Being and The Account of a Remarkable Journey 2011-10-18T02:00:20.997Z Simpson is a retired business man in the prime of life, who, beneath a rugged exterior, possesses a sympathetic heart. A Crooked Mile 2011-10-03T02:00:26.870Z Her household consisted of Philox, her steward, who had managed her affairs for a score of years, Tolmon, her gardener, and a dozen women slaves who, like their mistress, had passed the prime of life. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z Those are the people who, when they are my age, are in the prime of life. The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z But a few days before, his royal highness was in good health, and in the prime of life! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z When past the prime of life, he was induced to enter the wrestling ring again, which he very unwillingly did, after much persuasion, and once more succeeded in bearing off first honours. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z The event was altogether unexpected; he was still in the prime of life, only forty-five years of age. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z She saw a tall splendid man, no longer very young, perhaps, but in the prime of life and vigor. The Chalice Of Courage A Romance of Colorado 2011-09-22T02:00:25.630Z He alone is in the prime of life ... who has found ... or thinks that he has found....” The Later Life 2011-10-02T02:00:13.037Z Although still in the prime of life, Mr. Willett concentrated all the love of his brave heart on his son and resolved to devote his time and thought to his care and education. Lost in the Ca?on 2011-09-19T02:00:14.387Z The one might be called a veteran, and the other said to be in the prime of life. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Both are men in the prime of life. The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc 2011-09-13T02:00:34.817Z “I should not call a fine-looking man in the prime of life ‘venerable,’” said his sister resentfully, for she was immensely proud of her distinguished brother. Those Dale Girls 2011-09-05T02:00:18.917Z In the prime of life," replied the King, "the poor man knocked his head against a low doorway in the château d'Amboise, which he was decorating splendidly, and he died in dreadful pain. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Any age is the prime of life when a man is disposed to regard it so. Coelebs The Love Story of a Bachelor 2011-08-31T02:01:28.960Z I know the case of a woman, born within the fold of the Church, who was in the prime of life and beauty. Supernatural Religion, Vol. I. (of III) An Inquiry into the Reality of Divine Revelation 2011-08-30T02:00:33.183Z These had remained at home for the winter threshing; the others, men in the prime of life, had gone to Rossyeni. The Deluge, Vol. I. (of 2) An Historical Novel of Poland, Sweden, and Russia. 2011-08-26T02:00:24.433Z The crown of his head is bald, and his hair is glossy silver; but his great black eyes are as clear, bright and piercing as if he were in the prime of life. John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings 2011-08-26T02:00:22.667Z But the bell is tolling for my end; How shocking for to see A footman gay, in the prime of life, Die on the fatal tree. A History of the Cries of London Ancient and Modern 2011-08-19T02:00:15.893Z He was in the prime of life, of medium height, with broad shoulders, almost gigantic build of body, and striking features. With Fire and Sword An Historical Novel of Poland and Russia. 2011-08-12T02:00:19.797Z To-day he is in the prime of life, and his store on the Para�a de Dom Pedro II. is a city institution. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z He was then in the very prime of life, and I still hoped to get him back to me some day to a home where he would end his days in peace. Jock of the Bushveld 2011-08-04T02:00:24.987Z Now, I think we are on the right track for discovering that mysterious poison that has carried so many of our friends to their graves, even in the very prime of life. Lectures on Ventilation Being a Course Delivered in the Franklin Institute of Philadelphia 2011-08-03T02:00:12.183Z I now have lived long enough, but you are young and just in the prime of life. The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us 2011-08-02T02:00:21.843Z It is because the children of Israel had 600,000 armed men in the prime of life that he cannot conceive it possible they would have cried out in panic terror "sore afraid". The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 2011-07-30T02:00:17.007Z The great Blackfeet war chief was a man slightly past the prime of life, whose massive frame, and bold, fearless features well confirmed the stories of his marvelous exploits on the war trail. The War Trail 2011-07-30T02:00:15.833Z First-rate work has been done by the Frontier Mounted Rifles, a well-trained and excellently-equipped body of men, all in the prime of life, and drawn from the eastern border towns of the Cape Colony. South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 3 (of 6) From the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899, to Lord Roberts's Advance into the Free State, 12th Feb. 1900 2011-07-29T02:00:27.053Z An hour ago in the prime of life, in the prime of strength; now, for all his terrified wife and daughter could know, he was already in the shadow of death. A Very Naughty Girl 2011-07-27T02:00:30.947Z In the first place, a large portion of these Japanese are in the prime of life, and moreover they are selected groups of vigorous and healthy individuals. Japan and the California Problem 2011-07-25T02:00:13.940Z Opening it, a stranger met his view—tall, aristocratic, well dressed, in the prime of life, with the air and appearance of a gentleman. Crying for the Light, Vol. 2 [of 3] or Fifty Years Ago 2011-07-23T02:00:11.327Z You are healthy, in the very prime of life, beloved by all, regarded by the nation with the warmest affection. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z He died in the end of 1849, by years only in the prime of life; but old, and worn by his labours before his time. Triumphs of Invention and Discovery in Art and Science 2011-07-19T02:00:21.280Z The "pope" was a vigorous, dignified looking man in the prime of life, with a round rosy face. The Strange Story of Rab R?by 2011-07-17T02:00:30.943Z Colonel Waring was a hale, sanguine man, in the prime of life, and not likely to entertain the thought of the contingency of his own death. The Haunted Homestead A Novel 2011-07-13T02:00:22.920Z Charles Mowbray senior had hardly passed the prime of life, though a constitutional tendency to something like corpulency made him look older than he really was. The Vicar of Wrexhill 2011-07-13T02:00:20.177Z Most of them are in what may be called the prime of life; able-bodied, ripe for mischief, fearing not God, regarding not man. Days and Nights in London or, Studies in Black and Gray 2011-07-12T02:00:29.167Z A couple of dried-up mummies with one foot in the grave, and I'm right in the prime of life! Fore! 2011-07-11T02:00:06.097Z According to the knightly fashion of the times, he wore a short beard on his upper lip and projecting chin; and was evidently in the prime of life, bordering upon forty. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z Outwardly he was a tall, pleasant-voiced man, in the prime of life, and he had a persuasive way with him. Dorrien of Cranston 2011-07-07T02:00:31.540Z One an old man, the other in the prime of life. The White Squaw 2011-07-05T02:00:26.437Z He who had been the merriest of young men found himself growing ill-natured and morbid when he should have been in the prime of life. The International Monthly, Volume 4, No. 3, October, 1851 2011-07-02T02:00:11.323Z Martin was a fine, robust, good-looking man, in the prime of life; very alert and intelligent, and apparently well-versed in the ways of estancia life. Blanco y Colorado Old Days among the Gauchos of Uruguay 2011-06-28T02:00:11.447Z He opened his eyes, and beheld a strong, heavy, and somewhat corpulent personage, whose round, jovial countenance, and strong brown beard, bespoke him to be in the prime of life. The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance 2011-07-07T02:00:35.757Z On his return home, he reflected how idly he had spent the prime of life; and recovering from a severe illness, he came to a resolution of resigning the Egyptian sceptre. Amusing Prose Chap Books 2011-06-27T02:01:05.043Z She was in the prime of life, good-looking, robust, full of health and spirits, and she did not lack money. The Sweep Winner 2011-06-24T02:00:21.067Z The latter was in the prime of life, already popular for his goodness of heart, his engaging manners and his moderation and justice. