grand climacteric
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Mrs Beazeley, the housekeeper, was a good-tempered woman, long passed the grand climacteric, and strongly attached to Forster, with whom she had resided many years.
From Newton Forster The Merchant Service by Frederick Marryat
Alas! he has not even reached his grand climacteric.
From The Ivory Gate, a new edition by Sir Walter Besant
This year I am in my grand climacteric, and the state of my health has been a good deal worse than usual.
From Life of Adam Smith by John Rae
As some help, he suggested the names of a couple of his cronies, both well past their grand climacteric.
From The Adventure of Living : a Subjective Autobiography by John St. Loe Strachey
Celestial photography has not reached its grand climacteric; yet its earliest beginnings already seem centuries behind its present performances.
From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke
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