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My fiftieth birthday had passed without much notice in 1968, but in 1975, when I turned fifty-seven, Walter and Kathy approached me with a long-term plan that would make my sixtieth birthday more memorable. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
“Now, Grandma’s sixtieth birthday! Long life to her, with three times three!” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z
Ocean rollers can travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the sixtieth parallel and never bump into anything. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z
On January 9, Nixon’s sixtieth birthday, Kissinger cabled the news to Washington. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z
Kathy noted that the perfect time for such a book to be published would be on my sixtieth birthday. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z
On the sixtieth mile, Ben could see this God as he crossed the Savannah River into Georgia. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z
And on her sixtieth birthday, Tiller had done the same, giving her a map to his fund, to use for whatever she wanted. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
For his sixtieth birthday celebration, the Queen Mother came. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z
Only recently, on Tiller’s sixtieth birthday, had she given him a map to her understone fund, so that he could use it for whatever he wanted. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z
On the occasion of my sixtieth birthday, my friend Lenny visited me from Toronto. Severed 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z
“Charlotte’s Web” has sold a staggering number of copies—more than twenty-five million as of its sixtieth anniversary—and its images are part of our collective cultural consciousness. Garth Williams, Illustrator of American Childhood 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z
Lilliput Press in Ireland is publishing a special sixtieth anniversary edition, in July, which comes with an introduction by Johnny Depp, who is also planning to make a movie out of it. A Visit to Donleavyland, Sixty Years After “The Ginger Man” 2015-06-11T04:00:00Z
In 1885, it decreed that all enslaved people would be free when they reached their sixtieth birthdays. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z
He said his father owned one-one hundred sixtieth of some gas reserves and he might eventually benefit from the bill when he inherits that gas. He is West Virginia’s Speaker of the House — and a lawyer for natural gas companies 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z
Nevertheless we are told she “was handling her sixtieth year as lightly as we touch the lint when dressing a wound”. Hunger, poverty, humiliation ... literary outsider Violette Leduc found comedy in the darkest of subjects 2018-08-25T04:00:00Z
Federal prosecutors in Ohio charged Josipović with immigration fraud, and, three weeks later, just days after his sixtieth birthday, he walked into the federal courthouse in Akron. The Painstaking Hunt for War Criminals in the United States 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z
In April, Alpert went to Moscow for Fetisov’s sixtieth birthday, and while there he gave a number of television interviews in which he emphasized his experience with figures like Castro and Saddam. Playing Hockey Against Vladimir Putin 2018-07-03T04:00:00Z
Last Friday, twenty-seven heads of state gathered in Rome to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the treaty that established the European Economic Community, the progenitor of the European Union. Pope Francis Proposes a Cure for Populism 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z
He was one of the key architects of the Charter 08, published 20 years after Tiananmen and on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Ted Cruz: Obama Must Not Fear Diplomatic Provocation 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z
Without the injured Albiston, who had failed to emerge after the half-time break, they were crucially discomposed when Sulley took a corner in the sixtieth minute. FA Cup third round, Barcelona v Granada and more: clockwatch – live! 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z
In 2005, President Vladimir Putin welcomed President George W. Bush and the leaders of France, Germany, Japan, and other nations at the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the war. Victory Day in Moscow 2015-05-09T04:00:00Z
Gianotti will be the sixteenth person — and the first woman — to lead the European physics powerhouse, which is based at the Switzerland–France border near Geneva, and recently celebrated its sixtieth anniversary. Higgs hunter will be CERN’s first female director 2014-11-03T05:00:00Z
It was organized to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of the original research papers describing the structure of DNA. Tepid showing for genomics X prize 2013-05-29T17:20:24.913Z
Total campaign spending in the last general election – by the parties, the candidates and independent groups – was £58m: about one sixtieth of the cost of the current presidential race. When corporations bankroll politics, we all pay the price 2012-10-29T21:30:01Z
Without the injured Albiston, who had failed to emerge after the half-time break, they were crucially discomposed when Sulley took a corner in the sixtieth minute. FA Cup third round, Barcelona v Granada and more: clockwatch – live! 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z
The husband doesn’t understand why she would wear a dress like that to her father’s sixtieth birthday, but she does look good in it. Paul La Farge: “Another Life.” 2012-06-25T04:00:00Z
Certain it is that his conduct as a boy was the same as his sentiments when he was in his sixtieth year. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z
In America the bondsmen form a fourth part of the whole population, and in Australia little more than one sixtieth, speedily to vanish all together. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z
“You know what papa says,” she rejoined, “‘sleep is one sixtieth of death.’ The White Terror and The Red A novel of revolutionary Russia 2012-03-18T02:00:21.430Z
He was in his sixtieth year, and through forty-one degrees of longitude—from 107� W. to 148� W.—he had traced the coast of North America, thus outlining far the greater extent of the passage. True Tales of Arctic Heroism in the New World 2012-03-13T02:00:24.640Z
The mere enumeration of the military resources of the country on the Queen’s accession and on the eve of the sixtieth anniversary of that event needs few words to deepen the contrast. Social Transformations of the Victorian Age A Survey of Court and Country 2012-02-29T03:00:22.540Z
In all probability he had passed the sixtieth milestone of life, which was almost unusual among the viking chiefs of the period. Canute the Great The Rise of Danish Imperialism during the Viking Age 2012-02-23T03:00:38.817Z
The sixtieth anniversary of the Sabbath School in connection with this place was held on Sunday, June 24th. The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young 2012-02-03T03:00:20.453Z
Soon dysentery supervened, and on the 12th of January 1519 he passed away in the sixtieth year of his age. The First Governess of the Netherlands, Margaret of Austria 2012-01-10T03:00:13.777Z
Among the old customs, birthday festivities occupy the first place, particularly when a man attains his sixtieth year. Empires and Emperors of Russia, China, Korea, and Japan Notes and Recollections by Monsignor Count Vay de Vaya and Luskod 2012-01-08T03:00:16.523Z