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z I think it is a sign of something noble, for a man in the prime of life to be content to learn as a little child. Chronicles of the Schonberg-Cotta Family 2011-06-17T02:00:18.293Z He was a handsome man, still in the very prime of life, one of the most distinguished persons that I ever saw. Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z El Kattab's beard was grey, yet he had not very long passed the prime of life, and still retained most of the vigour and elasticity of his earlier years. The Thousand and One Days A Companion to the 'Arabian Nights' 2011-06-04T02:00:14.880Z The feet that men, old, young, and in the prime of life; that women, and that children, do so die, is indisputable. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z Even at the great age of eighty-five it was evident that Mr. Gladstone worked more hours a day than many men in the prime of life would like. The Real Gladstone an Anecdotal Biography 2011-05-29T02:00:07.883Z They were great broad-shouldered fellows in the prime of life. Three Sioux Scouts 2011-05-27T02:00:18.760Z She found him sturdy and stern, planing with the vigour of a man in the prime of life. Rachel Gray 2011-05-20T02:00:39.547Z White Otter saw that the Minneconjoux was a tall, broad-shouldered warrior in the prime of life. White Otter 2011-05-07T02:00:32.243Z Governor Phipps was in the prime of life, a man of noble presence, strong in intellect and in power. Silent Struggles 2011-05-05T02:00:16.850Z It is surprising enough to hear of an American business man willing to retire in the prime of life. Abroad at Home American Ramblings, Observations, and Adventures of Julian Street 2011-04-27T02:00:23.800Z Augustus is little past the prime of life. That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 3 2011-04-26T02:00:25.180Z After them came a great multitude of men and women in the prime of life, some strong and vigorous, some feeble and sickly. Life of Saint Monica 2011-04-25T02:00:07.817Z But what would you say, now, if a man—in the prime of life—were to say to you, My dear Miss Betty, will you come and help to brighten up my home? Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport 2011-04-24T02:00:08.440Z There would have been a moment of high emotion in which thoughts—of the highest class—mingled with the natural ambition of two people in the prime of life and power. The Sea Lady 2011-04-22T02:00:07.843Z He was a young man, my boy, in the prime of life, and descended from the First Families of Virginia. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Time had dealt very gently with Dr. Heriot; he looked still young, in the prime of life. Heriot's Choice A Tale 2011-04-20T02:00:22.760Z Aquelera, although a man of marked ability, was no longer in the prime of life, and soon grew tired of the roving existence circumstances compelled him to lead. Cuba Past and Present 2011-04-16T02:00:18.193Z Still in the prime of life, he was able to enjoy all the fun of the fair, and to record his impressions of men and affairs with unflagging vivacity, but with mellowed shrewdness. Charles Lever, His Life in His Letters, Vol. I 2011-04-15T02:00:13.527Z Each had perished, it would seem, in the prime of life, and hence were fitly set to guard the gates of heaven and prevent mortal man from forcing his way into the realm of immortality. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z He was in the prime of life when the war broke out, and took such an interest in the struggle that it soon became nearly equal to the interest on his debts. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers, Series 1 2011-04-21T02:00:47.647Z Gunzo was in the prime of life; of moderate height and portly dimensions. Ekkehard. Vol. II (of II). A Tale of the Tenth Century 2011-04-14T02:00:45.217Z He passed his early years in England until he became a youth, when he went to America, where he remained until after the prime of life. A Fantasy of Far Japan Summer Dream Dialogues 2011-04-09T02:00:13.677Z Their number has since been increased to nearly sixty, of whom over forty are men, generally young or in the prime of life, and all recognizing labor as the true and noble destiny on earth. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z They were all men in the prime of life, mostly of tall stature, and of Herculean brawn and limbs. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z The deputy of the Third Estate was a man in the prime of life; his intellectual face betrayed more of diplomacy than of frankness. The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution 2011-03-21T02:00:09.090Z In ancient collections we often meet with a person in the prime of life killing a young bull. Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume 2011-03-20T02:00:21.247Z A fine man like him, strong and in the prime of life. The Daughter Pays 2011-03-19T02:00:09.513Z He was a married man, scarcely at the prime of life, and left a young widow and only son to lament his loss. The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) 2011-03-05T03:00:28.153Z The other two were men in the prime of life. The Bible in Spain Vol. 1 [of 2] 2011-03-23T02:00:19.910Z They were all in the prime of life, closely attached by reciprocal friendship, fond of social enjoyments, and looked forward to their future meetings with unalloyed anticipations of pleasure. Tales from Blackwood Volume 4 2011-03-04T03:00:58.347Z Nonsense, nonsense, fiddle-faddle! we’re all getting older, as a matter of fact, but you are still a young woman in the very prime of life. The Little Vanities of Mrs. Whittaker A Novel 2011-03-01T03:00:46.487Z So here are you, in the prime of life, with an immense fortune and no responsibilities. The Wicked Marquis 2011-02-24T03:01:06.123Z If I have not youth, I have in its place the perfection of my own being; I am now in the prime of life, and have not begun to fall away from it. A Song of a Single Note A Love Story 2011-02-24T03:01:01.930Z He was in the prime of life, and had won many laurels; but he was restless, eager for command, impatient of solitude, yet reserved and abstracted in society. Jasper Lyle 2011-02-19T03:01:11.070Z They had parted in the prime of life, stalwart, handsome men, and they came face to face in their senility. Mattie:?A Stray (Vol 2 of 3) 2011-02-17T03:00:19.937Z He sleeps, forgetful of his toil and care; In prime of life, no more his voice we hear. Awd Isaac, The Steeple Chase, and other Poems With a glossary of the Yorkshire Dialect 2011-02-16T03:00:41.223Z The elder of these was a fine man of noble presence, still in the prime of life, and with a frank and exceedingly sunburnt face. Under a Charm, Vol. I (of III) A Novel 2011-02-14T03:00:34.700Z A great career seemed open before him; he had proved himself a fine soldier and an unscrupulous diplomatist; he was in the very prime of life, having not yet attained his thirty-first year. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z Congestive fever, after a short illness, had carried him off—not much beyond the prime of life, and just when he had accomplished a position of opulent independence. The Guerilla Chief And other Tales 2011-02-10T03:00:53.627Z I had some conversation with Father Crue, the Roman Catholic missionary, a very clever and very zealous man, still in the prime of life. Sketches in Canada, and rambles among the red men 2011-02-10T03:00:51.280Z They were both past the prime of life. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:16.820Z The Count had already passed the prime of life, but there was about him no sign of failing vigour; his figure was fine, his carriage commanding. Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z He had the misfortune to lose his son in the prime of life--the young widow followed her husband in the next year, and their child, the little orphan, came to her grandfather. