heyday of youth

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Young Puffington was then in the heyday of youth, about one-and-twenty or so, fair-haired, fresh-complexioned, slim, and standing, with the aid of high-heeled boots, little under six feet high.

From Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour by Surtees, Robert Smith

The gladsome heyday of youth takes no note of the annual milestones.

From The Spinster Book by Reed, Myrtle

On I went, merrily withal, for it was the heyday of youth and strength, making steadily eastwards for the southern extremity of the Grampians, which rose in grand outline before me, forty miles away.

From Personal Recollections of Early Melbourne and Victoria by Westgarth, William

Is it for this that in the heyday of youth I walked with you to the school-house down the road!

From Chanticleer A Thanksgiving Story of the Peabody Family by Mathews, Cornelius

And yet no young rake, in the heyday of youth and the riot of hot blood, could have been more overjoyed at the falling to him of a fortune than was this sad-faced old maid.

From Miss Ludington's Sister by Bellamy, Edward