Count upon life not longer than the sixtieth year. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z
This unrivaled periodical is now in its sixtieth year, and, owing to its ever-increasing popularity, it enjoys the largest circulation ever attained by any scientific publication. Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants A Practice Treatise Setting Forth the Principles of Gas-Engines and Producer Design, the Selection and Installation of an Engine, Conditions of Perfect Operation, Producer-Gas Engines and Their Possibilities, the Care of Gas-Engines and Producer-Gas Plants, with a Chapter on Volatile Hydrocarbon and Oil Engines 2011-12-28T03:00:31.087Z
Deer also, as well as fish, are very numerous in many parts of this country; particularly to the North of the sixtieth degree of latitude. A Journey from Prince of Wales's Fort in Hudson's Bay to the Northern Ocean in the Years 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772 New Edition with Introduction, Notes, and Illustrations 2011-12-26T03:00:13.520Z
Haeckel’s literary output was enormous, and at the time of the celebration of his sixtieth birthday at Jena in 1894 he had produced 42 works with 13,000 pages, besides numerous scientific memoirs. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 7 "Gyantse" to "Hallel" 2011-12-26T03:00:11.613Z
He was already in his sixtieth year, and notable as a member of the Corps Legislatif, a man in whom the First Consul could place the utmost confidence. The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe 2011-12-24T03:07:55.507Z
Happiness is not very great when one has emptied but a score of cups; it is strangely complete when one arrives at the sixtieth. The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z
He probably knew that he was in his sixtieth year; and this passage enables us to measure the exact amount of duplicity which he thought venial in composing his Memoirs. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z
Now, already early—while he was but in his sixtieth year—he began to fail. The Boyhood of Great Inventors 2011-12-05T03:00:46.233Z
All applications for provisions to be made to Mr. Johnstone, the quarter master of the sixtieth regiment. An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. 2011-12-02T03:00:21.770Z
Although she had not yet passed her forty-fifth year, she appeared to be as old as her husband, who was now approaching his sixtieth. The Marquis of Pe?alta (Marta y Mar?a) A Realistic Social Novel 2011-11-12T03:00:35.113Z
Count not to live beyond your sixtieth year, To walk in jovial courses persevere; And ere your skull be turned into a cup, Let wine-cups ever to your hand adhere! The Sufistic Quatrains of Omar Khayyam 2012-01-08T03:00:15.553Z
When he asserts that he had "not yet reached the age of sixty," he was just within the bounds of veracity; for he wanted more than seven months to complete his sixtieth year. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi; Volume the First 2011-12-12T03:00:27.507Z
When he was getting near to his sixtieth year, his strength greatly declined, and he felt that his end was drawing nigh. Memorials of the Independent Churches in Northamptonshire with biographical notices of their pastors, and some account of the puritan ministers who laboured in the county. 2011-10-13T02:00:37.230Z
Captain Robins, of the sixtieth regiment, to do duty with the sixty-fifth regiment; and Lieutenant Milnes, of the forty-ninth, with the ninth light infantry. An Account of the Campaign in the West Indies, in the Year 1794, Under the Command of their Excellencies Lieutenant General Sir Charles Grey, K.B., and Vice Admiral Sir John Jervis, K.B. 2011-12-02T03:00:21.770Z
He had just turned his sixtieth year, but was as hearty and active as a man of forty. The War of the Axe Adventures in South Africa 2011-10-10T02:00:22.657Z
A remarkable instance of ignorance and superstition was afforded by the conduct of the Romans, when the city, being in about its four hundred and sixtieth year, was visited by a pestilence. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z
This fact touches him pathetically, now that he is nearing his sixtieth year. Charles Lewis Cocke Founder of Hollins College 2011-10-08T02:00:24.723Z
Candidates must have passed their sixtieth year, i.e. they must no longer be liable to military service, and they were possibly restricted to the nobility. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 8 "Germany" to "Gibson, William" 2011-10-05T02:00:17.763Z
On the sixtieth day the Landgrave grew very angry, and coming right into the room: “Show me the pictures at once!” he cried. The Legend of the Glorious Adventures of Tyl Ulenspiegel in the land of Flanders and elsewhere 2011-10-04T02:00:19.193Z
Suffering, however, from "home sickness"—a craving often fatal to natives of mountainous regions—his mental as well as bodily powers began failing before attaining his sixtieth year. 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 latter won its name as a consequence of playing with remarkable regularity practically upon the sixtieth tick of the minute from its last spout. Down the Yellowstone 2011-08-29T02:01:06.730Z
When I first remember them they must have all been past their sixtieth birthdays, and were counted ladies of the old school. Life in the Confederate Army Being Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army 2011-08-19T02:00:11.243Z
When he wrote it he was just approaching his sixtieth year and was in the full maturity of his powers. Religion And Health 2011-08-12T02:00:18.323Z
The king in his sixtieth year had a son. Tales of the Sun or Folklore of Southern India 2011-08-09T02:00:29.493Z
These have been printed in magazines and newspapers as well as appearing in Dr. Cook's books, now in the sixtieth thousand edition. My Attainment of the Pole 2011-08-05T02:00:54.720Z
Fresh air, exercise, frugal food and drink, the odour of the earth and the trees—these have given him, as he nears his sixtieth year, the strength and vitality of early manhood. The Gamekeeper At Home Sketches of Natural History and Rural Life 2011-08-04T02:00:21.507Z
This is our sixtieth day of the siege, and I do believe we’re beginning to get a little tired of it; but I suppose, like other things, it will come to an end some day. 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
The performances followed each other ten times a month, a unique fact in the annals of the theater for a new work, and this went on up to the sixtieth performance. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z
In length, the sixtieth part of a degree. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z
His seat, like his philosophy, was a trifle stiff; but what else could you expect in one who had passed his sixtieth year? All Men are Ghosts 2011-06-28T02:00:12.497Z
There he died, on the 11th of January, 1519, in the sixtieth year of his age. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z
Shah Nadir tore his gray hair and cursed his sixtieth birthday. Top of the World Stories for Boys and Girls Translated from the Scandinavian Languages 2011-06-21T02:00:28.070Z
I owed that sixtieth performance to the new directors, Mm. My Recollections 2011-07-16T02:00:14.973Z
In time, the sixtieth part of an hour. Conversations on Natural Philosophy, in which the Elements of that Science are Familiarly Explained 2011-07-12T02:00:28.027Z
And this stout, red-cheeked woman, nearing her sixtieth year, was subtly conscious of this, although incapable of putting thoughts into words. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z
Sir Walter knew how high the pulse beat of his royal mistress, now aged by her sixtieth year. Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature 2011-06-03T02:00:19.227Z