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z All were men in the full prime of life. Spotted Deer 2011-01-25T03:00:24.283Z He was an athletic man, tall of stature and in the prime of life. The Blacksmith's Hammer, or The Peasant Code A Tale of the Grand Monarch 2011-01-18T03:00:14.120Z The children, moreover, that are born by mothers during the prime of life are heavier and larger, and therefore probably more vigorous, than those born at other periods. The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I 2011-01-17T03:00:49.523Z "It is very hard for her, losing her husband thus after so short an illness and in the prime of life,--sensitive natures are sure to be crushed by such a blow." Saint Michael A Romance 2011-01-31T03:00:12.470Z As he was in the prime of life, it was possible that a false sense of dignity might engage him to assume so solemn a stupidity of appearance. Narrative of the Voyages Round the World, Performed by Captain James Cook : with an Account of His Life During the Previous and Intervening Periods 2011-01-12T03:00:35.190Z She was then in the prime of life and perfectly equipped for the work she had in mind. Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind 2011-01-12T03:00:29.853Z Our portrait shows admirably what manner of man he was, handsome and dignified, in the prime of life. Greek Sculpture A collection of sixteen pictures of Greek marbles with introduction and interpretation 2011-01-05T03:01:01.227Z The Rebel commander was in the prime of life, although his hair had turned iron gray. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z He had entirely recovered his health, and though old in experience, he was only forty-five years of age, and still appeared like one in the prime of life. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z I am a man in the prime of life, a man of substance, dear Ershebet. The Village Notary 2011-01-03T03:00:57.863Z Whilst thou art advanced in years, Pedro, he is in the prime of life, in the very vigor of his days. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z Her husband was still in the prime of life, a man of personal and social attractions, likely to marry again, no doubt a rich woman, ostensibly to obtain a second mother for his children. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z I was conversing with a friend the same afternoon when a short, muscular, quick-walking man, in the prime of life, wearing a navy uniform, entered. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z A man of fifty is not old, he is in the prime of life, and is often ten times younger than your used-up so-called young gentlemen. Quisisana, or Rest at Last 2010-12-29T03:00:30.857Z The Bishop of Oxton hurried in: a slight, bent man past the prime of life with a domed head which seemed too large for the small and delicate features beneath. The Man with the Double Heart 2010-12-21T22:55:56.757Z He was then scarcely forty-two years of age, in the prime of life, seven long years of which had been passed in the wilderness of Darien. Vasco Nu?ez de Balboa 2011-01-02T03:00:18.200Z The party consisted of three ladies, a gentleman in the prime of life, and a youth of sixteen. Englefield Grange or Mary Armstrong's Troubles 2011-01-01T03:00:27.980Z “These dead never did and never will attain their prime of life,” she said. Prosecutor in Crane Collapse Closes With Focus on Sling 2010-07-20T01:22:00Z Only during the prime of life—from about twenty to sixty years of age—is the balance exact between loss and gain. A Treatise on Physiology and Hygiene For Educational Institutions and General Readers They were both in the prime of life, and remarkably handsome; but their countenances were of very different expressions. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 Lord Henry is in the prime of life, and you must not talk like that. A Double Knot The closed windows told it to the passers-by; and the crape which hung heavily from the door, tied with a black ribbon, denoted that one in the prime of life was laid low. Godey's Lady's Book, Vol. XLII., May 1851 Synge, born April 16, 1871, at Newton Little, near Dublin, and dying in Dublin, March 24, 1909, belongs to that group of "inheritors of unfulfilled renown" who died before the prime of life was reached. One-Act Plays By Modern Authors He was cut down in the prime of life and in the midst of a bright career of usefulness. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution He was now past the prime of life, having been born at Bayamo in 1837, but he was in full mastery of his ripe intellectual and physical powers. The History of Cuba, vol. 4 Mr. Henry Brown was a man of forty, an age that is supposed to be the prime of life, though most of us would prefer to be ten years younger. The Gay Adventure A Romance In the winter of 1680, his dear wife died in the prime of life. Pictures of German Life in the XVth XVIth and XVIIth Centuries, Vol. II. The dumb acquiescence with which former generations accepted the death of infants and children and those in the prime of life has given way to active and increasingly successful efforts to preserve. Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude He was cut down just as he began to enjoy the fruits of his labors—in the prime of life and left a vacuum in society not readily filled. Sages and Heroes of the American Revolution Now there is nothing in the whole chapter about Jacob or Jacob's family, or the adults in the prime of life who went down two hundred years later into Egypt. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, August 1865 The prince himself had been suddenly killed in the prime of life, while hunting. The Children of the World When last I had seen him at the Duchess of Amersham's ball—I remembered that he congratulated me on my engagement on that occasion—he had looked in the prime of life. Pharos, The Egyptian A Romance A man in the prime of life sat on the sofa reading and smoking. The Progressionists, and Angela. Though strong men, and many of them in the prime of life, premature age and decay seem to have settled down upon them. The Fortunes Of Glencore Again, a slave, a strong man in the prime of life, once found the remains of a chief's dinner beside the road, and being hungry ate it up without asking any questions. The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead Vol. II Bonello was a man still in the prime of life, and, though short in stature, well and powerfully built. Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. He was a man of sturdy frame—now only in the prime of life—brave, thoughtful, and intelligent, and firmly resolved to stand by his principles through whatever adverse chances. Horse-Shoe Robinson A Tale of the Tory Ascendency They were all powerful, tall men, in the prime of life, and all three had served through the Crimea. Reminiscences of the Great Mutiny 1857-59 Including the relief, siege, and capture of Lucknow, and the campaigns in Rohilcund and Oude As Billy drew nigh with cautious steps, he perceived that, although worn and wasted by long illness, the patient was a man still in the very prime of life. The Fortunes Of Glencore Indeed, he is in the very prime of life. The Peddler's Boy Or; I'll Be Somebody He is a tall, stout fellow, in the prime of life, black with tatooing, and splendidly dressed, according to the splendour of those days. Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times No man and no woman, who is in the prime of life and earning fair wages, should spend the whole. Political economy He was a handsome man in the prime of life, richly dressed, healthy and vigorous. Five Minutes' Stories We were soon being hospitably received by the three inmates of the friendly cottage—an old man, an old woman, and a dog in the prime of life. Fragments of an Autobiography There are two dragoons, vigorous men in the prime of life, and their two splendid horses. Landseer A collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter with introduction and interpretation Only a few sparse black hairs covered the head of this man yet in the prime of life, and all the seven mortal sins had left their traces on his worn face. Klytia A Story of Heidelberg Castle In these three novels we see Leatherstocking as a man in the prime of life battling with the stirring events that were making the history of the country. Harper's Round Table, June 25, 1895 Mr Newton, a widower of independent fortune, not much past the prime of life, having been told of Ellen, resolved to visit the Arundels. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. 