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Lest it be said that these are the typical accents of literary octogenarianism, we ought to remember that Ozick has always sounded like this.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2016

One is apt to feel, after seeing old people, that it is rather a tragic thing when life outruns activity, and to hope that one may never have the misery of octogenarianism.

From The Silent Isle by Benson, Arthur Christopher