He was in his sixtieth year, and could look back with some pride on a long and busy life. The Viceroys of Ireland 2011-05-24T02:00:11.197Z
In a few weeks, Eleanor was seized with a fever, which carried her off on the 25th of February, 1558, the sixtieth year of her age. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 2011-05-18T02:00:14.897Z
This important work provides an exhaustive history of the life of the Queen, from her infancy to the present year in which she commemorates the sixtieth year of her reign. Degeneracy Its Causes, Signs and Results 2011-05-02T02:00:17.657Z
On the day I reached my sixtieth year, Mr. Ames, I decided that my humdrum life must cease. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z
This sort of verse occurs, but mixed with other measures in the thirty-fourth ode, addressed to Diana, and also in the sixtieth. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z
She kept her sixtieth birthday a week ago, and may God spare her to keep her eightieth as well, and as joyfully. All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart 2011-03-31T02:00:16.763Z
He was now in his sixtieth year, but he climbed high mountains with no apparent fatigue. Famous Men of Science 2011-03-08T03:00:49.717Z
They say they are going to run the Provinces from south to north—as far as the sixtieth parallel. Neighbours 2011-03-05T03:00:27.277Z
In the year 1726 Swift, then in his sixtieth year, and in the full flush of his new popularity as the champion of Irish nationality, visited England for the first time since Queen Anne’s death. The Three Devils: Luther's, Milton's, and Goethe's With Other Essays 2011-03-03T03:00:54.067Z
This is used in the thirty-fourth and sixtieth, mingled with glyconian verse. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z
It appears that the custom has been introduced among women who have recently brought forth of not going to church until the fortieth or sixtieth day as they say of the purification of their bodies. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 Explorations by early navigators, descriptions of the islands and their peoples, their history and records of the catholic missions, as related in contemporaneous books and manuscripts, showing the political, economic, commercial and religious conditions of those islands from their earliest relations with European nations to the close of the nineteenth century, Volume XLIII, 1670-1700 2011-02-26T03:00:46.860Z
Of all the descendants of Alfred he was the only one who lived to see his sixtieth birthday—the house of Wessex were a short-lived race. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History 2011-02-12T03:00:32.473Z
Not, as you might think, a sixtieth of a sixtieth of a twenty-fourth of the period of the Earth’s rotation. Weighing a kilogram: The constant gardeners 2011-01-27T10:58:13Z
The antidote to this poison, as given by Mr. Gibson, is one sixtieth grain doses of atropine in hypodermic injections. The Century Cook Book 2011-01-04T03:01:10.367Z
To-day the Indians form a bare sixtieth of the American population, a falling off for which the colonist has been responsible both actively and involuntarily. Adventures Among the Red Indians Romantic Incidents and Perils Amongst the Indians of North and South America 2010-12-20T17:12:20.420Z
Norway, with just a sixtieth of the United States population, managed to win as many gold medals. In-Box: A Country Basks in the Glow of a Hockey Gold 2010-03-02T04:42:00Z
The check-reel, with its cheerful click or challenge at every sixtieth revolution, was there; and the kitchen rafters were ornamented by suspended hanks of sale yarn. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16
I am not yet completely cured of it, now that I have entered my sixtieth year. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 4
On November 28th we passed the sixtieth degree of longitude, and celebrated the occasion by a little feast. Farthest North Being the Record of a Voyage of Exploration of the Ship 'Fram' 1893-1896
She entered into correspondence with Goethe, for whom she entertained a violent passion, although he was then in his sixtieth year. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli
Black was able to fight it out until the sixtieth move on account of some poor play on White's part. Chess Fundamentals
They were the last torches, and Deal was going through his sixtieth rehearsal of the "Troubadour"; but, instead of "Lady-love, lady-lo-o-o-ve," whom he apostrophized, a large moccasin rose from the pool, as if in answer. Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches
Count Myxila, the imperial chancellor, was that day keeping his sixtieth birthday. Majesty A Novel
I lived out my sixtieth year in perfect freedom; I know both the favor of fortune and the bitterness of life. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16
They were taxed to the utmost of their strength, Fanchette especially, who had just passed her sixtieth year. Her Royal Highness Woman
From my sixtieth year I begin to receive a hundred florins annually, till which time I shall manage to scratch through. Edelweiss A Story
On the completion of the sixtieth year of Queen Victoria's reign in 1897, knighted. The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
When past her sixtieth year she would sometimes sing an old-time duet with my father. Reminiscences, 1819-1899
But when with the sixtieth minute came the faint tap I awaited, down sank my heart. The Brightener
The ship was hurried along at great speed on the sixtieth parallel, until reaching the meridian of eighty, when we bore away to the northward. Los Gringos Or, An Inside View of Mexico and California, with Wanderings in Peru, Chili, and Polynesia
On this his sixtieth birthday his eyes for the first time beheld the goal of his life! Life of Wagner Biographies of Musicians
But careful watching and nursing warded off the enemy; and on her sixtieth birthday, October 14th, the doctors pronounced her out of danger. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century
As the sixtieth second of the first minute passed, he released the projectile. The Angel of the Revolution A Tale of the Coming Terror
The year 1897 marked the sixtieth anniversary of her reign, her Diamond Jubilee, which the whole Empire now planned to celebrate in fitting fashion. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time
"A division of time, lad—one sixtieth of a minute." The Barbarians
It is reported that his skill was wonderful; and that at any time between his twelfth and sixtieth year, he could with ease have swum across the Hellespont. Benjamin Franklin A Picture of the Struggles of Our Infant Nation One Hundred Years Ago American Pioneers and Patriots Series
Our adventurous lady—now in her sixtieth year—made an excursion, of course, to Mont Orgueil, which commands a very fine view of the island scenery. Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century
Here begins the third period of his artistic life, from 1500 to 1513, that is, from his forty-eighth to his sixtieth year. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
Two were decided upon, to comprise the area south of the sixtieth parallel; the area to the north was left in the territorial status. The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time
In latitude, their pasture extends from the thirtieth to the sixtieth degree, which is upward of two thousand miles; and the extensive breadth in longitude cannot be estimated at less than fifteen hundred. Graham's Magazine Vol XXXII. No. 3. March 1848
Before passing his sixtieth year Lemaitre turned over a new leaf. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875