9 She was then in the prime of life. Fragments of an Autobiography She is a large, portly lady, yet in the prime of life; and although she possesses a fine palace of her own, near to that of her son, she mostly resides with him. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 In principle opposed to duels, he was to die in the prime of life a victim to the pistol of Burr. The Red City A Novel of the Second Administration of President Washington The principal one is that in Argyle Square, King’s Cross, at which preaches the Rev. Dr. Bayley—a tall, pleasant gentleman, in the prime of life. The Religious Life of London Mr. Arthur is in the prime of life—a tall, well-made man, with dark-brown hair and p. 256eyes, of rather sluggish temperament, apparently. Christopher Crayon's Recollections The Life and Times of the late James Ewing Ritchie as told by himself Here was a ghost-land, hundreds of square miles in extent—a region that had been shifted in a few seconds, from the full prime of life and motion, to moveless and timeless silence. Asteroid of Fear For the present, however, the noble lovers, who had never met, were both rather young; there was no need to hurry matters, since Charles himself was still in the prime of life. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) In 1748 his father, Benjamin D’Israeli, then only about eighteen years of age, removed to England, where, before passing the prime of life, he amassed a competent fortune, and retired from business. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 5 "Dinard" to "Dodsworth" Why, sir, that you should be stricken down in the prime of life, just at a time when you could mean so much to others, while I, old and useless, am permitted to live on. The Doors of Death In the prime of life, he withdrew from the busy scenes in which he had acted, and entered a college of Jesuits. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 Comrades, let us appoint intelligent leaders, men in the prime of life, to command us. Anatole France The Revolt of the Angels The Pastore himself was described as a happy-looking, well-to-do man, past the prime of life, but still hale and vigorous; and, if not very active in body, with considerable acuteness and a ready wit. Gerald Fitzgerald The Chevalier Mike and Conrad--such were their names--were both past the prime of life and alone in the world. Black Forest Village Stories Cut off herself in the prime of life, she left behind her devoted friends who were still in their full vigor of thought and sentiment. Margaret Fuller (Marchesa Ossoli) No dreary semi-invalid for a devoted wife to take care of, but a man in the prime of life, for a woman to adore. The Brightener They were mostly men middle aged, or past the prime of life, bronzed, weather-beaten, hardy-looking fellows, whose white moustaches contrasted well with their sun-burned faces. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune This is the body of a Fakir, a stately man with fine features, and past the prime of life. Reminiscences The Story of an Emigrant He was a stout, strong man, in the prime of life,--not large, but broad-shouldered and thick-set. Black Forest Village Stories There are, unquestionably, some very powerful affinities which draw together men past the prime of life, when they wear bad hats, seedy black coats very wide in the skirt, and Berlin gloves. Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day He was a large, powerfully built man, something beyond the prime of life, but whose build announced considerable vigor. Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day The first lieutenant, who first inspected us, was a grim, greyheaded man past the prime of life, with features hardened by disappointment and long service, but who still retained an expression of kindliness and good-nature. Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune He was a likely man to look at, in the prime of life, well to do, as clever as he needed to be, and popular among many friends. A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time These diseases often strike down the young and vigorous in the prime of life. American Red Cross Text-Book on Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick He was in the prime of life, and he was growing richer every year. Jan Vedder's Wife The monarch in the easy prime of life, But lightly bronzed. Montezuma An Epic on the Origin and Fate of the Aztec Nation "It is certainly in his favor that he is a strong, healthy man, in the prime of life." Elsie in the South I saw a stranger, from one of the slave states, of tolerably genteel appearance, in the prime of life, destitute of property, and unqualified for any occupation whatever. American Slave Trade or, An Account of the Manner in which the Slave Dealers take Free People from some of the United States of America, and carry them away, and sell them as Slaves in other of the States; and of the horrible Cruelties practised in the carrying on of this most infamous Traffic They made an attractive family picture, the two healthy-looking adults, strong-featured, in the prime of life, and the wee toddler between them. A Feast of Demons Mr. Brown is now in the prime of life. The London Pulpit You find this farmer racked with rheumatism, though in the prime of life,—bent with the weight of years before his time. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 Mr. Sackville, in the prime of life retired from the successful practice of the law, to a beautiful estate in the country. The Travellers A Tale. Designed for Young People. "People at ninety-five consider themselves in the prime of life." Portia or By Passions Rocked He was a youth in the prime of life, and carried a carpet-bag containing the daily morning journals of that date. The Orpheus C. Kerr Papers. Series 3 He was a strong and agile man, in the prime of life, healthy and vigorous. Sónnica Only one who can personally understand what Clive’s power and services had been will rightly realize the effect on him, though in the prime of life, of the discussions through which he had been dragged. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" Waste and repair in bodily tissues are balanced during the prime of life. Training the Teacher A man in the prime of life, in fact, Courteous, engaging and full of tact. Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine How many of my brother drivers have I seen, since that time, cut off in the prime of life by drinking, or sudden accident, while I have not only been spared, but blessed and prospered. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales His genius got Anglified, took a consumption, and perished in the prime of life. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) On the contrary, she was a remarkably pleasant woman, in the prime of life, with really handsome features. Eyes Like the Sea His appearance was that of a man in the prime of life. In the Brooding Wild In the spring he was a strong man in the prime of life; now he was like a feeble, voiceless shadow. Timar's Two Worlds A man in the prime of life, after an irreproachable youth and a conscientious discharge of Episcopal duties, is elevated to the highest dignity and to sovereign power. The History of Freedom He was now in the prime of life, still so youthful, so active, so eloquent, so rich in the most pleasant humor, through which his sterling kind-heartedness always beamed forth. Home Life of Great Authors She was in the prime of life, and as an Indian was beautiful. Boys' Book of Indian Warriors and Heroic Indian Women He was in the prime of life, successful beyond all his fellows in his special work, and apparently with unabated interest in what remained to be done of it. Spenser The man is only in the prime of life who felled the first tree on this site, and now the town covers as much ground as Boston. Cedar Creek From the Shanty to the Settlement "You are in the prime of life, you have plenty of money, and I don't believe it would be at all hard to find a good woman who would be glad to have you." Mrs. Cliff's Yacht The company was perhaps sixteen in number, all men, few beyond the 69 prime of life, and, with hardly an exception, of a dashing and capable exterior. