At the present moment Mr. Thorne, aetat. fifty, was over head and ears in love at first sight with the Signora Madeline Vesey ❋ Unknown (2004)
With a charming gleefulness, he did the most outrageous things -- at which Master Adolphus, aetat twelve, would have turned up his nose, as being much beneath his years and dignity. ❋ Unknown (N/A)
And for Marlow, aetat. 20, the faith, the endeavor, the imagination of Youth were in that cry. ❋ Unknown (1919)
"'Thy Little One, O God, aetat 2, from the Mercer Lot," returned Ambrose gently. ❋ Unknown (1903)
Only three were out among the graves: "Ambrose Chillingworth, aetat 30, 1675"; "Margaret Vane, aetat 19, 1839"; and "Thy Little One, O God, aetat 2," from the Mercer Lot. ❋ Unknown (1903)
Was it any wonder that when Dick Steele, aetat twenty-six, an officer of Fusiliers, and a merry vagabond, wanted to redeem his reputation by writing a rollicking comedy, his thoughts turned to the satirising of the British undertaker? ❋ Edward Robins (1902)
It did not matter how she might look to an old codger, aetat. fifty-two; he didn't count. ❋ Harold MacGrath (1901)
[Transcriber's note: The word "aetat." in the above paragraph is an abbreviation of the Latin "aetatis", meaning "aged".] ❋ Unknown (1886)
Another youthful Nelson, aetat. sixteen, at the hottest stage of the fight -- probably at the moment the acting-purser was in command on the quarter-deck -- found an opportunity of getting at the purser's stores. ❋ Unknown (1886)
Even the single word aetat. is exceptional, and only one near complete epitaph in Latin was found: In memoriam William James Dempsey obiit 23 June MDCCCLXVIII, and two inscriptions which were more than formulaic: Laboro, spero, exspecto (1995), and Hic iacet Bache Parsons Harvey ... ❋ Penny Griffith (1885)
And when I went to look at the name on the coffin that was nearest to where I was, I knocked away the dust, and then I saw her name: "Margaret Norman, aetat 22." ❋ Bram Stoker (1879)
Her great period of production reaches at most over the six years 1858-1863 (aetat. 39-45), in which she produced ❋ Frederic Harrison (1877)
On August 11th we went to Strode, to see Mr. Gollop, aetat. ❋ John Knox Laughton (1872)
There was a portrait of Dobbs, aetat. 25; there was a faded bouquet in a glass case, presented by Dobbs to Fanny on examination-day; there was a framed resolution of thanks to Dobbs from the Remus Debating Society; there was a certificate of Dobbs's election as President of the Remus Philomathean Society; there was his commission as Captain in the Remus Independent Contingent of Home ❋ Bret Harte (1869)
Colonel RICHARD INGOLDSBY (aetat. 23: his father was Sir Richard Ingoldsby of Lenthenborough, and his mother was a cousin of Cromwell's); Lieutenant-Colonel FARRINGTON; Major PHILIP CROMWELL (a cousin of Cromwell's: second son of his uncle Sir Philip Cromwell); and seven Captains. ❋ Masson, David, 1822-1907 (1859)
Colonel EDWARD MONTAGUE (aetat. only 20: he was cousin of the Earl of Manchester, being son of the Earl's brother, Sir Sidney Montague, who had been M.P. for Hunts, but was now dead); ❋ Masson, David, 1822-1907 (1859)
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD: one of the ministers of St. Andrews, and also Professor of Divinity in the University there (formerly minister of Anwoth, Kirkcudbright): aetat. ❋ Masson, David, 1822-1907 (1859)
ALEXANDER HENDERSON: since 1639 one of the ministers of Edinburgh, and since 1640 Rector of the University of Edinburgh (annually re-elected). aetat. ❋ Masson, David, 1822-1907 (1859)
JOHN, LORD MAITLAND (eldest son of the Earl of Lauderdale), aetat. ❋ Masson, David, 1822-1907 (1859)
'August 9, 3 P.M., aetat. 72, in the summer-house at Streatham. ❋ James Boswell (1767)