The sixtieth year of my reign was about to be completed. Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton
In fact they may be depended on almost to minutes of arc, i.e. to sixtieths of a degree. Pioneers of Science
He was born at Athens, in the first year of the sixtieth Olympiad. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6)
He appeared quite altered and shaken from the recent misfortune of losing his wife; who had survived108 the death of her children fifteen years; herself dying in the sixtieth of her own age. Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance
Time passed on, bringing with it the Governor's sixtieth birthday, and at the great house it was determined to give a banquet in honor of the occasion. The Children's Longfellow Told in Prose
"The twenty-fourth day of the first moon of the sixtieth year of the reign of Kien Long." Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton
South of this, between the fifty-fifth and sixtieth degrees of latitude, comes a still wider and more extensive region, comprising St. Petersburg, Riga, Moscow, Smolensk, and a portion of Irkutsk and Nijni Novgorod. The Land of Thor
He was nearing his sixtieth year now, and he looked and seemed much older. A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others
Sir Allan Beaumerville was giving a supper party to his friends to celebrate his sixtieth birthday, and the guests were all assembled. The New Tenant
It had reached its sixtieth edition before it had been published a twelvemonth. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century
He had been bred to the fishing, and had followed it all his life, but always—until his sixtieth year—as a paid hand, with no more than a paid hand's share of the earnings. Merry-Garden and Other Stories
How much he was indebted to the latter, is evident from the fact that he had passed his sixtieth year before his great qualities were manifested to the world. Admiral Farragut
To be the favourite of Elizabeth, who had now herself attained the sixtieth summer of her immortal charms, was tantamount to a condemnation to celibacy. Raleigh
Some friends in Philadelphia arranged a meeting to celebrate Most's sixtieth birthday. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 2, April 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature
In the luxury of his Cumænon villa he divided his time between hunting and fishing, and the enjoyments of literature, until, worn out with sensuality, he died in his sixtieth year, B.C. Ancient States and Empires
I have also the sixtieth edition, printed in this year. Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
Q. How long did you work daily in your fiftieth, sixtieth, seventieth, eightieth years?—A. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History
We have then not quite enough; but the shortcoming is at the rate of about an inch and a sixtieth of an inch in 14,000 miles. A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II
Manco-Capac III., the sixtieth sovereign of this line, is supposed to have reigned at the beginning of the Christian era, and in his time “Peru had reached her greatest elevation and extension.” Ancient America, in Notes on American Archaeology
If she had been hanging since her sixtieth birthday, she would certainly be breathless now. Letters of a Dakota Divorcee
I cannot expect to see a sixtieth edition of the Handbook, but it deserves to be placed by the side of the Synopsis, and I venture to predict for it a wide circulation. Notes and Queries, Number 213, November 26, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc.
The Arbitrators are persons in the sixtieth year of their age; this appears from the schedule of the Archons and the Eponymi. The Athenian Constitution
They stood upon the threshold of their sixtieth year at the opening of the struggle; Cæsar was a hale young man of fifty-two. The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2
"And none beyond his sixtieth year," he said, "very few even fifty." The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete
Harry Collins celebrated his sixtieth birthday as the equivalent of a second-year student of medicine; his instructor being his own son. This Crowded Earth
Finally, an object that measures one second, or the sixtieth part of a minute, is at a distance of 206,265 times its length. Astronomy for Amateurs
It seldom manifests itself before the age of six, and scarcely ever continues beyond the sixtieth year. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851
Across the street was the Lasser Building; high up on the sixtieth floor, a whole suite of offices was brightly lit. The Penal Cluster
Because of the long summer days and short nights, wheat can be cultivated to the sixtieth parallel. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
He died in April 1699, soon after he had entered his sixtieth year. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II.
Imagine the heat we should have to endure if the sun were to approach us, or we the sun, to a point the one hundred and sixtieth part of the present distance. Aether and Gravitation
He died on the 3d of September, 1658, the anniversary of his great battles of Worcester and Dunbar, in the sixtieth year of his age. A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges
Up there, the lights on the sixtieth floor gleamed in the night. The Penal Cluster
A few members of the family thrive in the warmer parts of the temperate zone, but for the greater part they flourish between the fortieth and sixtieth parallels. Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges
When Longfellow had reached his sixtieth year, James Russell Lowell, then in his splendid prime, sent him those lines as a birthday greeting. The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891
The other picture shows how the King looked in the sixtieth year of his reign. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
This was the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of her reign, and it was commemorated throughout her dominions with an enthusiasm which was without parallel. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
On the landing of the sixtieth floor of the Lasser Building, David Houston paused for a moment. The Penal Cluster
When he had stepped the sixtieth yard, he faced about, and stood erect, placing his heels together. The Scalp Hunters
Sixtieth Birthday Yesterday I attained my sixtieth birthday. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile
He was in the eighty-second year of his age and the sixtieth year of his reign. A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
We must remember that this hymn was written for the celebration of the sixtieth anniversary of the coronation of Queen Victoria, and that its sentiment is English. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 7
Top The year 1897 was an eventful one in the history of the British Empire, for on June 20th the greatly revered Queen Victoria celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of her accession to the throne. The Stamps of Canada
In regard to myself this opportunity must come soon, for I have passed my sixtieth year, and my strength is failing. The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume II
On the 30th November 1917—the anniversary of his sixtieth birthday—he dedicated the Institute to the Nation, for the progress of Science and for the Glory of India. Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches
His thin, emaciated face, deeply furrowed with wrinkles indicated that he had long since passed his sixtieth birthday; but there was nothing else in his appearance that betokened old age. Which? or, Between Two Women