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 4 (of 25) Both men had evidently passed what is called the “prime of life,” as was manifest from their white hair, wrinkled brows, and stooping shoulders. The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit The tremor of the hand among some mechanics in the prime of life? A Treatise on Anatomy, Physiology, and Hygiene (Revised Edition) Sixty, with them, is the prime of life, as thirty is in Europe. Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery That he should tell us why he has been a politician, why he has been, and is, a Tory, and why he is now retiring in the prime of life. A Modern Symposium Removing to the West Indies, he died, in the prime of life. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series Since he was born in Tennessee in 1869, it is not difficult for us to figure that he is now in the prime of life. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades Sez he, real earnest, “You are the choice of my youth, the joy of my prime of life.” Around the World with Josiah Allen's Wife Thus in the prime of life, hardly understanding a word of the trial, stunned, helpless, alone, the latter began upon his term of five years in the penitentiary. Nye and Riley's Wit and Humor (Poems and Yarns) It will be noted how many come in the prime of life, and how few children and females there are. Principles Of Political Economy Abridged with Critical, Bibliographical, and Explanatory Notes, and a Sketch of the History of Political Economy He is a stout-shouldered, powerfully built man, in the prime of life—a man of cool common sense, a practical man, who is also an inventor. Aircraft and Submarines The Story of the Invention, Development, and Present-Day Uses of War's Newest Weapons Mr. Mitchell is still in the prime of life and is one of our most skillful and trusted labor leaders. Modern Americans A Biographical School Reader for the Upper Grades To men in the early prime of life, aware of their powers and their gift of influence, the Revolution came as a call to action. Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle Wars are a harmful factor in human selection, for they destroy or mutilate the fittest in the prime of life, while leaving the unfit and the aged. The Sexual Question A Scientific, psychological, hygienic and sociological study His voice faltered as he drew a glowing panegyric of his whilom benefactor, and pictured him as about to die in the prime of life, worn out by vigils and penances. Dreamers of the Ghetto The king’s commissioner of imposts perhaps would not have admitted he was passing the prime of life, but the crow’s-feet were gathering in the corners of his eyes. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The king himself was a tall and warlike figure, in the prime of life. The Cat of Bubastes A Tale of Ancient Egypt Although in the prime of life, this gallant officer will be "automatically retired," unless he receives a military appointment before the end of October. Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 93, September 3, 1887 They were mostly men middle-aged, or past the prime of life, bronzed, weather-beaten, hardy-looking fellows, whose white mustaches contrasted well with their sunburned faces. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. One was white-haired, old, and seemingly very feeble; but the other two were in the prime of life. The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue On the 23rd of April 1616, England's greatest dramatist died in the prime of life—he was just fifty-two years of age. William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts Handsome and in the prime of life, yet there must be none to cheer his lot, or lighten his solitude, nor any to whom he would love to transmit his mountain throne. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 He was in the prime of life, of majestic stature, and of great gravity of countenance and manners. King Philip Makers of History He died at Pensacola, September 2, 1765, of a prevailing fever, in the prime of life, at the age of forty-four years. 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 Washington was then in the prime of life, forty-three years of age, and of such physique as was needed for the bearer of the greatest burden that had ever been put upon an American. The Siege of Boston The Inca, a young man in the very prime of life, being but thirty years of age, was horror stricken, and for some time sat in silence, not uttering a word. Ferdinand De Soto, The Discoverer of the Mississippi American Pioneers and Patriots Burying himself in the ancient gloom of a university town, altho past the prime of life, he studied like an ambitious boy. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. X (of X) - America - II, Index Lakatos Pál, the rich uncle, from whom Andor was bound to inherit some day, was little past the prime of life. A Bride of the Plains They had the vigor of a man in the prime of life, and their presence in that puckered face of age which confronted Chris was horribly disconcerting. Mr. Wicker's Window He was still young—in the prime of life—and yet what good was his life to him? Lover or Friend He was in the prime of life; and in those days a man was famous according as he had ‘lifted axes upon the thick trees.’ The Cabin on the Prairie A man on the earth will have grown from babyhood to boyhood, from boyhood to the prime of life, and lived longer than most men, while Uranus has only once circled in his path. The Children's Book of Stars And even when in the prime of life he so carefully avoided this taint that there was never the least suspicion of his becoming enamoured even of any of his household, as has often happened. The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens He died in India; cut off in the prime of life, and in the midst of his intellectual and book-collecting ardour! Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance Why, you are in the prime of life.” Hepsey Burke He was murdered while in the prime of life by a white man whose wife he had accidentally shot at the door of her cabin. The Wit of Women Fourth Edition But Halley was in the prime of life: he could not hope to live to see his forecast verified. The Children's Book of Stars By daylight Phillis could see that his brown beard and moustache were tinged with gray, and the hair on the temples was almost white; and yet he seemed still in the prime of life. Not Like Other Girls To be cut off like this in the prime of life! In Brief Authority At this time the elder Bruce was far advanced in years; his son, the Earl of Carrick, was still in the prime of life, and his grandson, Robert Bruce was eighteen years of age. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 5 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History She was already past the prime of life, but she was still fascinating. Madame Roland, Makers of History He was then in the very prime of life, slender and graceful, yet broad of shoulder and powerful of limb; with light straight hair, clear blue eyes, and a healthy Northern complexion. The Land of Thor This friendship between the great commander, in the prime of life, and the French boy of twenty, is one of the most touching incidents of our history. Harper's Young People, December 30, 1879 An Illustrated Weekly Thus died Mr. George Gillespie, very little past the prime of life. Biographia Scoticana (Scots Worthies) A Brief Historical Account of the Lives, Characters, and Memorable Transactions of the Most Eminent Scots Worthies A woman of thirty-five is in the prime of life, and if she hasn't arrived at years of discretion then, she never will. Moods The War Department accepted his proposition readily enough, for in his years of active service he had acquired an excellent reputation as an officer of ability, and he was still in the prime of life. The Scarlet Feather The door opened in answer to his call, and disclosed a good-looking man in the prime of life, whose dark hair and beard were particularly luxuriant in growth. Robin Tremayne A Story of the Marian Persecution Why am I in the prime of life in such feeble health? History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I Hugh Blair had left his mother in the prime of life, a woman having few equals as regards all that in a woman is admired. The Orphans of Glen Elder It is a sufficient suggestion as to the total that a million men, at the prime of life, were diverted from ordinary production for about three years. The New Nation It was about a foot high, and represented a Polynesian woman in the prime of life, say, fifteen or sixteen years old, only the features were finer and cleaner carved. It, and Other Stories "The buck was nearing the prime of life." Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals In the very prime of life, just thirty-one years old, Grace Aguilar passed away, as though her beautiful soul were hastening to shake off the mortal coil. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Schmidt, the most garrulous of the three, was a man in the prime of life, heavily built, bald, with a white mustache that gave him a certain grotesque resemblance to Bismarck. Making People Happy His son is a hale man in the prime of life. India and the Indians Mr. Hart was a man in the prime of life, with black hair and a black beard, and a new shining hat, and a coat with a velvet collar and silk lining. Sir Harry Hotspur of Humblethwaite Then, too, his mother as in the very prime of life, and for the time being he was her only child. Forest Neighbors Life Stories of Wild Animals He reaches the culminating point of his wealth generally after he has passed the prime of life. Principles Of Political Economy There are men in the prime of life, of a lymphatic temperament, whose blood seems to circulate moderato. The Orchestral Conductor Theory of His Art Shomu, however, not only bequeathed the throne to a princess, but while himself still in the prime of life, abdicated in her favour. A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for youth and the prime of life are vanity. Select Masterpieces of Biblical Literature It was that of a man in the prime of life—and wearing the head-ring. The Sign of the Spider The Red-blood is happiest if he dies in the prime of life; otherwise, he may easily end with suicide. Appearances Being Notes of Travel He was in the prime of life and undeniably handsome, while there was a look of sagacity, almost of craft, in his face. My Sword's My Fortune A Story of Old France Mr. Hayne died in Asheville, North Carolina, yet in the prime of life. Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader He slipped his cable in the prime of life; and all along of temperate drinking at first. Select Temperance Tracts A man in the prime of life—a perfect embodiment of symmetry and strength—he wore no attempt at gew-gaws or meretricious adornment. The Sign of the Spider A man of iron and steel, in the early prime of life, was the victim of a severe injury. The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure He was in the prime of life, belonging to a poor but honorable family, younger than Pelopidas, who was rich. Ancient States and Empires Many of those Loyalists were in the prime of life when they came to this country; and most of them had young families. History of New Brunswick It could make thousands, in the prime of life and the height of worldly advantages, shut themselves up in convents to work out their salvation by poverty, fasting, and prayer. The Subjection of Women The poor king, dying in the prime of life, was oppressed with the profoundest melancholy. Louis XIV. Makers of History Series A man in the early prime of life had reached a condition in which he habitually rejected every breakfast. The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure The young man, who, besides being unfailing in his attention to business, had a literary turn, and was attached to the fine arts, died in the prime of life. Notes and Queries, Number 207, October 15, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. This lady was in the prime of life, living in affluence, beloved by her family, and respected by all the world. On the uncertainty of the signs of murder in the case of bastard children What bosh, to put the prime of life at twenty-five. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice He had seen much of the world, and was in the prime of life, and already a man of eminence—a combination of qualities as rare in Heads of Houses as in Cabinet Ministers. The Life and Times of John Wilkins Warden of Wadham college, Oxford; master of Trinity college, Cambridge; and Bishop of Chester His father had risen to the rank of senator and pr�tor, but died in the prime of life, when Augustus was only four years old. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History He lived in the early part of the sixth century of the Christian era, though the date of his birth is not certainly known, and he was in the prime of life about 530. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History And the same rule will apply with equal force to the other sex; for, after the first prime of life, bachelors decay and grow old much faster than married men. The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources The latter was a person of dignified aspect, somewhat past the prime of life. Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers He was therefore in the prime of life when he discovered Canada, and not more than forty-nine years of age at the time when he returned home from his last trip to the west. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 He was a man in the full prime of life, intellectual and physical, low and heavy set, about five feet eight inches in height and inclined to fat. The Clansman An Historical Romance of the Ku Klux Klan He was a Commissioner of Bankrupts when he suddenly died in London, in the prime of life, on the 24th day of February, 1822. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 On the desk there was a big photograph in a plain silver frame—the photograph of a handsome woman in the prime of life. The Secret House He was still in the prime of life, and not all the dangers and privations which he had suffered seemed to have undermined his splendid constitution. Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir Men in the prime of life were not meant for that. Miss Mapp In the prime of life, Washington stood six feet two inches, and measured precisely six feet when attired for the grave. Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. Edmund, on the other hand, who was now king, was in the prime of life, and was a man of great spirit and energy. William the Conqueror Makers of History “Is that his portrait?” asked Patty, indicating a painting of a fine-looking man in the prime of life. Patty's Friends The prime of life, he said to me again, isn’t so very prime. At Plattsburg They dared not ask how it was that he, a man in the prime of life, had died so suddenly, for their father looked very stern, and their uncle Richard seemed pretending to be sorry. The Children's Book of London Mr. Ware had been in his parish nine years, his age was thirty-two, he was in the prime of life, and at the climax of his power and his popularity. Daughters of the Puritans A Group of Brief Biographies Rhodes was broken on the wheel at forty-nine, and Botha succumbed in the prime of life. An African Adventure Many of the men thus delivered up, had spent several years of the prime of life in fighting the battles of a foreign nation, and were then dismissed with the most brutal treatment. The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 Though no taller than a man's arm some of them represented respectable old men, others men in the prime of life, and, others still, beautiful young girls dressed in white. Honey-Bee 1911 When last seen, Wolden had been a man just leaving the prime of life. Hunters Out of Space Many men in the prime of life followed the example of the aged ones, and retired to live in the forest, while women went in even greater numbers and for longer periods. Modern Saints and Seers Besides weightier matters, its early issues abounded in reminiscences by naval officers, then yet in the prime of life, who had served through the great Napoleonic wars. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life The first lieutenant, who inspected us, was a grim, gray-headed man past the prime of life, with features hardened by disappointment and long service, but who still retained an expression of kindliness and good-nature. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 This large and elaborate composition embodied the artist's best thoughts for ten years in the prime of life, from 1831 to 1840. Overbeck He sprang up again like a man in the prime of life, and with blood upon his forehead caught him by the throat. