"Elderly" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... she sat brooding, forgetful of the present and of the little comedy of elderly lovers going on inside the house. She was thinking of the way conventions hold and bind us; of the lack of freedom in the lives of all, unless they live in wild places beyond the social pale. Within the ...
— The Judgment House • Gilbert Parker
... ordinary classes. For example, even among the very poorest heimin there are certain accepted laws of costume; there are certain colors which may or may not be worn, according to age. But even elderly women among these people wear obi of bright red or variegated hues, and kimono ...
— Kokoro - Japanese Inner Life Hints • Lafcadio Hearn
... Escorted by an elderly courier who had the appearance of a gentleman in waiting at the Vatican, they moved with royal deliberation, patronizing luxurious hotels, celebrated landscapes, notable art collections. The governess was supplemented with the best local teachers of music and languages; but it was Aunt ...
— Sacrifice • Stephen French Whitman
... Flowing Tide," but I shall expect to find in that picture when I do see it a number of bathing-machines in which, not the younger generation, but the elder generation, as I understand are waiting confidently—for the arrival of the "Flowing Tide," and when it arrives, the elderly gentlemen who are incarcerated in those machines will be only too anxious for a man and a horse to come and deliver ...
— Model Speeches for Practise • Grenville Kleiser
... the brute has not touched my foal!" I pointed to the black face of the filly peeping over the back of an elderly cow. ...
— Roughing it in the Bush • Susanna Moodie
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