He had the effrontery, by way of specimen, to edit an Italian translation of the sixtieth book, but that book took up no more than one octavo page! Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
Both Edwin and Maggie had innumerable grievances against her, but she held their allegiance, and even their warm instinctive affection, on the morning of her sixtieth birthday. Clayhanger
Mr. Taney was appointed Chief Justice in 1836, when in his sixtieth year. Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
He was in his sixtieth year, but time had not weakened his strong inflexible courage. Heroes of Modern Europe
It must be early autumn in the northern hemisphere; there was snow down to the sixtieth parallel and a belt of brown was pushing south against the green. Space Viking
Three miles below our dinner camp we arrived at a remarkably picturesque bend, and on the outer circumference we made our sixtieth camp, but so late that supper was eaten by firelight. A Canyon Voyage The Narrative of the Second Powell Expedition down the Green-Colorado River from Wyoming, and the Explorations on Land, in the Years 1871 and 1872
There was that, and there was also her natural inclination to show herself off on her triumphant sixtieth birthday. Clayhanger
We could climb from our ledge up the ramp to the small area where it intersected the Empire State at the building’s sixtieth to seventieth stories. The White Invaders
This that came was to be the sixtieth pitched battle in which some of them had participated. The Eagle of the Empire A Story of Waterloo
It may have escaped your notice that around this globe is a narrow zone, between the thirtieth and sixtieth parallels of north latitude, and within that narrow zone is our home. 'America for Americans!' The Typical American, Thanksgiving Sermon
In 1757, Hogarth, on the resignation of his brother-in-law, Mr. Thornhill, was appointed, in the sixtieth year of his age, painter to the king. Art in England Notes and Studies
He entered upon his sixtieth year on the day of the unfortunate battle of Bull Run, and engaged thenceforth in severe and meritorious field-service. Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860
He died in 565, in about the sixtieth year of his age, and only a few months before his jealous master. Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation
He broke down fast, we have been told, in his sixtieth year, and after that partook but of one sacrament. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2
Instances have also been observed in which menstruation continued as late as the sixtieth year, and even later; but such cases are very rare; and if procreation occurs, the progeny is feeble and senile. Plain Facts for Old and Young
Anything," he exclaimed to his secretary Riemer, when he was approaching his sixtieth year, "anything but an enforced profession! The Youth of Goethe
In your sixtieth year, and yet you have the appearance of a youth! Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
Though he had passed his sixtieth year, he was still erect and brisk enough in his movement, save for a slight hitch in his left leg. Michael McGrath, Postmaster
"Given at Oxford, under the Seal of the Office of the Chancellery of the aforesaid University on the fifth day of the month of July in the fourteenth hundred and sixtieth year of our Lord." The Customs of Old England
Pierrepont Edwards died in 1825, having lived to see his son filling the station of Circuit Judge upon the New York bench, where he remained until his sixtieth year. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
From her forty-fifth to her sixtieth year she was glad to speak for what was offered, although I believe that even then she had discarded the good old priestly plan of taking up a collection. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 10 Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers
She lived till her sixtieth year and she was for forty years an actress. Shadows of the Stage
"According to the tradition of the ancients the custom arose for those who had most to give the priests a fortieth part, and those who had least, one sixtieth, in lieu of first-fruits." Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
Readers of the Autobiography will remember that many many years later, at the celebration of Hilaire Belloc's sixtieth birthday, the guests threw the ball to one another in just this same fashion. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
In his sixtieth year he brought out The Bamboo Garden, and from that time—until, in his eightieth year, he died in full intellectual energy—he constantly devoted himself to the art of writing. Some Diversions of a Man of Letters
On the sixtieth night the Lord delivered me out of their hands, and on the road He provided for us food, and fire, and dry weather daily, until on the fourteenth day we all came. The Most Ancient Lives of Saint Patrick Including the Life by Jocelin, Hitherto Unpublished in America, and His Extant Writings
The San Martin, with sixty consorts, went north to the sixtieth parallel. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4
In this instance, however, full fifty-nine days elapsed without word from M. Garfunkel, and on the morning of the sixtieth day Abe entered the store bearing every appearance of anxiety. Potash & Perlmutter Their Copartnership Ventures and Adventures
Chesterton devotes a long passage in the Autobiography to the dinner given at the old Adelphi Terrace Hotel to Belloc on his sixtieth birthday, in July 1930. Gilbert Keith Chesterton
On her sixtieth birthday, the 14th of October, they pronounced the brave lady out of danger; but, in fact, her constitution had received a fatal shock.  The Story of Ida Pfeiffer and Her Travels in Many Lands
Realizing now that his influence and chances had finally departed, he retired into seclusion in the neighbourhood of Vallodolid, where he died in his sixtieth year on May 20, 1506. South America
Still a third pure specimen of this form of prophecy occurs in the fifty-ninth and sixtieth chapters of Isaiah. Companion to the Bible
He was verging oh his sixtieth year, when he started with his master upon the Egyptian expedition--a proof at least of energy, as well as of good disposition, in the cause. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume Two
In 1897 was celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of the Queen's reign, and every colony sent a detachment of troops to represent it. Queen Victoria
In three more days he expired, in his sixtieth year. Paris: With Pen and Pencil Its People and Literature, Its Life and Business
In 1802 he was approaching his sixtieth year, but was vigorous and attentive to business. Discourse of the Life and Character of the Hon. Littleton Waller Tazewell
He was approaching his sixtieth year, and had retired from active life, although he still held the controlling interest in the Museum. Fifth Avenue
Imagine Jesus reduced to bear the burden of his divinity until his sixtieth or seventieth year, losing his celestial fire, wearing out little by little under the burden of an unparalleled mission! The Life of Jesus
My sixtieth birthday is a thing of yesterday, and I have, therefore, more than half descended the western slope. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm
What was the use of making him happy for fifty-nine minutes, and then undoing it all in the sixtieth? The Measure of a Man
With Mr. Livingston's daughter, the wife of Major Brown, of the sixtieth regiment, Mrs. Graham formed a very intimate friendship, which continued during the life of Mrs. Brown. The Power of Faith Exemplified In The Life And Writings Of The Late Mrs. Isabella Graham.
