grand climacteric

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Fortunately the poet was a tough old monk of Exeter; since such a present to a nobleman, now in his grand climacteric, would hardly have been worth the carriage.

From Half-Hours with Great Story-Tellers by Various

And died he before his grand climacteric in a dimmish sort of a middle-sized tenement in Stratford-on-Avon, of a surfeit from an overdose of home-brewed humming ale?

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

I believe you must not expect him to be honest on this side of his grand climacteric.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 by Richardson, Samuel

Up to the time of our grand climacteric we loved a wide range—and thought nothing of describing and discussing a circle of ten miles diameter in a day, up to our hips in heather.

From Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) by Wilson, John Lyde

My son has such confidence in him that he seemed quite relieved when I had passed my grand climacteric and could get on his list.

From The Old Folks' Party 1898 by Bellamy, Edward