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 I had seen him ride away in the morning, a handsome, robust, man in the prime of life, and now——. Roger Trewinion To be sure, in these days it is not old age; it may, indeed, under certain circumstances be the prime of life, for a man who has begun his career early, political or otherwise. The Arbiter A Novel Five hundred armed men in the prime of life and strength all struggled confusedly together. The Martyr of the Catacombs A Tale of Ancient Rome Horace Greeley in his prime of life said: "Young man, go west." Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914 They were all good-looking men, in the prime of life, dressed in scarlet and embroidered robes of much richness. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No. 6, December 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy The scheme of retiring from business in the very prime of life she never approved, but as her good man had set his heart on it for years, she did not say much in opposition. The Last Penny and Other Stories On one occasion, in the neighbourhood of Benares, I met a man in the prime of life who said he had just returned from a long journey. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 He died in the prime of life, in the midst of his enterprises, without having seen their success. The Adventures of the Chevalier De La Salle and His Companions, in Their Explorations of the Prairies, Forests, Lakes, and Rivers, of the New World, and Their Interviews with the Savage Tribes, Two Hundred Years Ago It consists for the most part of immigrants from Great Britain and other countries,—of men and women in the prime of life,—pushing, enterprising, energetic people. A Boy's Voyage Round the World But he was in the prime of life; his age was thirty-two when he was imprisoned; and the inactivity and severance from his wife and little children were hard to bear. History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 The able-bodied and competent part of a society is the adults in the prime of life. Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals He was suddenly called away in the midst of his usefulness, and in the prime of life. Life and Work in Benares and Kumaon, 1839-1877 Nearly all young, or in the prime of life—all dead before their time, worn out or broken-hearted.” The French Prisoners of Norman Cross A Tale The Flamstedites saw before them a man in the prime of life, possibly forty-five. Flamsted quarries "Fellows, it is terminating just as the Adjutant prophesied a short time ago in this very place," said a Captain slightly past the prime of life, but of vigorous build. Red-Tape and Pigeon-Hole Generals As Seen From the Ranks During a Campaign in the Army of the Potomac They were young and in the prime of life when I sent them from me. The Mormon Menace The Confessions of John Doyle Lee, Danite They were all deep-chested, strong-voiced men in the prime of life; and what a noise they did make, to be sure! The Thorogood Family He fell while his sun was in the zenith, and was buried in the ocean, that wide and insatiable grave, which has received too many of our brave seamen in the prime of life. The Battle and the Breeze "In the prime of life, rich, and, despite her past troubles, most exquisitely beautiful, it is strange she don't make herself and some one else happy!" Edmond Dantès Children gotten during the prime of life of the parents are naturally more virile and have better stamina than those gotten before full maturity is reached. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance Less than forty-five years ago, in the very prime of life, he was the Chief Magistrate of the Nation, guiding and controlling it in its great struggle for national existence. Fifty Years of Public Service This is Harry Scott, he thought, thirty-two years old, and in the prime of life, but not the same Harry Scott who started out on a ridiculous quest so many months ago. The Dark Door Buffaloes six years old are considered in the prime of life for beginning work, and will continue at hard labour, when well pastured and bathed, for another six years. The Philippine Islands He was in the prime of life, and had been so often wet with salted water and dried by salted winds that he looked as though he might last forever. John Gayther's Garden and the Stories Told Therein The man was in the prime of life, and, aside from the local trouble, a specimen of perfect health and physique. History of Circumcision from the Earliest Times to the Present Moral and Physical Reasons for its Performance To be made Solicitor-General right off, with Waddy around, and Willis still in prime of life and energy, was a fine thing. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, March 11, 1893 It seems that he found a West End anchorage there, not when he had retired, but when he was in the very prime of life. The Doctor of Pimlico Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime Montcalm was still in the prime of life, having just passed forty-seven years. Canada He is in the prime of life, and is full of energy and perseverance. Old Mackinaw The Fortress of the Lakes and its Surroundings What weariness did appear in him appeared in the prime of life; it was due not to age but to overwork, and his exaggerative way of doing everything. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens When we arrived at the serai Jowahir saluted the travellers, one of whom was an old man, while the other two were men in the prime of life. Tales of the Caliph I remember his superb, manly figure, in the very prime of life, his rosy English face set in a glory of hair just turning to silver. Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman He is still in the prime of life and the maturity of his intellect. The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century All were in the prime of life, of strong manhood and joyous womanhood. Old Rail Fence Corners The A. B. C's. of Minnesota History The rider was a man in the prime of life. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II Both of these gentlemen were lawyers of ability, in the prime of life and living in adjoining counties. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography. He too was in the prime of life, and eager to render the country some good service. The Campaign of 1776 around New York and Brooklyn The chief was past the prime of life, but still a powerful and sinewy man. The Dash for Khartoum A Tale of Nile Expedition They are now in the prime of life, and yet still known as the boy bankers. Halsey & Co. or, The Young Bankers and Speculators Father Duffy, but little past the prime of life, was in the full vigor of energy and usefulness. Hubert's Wife A Story for You This work was accompanied by an excellent portrait of the authoress in the prime of life, which we here reproduce for our present readers. A Military Genius Life of Anna Ella Carroll of Maryland Colonel Haywood was a man in the prime of life. The Saddle Boys in the Grand Canyon or The Hermit of the Cave His form was so erect, his eye so clear, his step so firm, that one, not seeing his face, would have thought him still in the prime of life. Which? or, Between Two Women As he is yet in the prime of life, there is nothing too great to be expected from him. A Lecture On Heads As Delivered By Mr. Charles Lee Lewes, To Which Is Added, An Essay On Satire, With Forty-Seven Heads By Nesbit, From Designs By Thurston, 1812 It is a question whether I had not better let you come on and end these weary struggles, rather than become a hopeless cripple in the prime of life! The Madman and the Pirate But in the providence of God he was not to see him enter any college; while still in the prime of life, he was seized with illness, which carried him to the grave in 1820. Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 15, No. 1, January 1886 Although pale, however, the miner was strong and in the prime of life. Personal Reminiscences in Book Making and Some Short Stories Most were youthful or in the prime of life; a few were middle-aged. Black Ivory The king, whose name was Makea, was a handsome man, in the prime of life, about six feet high, and very massive and muscular. Jarwin and Cuffy One was in the prime of life, dark and grave; the other in the first flush of manhood, full grown, though beardless, fair, and ruddy. Erling the Bold I remember one family just now, whose head was cut off suddenly, I may say in the prime of life. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure He was past the prime of life, and, being a bachelor, was unencumbered with a family. The Dog Crusoe and his Master He was a broad burly man, a little past the prime of life, but prematurely aged by hard work and hard living. The Young Trawler Both, although in the prime of life, looked feeble and prematurely old from wounds received in the fight referred to. The Walrus Hunters A Romance of the Realms of Ice But the bold Esquimau was in the prime of life, and animated by the fire of vigorous youth. Ungava Mrs Welland, known familiarly as Di, is regarded as the mother of the settlement—or, more correctly, the guardian angel—for she is not yet much past the prime of life. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure There were many brave, strong, stalwart men there, in the prime of life, and flushed with the blood of high health and courage. The Dog Crusoe and his Master Hans Marais, moustached, bearded, bronzed, and in the prime of life, sits at the door of a cottage recently built close to that of his father. The Settler and the Savage He was a tall fine-looking fellow, a little past the prime of life, but with a frame whose great muscular power was in no degree abated. Rivers of Ice But the spirit of enterprise had been long slumbering, and poor Augustus, who was now past the prime of life, feared that he should never see his kind master more. Ungava And by the young we mean not only all boys and girls, but all men and women in the prime of life, ay, and beyond the prime, if in good health. Dusty Diamonds Cut and Polished A Tale of City Arab Life and Adventure Rushing River, although a good-looking, stalwart man in the prime of life, had never been smitten in this way before. The Prairie Chief Except a couple of old men, they were all in the prime of life, and a splendidly strong-looking set of fellows they were. Impressions of a War Correspondent He was still rich and in the prime of life! The works of Guy de Maupassant, Vol. 5 Une Vie and Other Stories A man of robust physique, still in the prime of life, Richter's dark complexion and facial expression give the impression of "staying qualities" formidable as lasting. In and Around Berlin He felt so acutely the caustic verses, that they rendered him almost incapable of literary exertion; in the prime of life he became melancholy, and shortly afterwards died insane. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In youth, all energy; in prime of life, all enterprise and vigour; in senility, all weakness and second childhood. The King's Own Miss Porter's father died in the prime of life, and left his widow with five almost infant children, in slender circumstances. The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 1, August 1850 of Literature, Science and Art. He was a man in the prime of life, but he cannot possibly have weighed less than 400 pounds. France and the Republic A Record of Things Seen and Learned in the French Provinces During the 'Centennial' Year 1889 Thus perished, in the prime of life, that heroic traveller, at the very time when he had good reason to believe that he was about to solve the problem of the Niger’s course. Great African Travellers From Mungo Park to Livingstone and Stanley Sickness is a radiating center of anxiety; and often death in the prime of life closes the gates of happiness on more than one life. Civics and Health Foster was now in the prime of life, and had a young wife and one little baby. True to his Colours The Life that Wears Best There were four gentlemen and as many ladies, the latter in the prime of life, and full of spirits, which the stranger’s presence did not check. Frank Oldfield Lost and Found The young they keep out of mischief, to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds. Book of Wise Sayings Selected Largely from Eastern Sources Although still in the prime of life, he cared nothing for society and held aloof from it. The Easiest Way A Story of Metropolitan Life He was a tall, handsome man, in the very prime of life, being about thirty-five or forty years of age. The Pirate Island A Story of the South Pacific Poverty and privation, hunger and care, had undertaken the duties of time and had converted this person into a decrepit ruin while yet in the prime of life. Rabbi and Priest A Story In whatever decade Miss Teddington's birthday placed her, this year she was certainly in the prime of life and energy as concerned the school. For the Sake of the School They were both men in the prime of life--strong, active-looking fellows. At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War There stands a man in the prime of life, but a leper, eaten away with sores. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Mr. Carnegie is still in the prime of life. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Old Hilary Luckett—though familiarly called 'old,' he is physically in the prime of life—is probably about the most independent man in the county. Round About a Great Estate How strange that One who yesterday Shed radiance round her sphere, Thus, in the prime of life and health, Should slumber on the bier. Man of Uz, and Other Poems The senior general is a tall spare man, just overlapping the prime of life. On the Heels of De Wet Attention will naturally bestow itself first on the olapa, a division of the company made up of splendid youthful figures, young men, girls, and women in the prime of life. Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula But he never went a-fishing, never indulged in a healthful change of exercise, and the result was a mind thrown out of balance, and death in the prime of life. How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success He was then in the prime of life, slightly built, and rather under the medium height. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis But does this mean that our civilization is a failure, and the prime of life past for the Republic? The Arena Volume 4, No. 21, August, 1891 He survived the war, but died in the prime of life, sincerely mourned by a large circle of friends and fellow soldiers. 'Three Score Years and Ten' Life-Long Memories of Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and Other Parts of the West About the middle of the last century there died in Scotland in the prime of life a physiologist, now almost forgotten, whose fate excited at the time an unusual degree of compassionate interest. An Ethical Problem Or, Sidelights upon Scientific Experimentation on Man and Animals He is an able-bodied man, in the prime of life, with splendid years waiting on his threshold to lead him to any height he may wish to climb. Freedom, Truth and Beauty He was then in the prime of life, rather under the average height, with a large, well-balanced head, bright black eyes, and a swarthy complexion. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis It was that of a man still in the early prime of life. The Romance of Golden Star ... Like Lincoln, he was stricken down when his country expected the most of him, stricken in the very prime of life. Hidden Treasures Or, Why Some Succeed While Others Fail Maisonneuve was in the prime of life, on the way to high service in the army. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Then Mr. Flower, who was a widower also, but in the prime of life, proposed to the young lady. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money "The Great Expounder of the Constitution," as he was called, was then in the prime of life, and had not began those indulgences which afterward exercised such injurious effects upon him. Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis Sir Thomas Maitland died suddenly while yet in the prime of life, and was succeeded by Sir Horace, then twenty-four years of age. Evenings at Donaldson Manor Or, The Christmas Guest Over it was drawn, with some little difficulty, what had, in its prime of life, attracted universal admiration in Princes Street, as a blue surtout. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 This plan was accepted with great favor by the people, and consequently, the day after registration the government had ten million men in the prime of life from which to pick her army. Winning a Cause World War Stories He was then in the prime of life in years, but already somewhat impaired. Reminiscences of Sixty Years in Public Affairs, Vol. 1 |
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