What struck me as not a little singular, was, that his countenance was no very faint resemblance of that of Voltaire, when he might have been verging towards his sixtieth year. A Bibliographical, Antiquarian and Picturesque Tour in France and Germany, Volume One
It was easy to believe report in this case, for there must have been some strong inducement to make Frederick Kurston wed in his sixtieth year a woman barely twenty. Winter Evening Tales
He was then in the sixtieth year of his age. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power
His sixtieth birthday came, and it was then he found that the garden of pleasure, that had offered so many charming flowers for his plucking, had drawn to its end. The Grey Cloak
From its twelfth to its sixtieth year, or later, each tree will bear from fifty to a hundred and fifty pods, according to the season, each pod containing from thirty-six to forty-two beans. The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa
A man of letters in his sixtieth year once told me, "It is but of late years that I have learnt the right use of books and the art of reading." Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions
In one minute she would run one sixtieth of sixty-one thousand two hundred feet, which is ten hundred and twenty feet; in half a minute, five hundred and ten feet. Outward Bound Or, Young America Afloat
His last great battle, Malplaquet, was fought when he was in his sixtieth year; and after that the French never durst meet him in the field. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 13, No. 78, April, 1864
But Isaiah uses this title as applied to God, twenty-two times, running through the entire book from the first to the sixtieth chapter. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
The Jubilee festivities began Sunday, June 20th, the actual sixtieth anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne. The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 1, No. 35, July 8, 1897 A Weekly Magazine for Boys and Girls
A list of his published works, which was prepared in connexion with the celebration of his sixtieth birthday in 1911, bears witness to his amazing diligence and fertility. An Outline of the History of Christian Thought Since Kant
In the issue by which Canada commemorated the sixtieth year of Her Majesty's reign the two portraits are happily combined. What Philately Teaches A Lecture Delivered before the Section on Philately of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, February 24, 1899
The city of Petersburg was founded on the 22d of May, 1703, on a desert and marshy spot of ground, in the sixtieth degree of latitude. The Empire of Russia
But Isaiah uses it more than twenty times, running from the first to the sixtieth chapter. The Testimony of the Bible Concerning the Assumptions of Destructive Criticism
His health, never strong, gave way under the continued strain, and he died in New York in July, 1860, in the sixtieth year of his age, completely worn out. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
This celebration was, however, quite eclipsed by that of the sixtieth anniversary of his first public appearance, which was held at Berlin on April 22, 1899. Famous Violinists of To-day and Yesterday
The Annals describe him as "a man who had defended his own province, against the English and Irish, from his sixteenth to his sixtieth year; a man full of hospitality, knowledge, and chivalry." An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
Mstislaf reigned but about four years, when he suddenly died in the sixtieth year of his age. The Empire of Russia
If a line were drawn to represent graphically his productivity from his sixtieth year on, it would take the form of a gradually rising curve. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12
He died at New Haven on the 8th of January, 1825, in his sixtieth year. Great Fortunes, and How They Were Made
Five things have in them a sixtieth part of five other things:—Fire, honey, the Sabbath, sleep, and dreams. Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala
His arrival is stated in the Chronicum Scotorum to have taken place "in the sixtieth year of the age of Abraham." An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800
The same year Delacroix submissively made his final attempt for the Prix de Rome, but came out sixtieth in the competition. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 4, March, 1896
He breathed his last at Fort Lyon, in Colorado, on the twenty-third of May, 1868, in the sixtieth year of his age. Christopher Carson
It were strange, if a man should turn his sixtieth year without a feeling of immense relief from the number of dangers he has escaped. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 51, January, 1862
Jonas Lie completed his sixtieth year on the 6th of November last, and this interesting occasion has been celebrated by a festival given in his honour by the students of his old University at Christiania. The Visionary Pictures From Nordland
Under sixtieth article of war Dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances, and 4 years' imprisonment. A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 9, part 1: Benjamin Harrison
A strong, hardy man was this new-comer, though he had already passed his sixtieth year. Ticket No. "9672"
We cannot get rid of the sixtieth degree of latitude, and we have not chosen our own lot. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle
She had reached the thirtieth year of her widowhood and the sixtieth of her age, with cheerfulness unimpaired. The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories
When he opened the impeachment of Hastings at Westminster, Burke was very near to his sixtieth year. Burke
Between his forty-fifth to his sixtieth year he wrote twenty-three volumes, containing about eleven thousand pages, on four or five hundred different authors and subjects. Essays Æsthetical
He lingered and labored until July, 1860, when he died in New York, in the sixtieth year of his age. Famous Americans of Recent Times
On the 9th ofJanuary we crossed the three hundred and sixtieth degree of east longitude. An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales, Volume 1 With Remarks on the Dispositions, Customs, Manners, Etc. of The Native Inhabitants of That Country. to Which Are Added, Some Particulars of New Zealand; Compiled, By Permission, From The Mss. of Lieutenant-Governor King.
He added stop after stop,—at the last and sixtieth stop, he unfettered the whole volume of the wind. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 56, June, 1862
When he had reached his sixtieth year, he was attacked by hypertrophy of the heart, which left his rich organization in ruins. Delsarte System of Oratory
I was really beginning to live in my sixtieth year. Yolanda: Maid of Burgundy
It is, however, generally supposed to have taken place in the forty-eighth year of our era, and about eleven years after the Crucifixion, therefore in her sixtieth year. Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts
Transactions of the Southern Surgical Association; sixtieth annual meeting. U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1977 July - December
Mr. VAN INGEN, a New York business man, has just started to cross the Atlantic for the one hundred and sixtieth time. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, June 11, 1919
Queen Stultitia, the sixtieth of that name to rule, received them friendlily. Figures of Earth
Camden was in his sixtieth year, in 1610; he had enjoyed slow success, violent detraction, and final triumph. Gossip in a Library
He then knelt down and read the sixtieth and sixty-first Psalms. The Pearl Box Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People, by a Pastor
It extends to the station of Douchak at the six hundred and sixtieth verst, which we reach at six o’clock in the morning. The Adventures of a Special Correspondent
You may judge how far I was a favourite in those days when I say that even now, in my sixtieth year—but why should I dwell upon that which is already sufficiently well known? The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard
He then knelt down and rend the sixtieth and sixty-first Psalms. The Pearl Box Containing One Hundred Beautiful Stories for Young People
A proposal to extend the privilege to great-grandfathers who have turned their sixtieth year appears to have met with no success. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, February 12, 1919
Their northern reign ascended above the sixtieth degree of latitude over the Hyperborean regions, which fancy had peopled with monsters, or clouded with eternal darkness. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5
Depasse speaks of a woman of fifty-nine years and five months old who was delivered of a healthy male child, which she suckled, weaning it on her sixtieth birthday. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
In 1894 the Christian women of China decided to present a New Testament to the Empress Dowager on her sixtieth birthday which occurred the following year. Court Life in China
Magnus—the Governor—was all of six feet tall, and though now well toward his sixtieth year, was as erect as an officer of cavalry. The Octopus : A story of California
The ingenious American has remarked that, between the South Pole and the sixtieth parallel, the sea is covered with floating ice of enormous size, which is never met with in the North Atlantic. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
During 1896 the Queen received an immense number of congratulatory messages on entering upon the sixtieth year of her reign; and on 23d September she exceeded the limit attained by any previous English sovereign. Queen Victoria Story of Her Life and Reign, 1819-1901
Note 7: David Garrick, the famous actor and manager of Drury Lane Theatre, made his last appearance on the stage on the 10th of June, 1776, he being then in his sixtieth year.—Ed. Beaux and Belles of England Mrs. Mary Robinson, Written by Herself, With the lives of the Duchesses of Gordon and Devonshire
He was then in his sixtieth year, deputy for the Seine-et-Oise, and an important member of the Left Center. A Writer's Recollections — Volume 2
He was entering on his sixtieth year at the time of his death in 78 B.C. A History of Rome During the Later Republic and Early Principate
The last point, the sixtieth—It is Ramuntcho's and he has won the game! Ramuntcho
This day completes the sixtieth year of my age…. Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776
And yet, how weary had he become of describing to his gaping audience, for the three hundred and sixtieth time, the daily habits of the laughing hyena, and the exact manner in which kangaroos jump! The Magician's Show Box and Other Stories
Hamsun has just celebrated his sixtieth birthday anniversary. Hunger
We cannot say that there are many in the country that arrive at their sixtieth year, and several at thirty bear the wrinkles, bald head and grey hairs of old age. An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 2
He was now in his sixtieth year, and he had out lived all the obscurity of his youth. Henrik Ibsen
You must admit that that's a laughable circumstance in this the sixtieth year of our good Queen's reign. The Cathedral
Our corps, the seventh battalion of the sixtieth Rifles, was composed wholly of the elite of Napoleon's soldiers, taken in the Peninsula, and preferring the British service to a prison. Personal Recollections Abridged, Chiefly in Parts Pertaining to Political and Other Controversies Prevalent at the Time in Great Britain
The first time I died, it was not long after my sixtieth birthday. Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Having given this excellent counsel, the good king Abderahman blessed his son Hixem, and shortly after died; being but in the sixtieth year of his age. The Crayon Papers
But a man who is driven from his country, in his sixtieth year, with the loss of near half his fortune, is not apt to canonize those who compel the change. The Pilot
A Spartan, in fact, enjoyed little home life until his sixtieth year, when he became an elder and retired from actual service. Early European History
Nor has any Laureate, in the history of the office, risen more magnificently to an occasion than did Mr. Kipling at the sixtieth anniversary of the reign of the Queen. The Advance of English Poetry in the Twentieth Century
The whole house had been rummaged to provide things to carry the little folks in: but the supply of trays, and mince pie dishes, and crocks, was exhausted at the three hundred and sixtieth baby. Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
She was pretty, even now in her sixtieth year, and a great deal prettier because she never tried to look younger. Erema — My Father's Sin
No two more attractive figures presented themselves that night than the sisters-in-law, the Duchess of Kent and the Duchess of Gloucester, the one in her sixtieth the other in her seventieth year. Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2
At about the sixtieth day she will begin to be uneasy and restless. Dogs and All about Them
No number has sold better than the sixtieth. A Publisher and His Friends Memoir and Correspondence of John Murray; with an Account of the Origin and Progress of the House, 1768-1843
This last year is not counted, because most of the events in it are recorded in the sixtieth book. Dio's Rome, Volume 4 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form
In his sixtieth year he had a mind to write the history of his melancholy; but he desisted, not knowing whether it would not too much disturb him. Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes
An adult, therefore, male or female, pays one and one-thirty-second dollar, and that from his sixteenth to his sixtieth year. The Former Philippines thru Foreign Eyes
In man the sixtieth part is a very venerable age. Miscellaneous Essays
He flourished in the reign of Henry VI. and died in the sixtieth year of his age, ann. The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753) Volume I.
Lady Mary was now in her sixtieth year, and asked for nothing better than peace and comfort. Lady Mary Wortley Montague Her Life and Letters (1689-1762)
Nearly all Michael Angelo's sonnets express personal feelings, and by far the greater number of them were composed after his sixtieth year. Sonnets
The kind old man was at this time drifting close up to his sixtieth year. Old Creole Days
Their drop, or sixtieth part of a fluid drachm, is called a minim. The Book of Household Management
Then in 1845, when he was in his sixtieth year, he went out in the service of the Admiralty to attempt the passage through the Arctic Ocean. Beneath the Banner
She was a very lovable little creature, then nearing her sixtieth year. Hawthorne and His Circle
The damage the ship had sustained in her narrow escape from annihilation had proved quite difficult to repair, though before the vessel reached the sixtieth parallel it had been adjusted. The Boy Aviators' Polar Dash or Facing Death in the Antarctic
He was, moreover, at this time, in the sixtieth year of his age, when ambition, though not extinguished, is usually chilled in the human heart. The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic — Volume 2
In 1889, at the sixtieth anniversary, he wrote the last class poem, "After the Curfew." Elson Grammar School Literature v4
Manhood was not reached until the thirtieth year, and thenceforth, until his sixtieth year, the Spartan remained under public discipline and in the service of the state. Mosaics of Grecian History
Come, boys; sack the Numidian hovels and the forts of Brigantes, that your sixtieth year may bestow on you the eagle which will make you rich. The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization.
The "Iron Count," as he sometimes was called, was past his sixtieth year. Beverly of Graustark
Fearful is the spirit That rules this youth; and Philip soon will see His sixtieth year. Don Carlos
In 1846, shortly before his sixtieth birthday, he met, so he confided to the long-suffering Lucie, the only woman he had ever loved, or at least the only woman he had ever desired to marry. Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century
The one closest to them gives about one–sixtieth of our moonlight, and the outer one about one twelve–hundredth, so you see that's not much. Through Space to Mars Or the Longest Journey on Record
His chief work, the "Canterbury Pilgrimage," "well of English undefiled" as it is, was written in the decline of life, when its author had passed his sixtieth year. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe
Selden was then in his sixtieth year; Milton in his thirty- sixth. The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649
So passed away Oliver Cromwell in his sixtieth year. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers
My friend called at my lodgings a good hour before daylight—it was a point of credit with him that we should not delay the opposite party the sixtieth part of a second. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story
When their food was all gone, Aladdin took one of the silver plates and sold it to an old Jew, who gave him about a sixtieth of what it was worth. Journeys Through Bookland, Vol. 3
And, helped by the wind, he bent his shining head, taller than hers by the sixtieth part of an inch, towards the lilac trees beside the gravel path. The Extra Day
Mother Chantemesse, a retail dealer by trade, was a crusty but very worthy woman, approaching her sixtieth year. The Fat and the Thin
Clara has her own way fifty-nine minutes out of the hour, but the sixtieth minute is mine. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel
The day happened to be the first of his sixtieth year, and his whole past now appeared as but a long preparation for this great moment. Thoughts out of Season Part I
R-B1 R-K7ch Now, after the sixtieth move Black has again plenty of time, and can prepare the final combination at leisure. Chess Strategy
And truly, regarding Sophia from a little distance—that handsome oval, that erect carriage of a slim body, that challenging eye!—no one would have said that she was in her sixtieth year. The Old Wives' Tale
Every citizen, physically fit, is liable to military service from his eighteenth to his sixtieth year. A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life
Ha, ha, ha! old Smith shall know that I have some principle left, if I have passed my sixtieth year-that he shall! Town and Country; or, life at home and abroad, without and within us
Perhaps they, too, had gone out weakened by visions of the equity of things, for the sympathy of man for man is strong when they meet above the sixtieth. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police
He would walk his hour out to the sixtieth second of the sixtieth minute and then he would sit in his steamer chair, as silent as a glacier and as inaccessible as one. Europe Revised
He is in his eight-and- sixtieth year, and he has never received anything but obloquy for his pains. Beauchamp's Career — Volume 4
But even this prophecy of the actress did not reach the full result, and the sixtieth representation was as crowded as the first. Empress Josephine An historical sketch of the days of Napoleon
She was a lady of elephantine proportions, in her sixtieth year, and wore a white camellia stuck in her rosewood-colored hair. A Romance of Youth — Complete
They went on through the desolate gloom of afternoon, which in late winter is, above the sixtieth, all but night. Philip Steele of the Royal Northwest mounted Police
She was a lady of elephantine proportions, in her sixtieth year, and wore a white camellia stuck in her rosewood- colored hair. A Romance of Youth — Volume 3
They were nearing the June solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, when there is hardly any night along the sixtieth parallel. Robur the Conqueror
Her sixtieth birthday was at hand and she proposed to celebrate it magnificently; and what better decorations could she display than the captured banners of these insolent islanders? A History of the Nations and Empires Involved and a Study of the Events Culminating in the Great Conflict
This is why, after two years of widowerhood, having already passed his sixtieth year, although still physically quite youthful, he remarried. Fabre, Poet of Science
The king in his sixtieth year had a son, and his joy knew no bounds. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 13
He has passed his sixtieth year and is still only a rhetorician, and there is no more honest and upright class of men living. Letters of the Younger Pliny, First Series — Volume 1
The aeronef sped along to the north, and at the sixtieth parallel the storm showed signs of dying away. Robur the Conqueror
In his sixtieth year, just six years before his death, and when he was a helpless paralytic, he was granted a pension of four hundred dollars. Pioneers of the Old Southwest: a chronicle of the dark and bloody ground
The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of her reign, was made the occasion for holding the third Colonial Conference. The Canadian Dominion; a chronicle of our northern neighbor
He has passed his sixtieth year and is still only a rhetorician, and I know no class of men more single-hearted, more genuine, more excellent than this class. The Letters of Pliny the Younger
No man, in my youth, would have believed I should live to my sixtieth year, untitled and obscure.  The Life and Adventures of Baron Trenck, Volume 1
He was very gray and wrinkled, and not far from his sixtieth year, his eyes blinked, his eyebrows were white, his lip pendulous, and his hands large. Notre-Dame De Paris
But when he found it to be so indeed, he entered at the Colline gate, and took Rome, in the three hundred and sixtieth year, or a little more, after it was built. The Boys' and Girls' Plutarch being parts of the "Lives" of Plutarch, edited for boys and girls
His death is the latest historical fact mentioned in the Tales; and thus it throws the date of their composition to about the sixtieth year of Chaucer's age. The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems
I lived out my sixtieth year in perfect freedom; I know both the favour of Fortune and the bitterness of life. Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology
Here it was that, in January 1620, he celebrated his entrance into his sixtieth year amidst a splendid circle of friends. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2
The pendulum had not beat the sixtieth second when Phileas Fogg appeared, followed by an excited crowd who had forced their way through the club doors. Around the World in 80 Days Junior Edition
It was not till he had reached his sixtieth year that he was released from the public discipline and from military service. A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest
He to whom his grace was secured was a burly man possessed of great strength; the which Lord Ormond, being now past his sixtieth year, had not. Royalty Restored
Looks easy, doesn’t it?—one minute, the sixtieth part of an hour, to be precise, sixty seconds, to stick on the back of an affectionate josher mule like Barney.  Michael, Brother of Jerry
Accurately described, Lord Lydiard's widow was short and fat, and, in the matter of age, perilously near her sixtieth birthday. My Lady's Money
It is a graceful summary of the curiosities which Barnum had brought before the world up to his sixtieth year. The Life of Phineas T. Barnum
I remember one which ran like this: Here lies Elias Queer, Killed in his sixtieth year; Scarce had he seen the light of day When a waggon-wheel crushed his life away. Little Rivers; a book of essays in profitable idleness
In Michael Angelo's case, the period of growth, of genuine art, may be said to have lasted until after his sixtieth year. The Unseen World and Other Essays
And now the ceaseless turning of the mill Of Time, that never for an hour stands still, Ground out the Governor's sixtieth birthday, And powdered his brown hair with silver-gray. The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The degrees are further divided into minutes and seconds, each minute being a sixtieth of a degree and each second, naturally, the sixtieth of a minute. Tom Swift and His Undersea Search, or, the Treasure on the Floor of the Atlantic
So far as is known, he published but this one volume, and that, when not far from his sixtieth year. A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick
“Her way, I should say, lies somewhere between her sixtieth and seventieth year, and I have walked tête-à-tête with her for some little distance this afternoon.” The Arrow of Gold A Story Between Two Notes
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