Crabbed

ATTRIBUTION: ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, “Crabbed Age and Youth, ” Virginibus Puerisque and Later Essays, p. 67 (1969).

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-94) 1989

Crabbed men came out of their shells and grew genial; disheartened women became cheerful; repressed children delighted in the chance to play with other boys and girls of their own age.

The Agrarian Crusade; a chronicle of the farmer in politics 1923

"No, I will play 'Crabbed Age,'" she decided, "and youth shall sing it."

The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

Lucretia insisted upon my playing his "Youth and Crabbed Age," which every one has been singing, although he seems delightfully unaware of that fact.

The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

"'Youth and Crabbed Age' is Evening, I see," she commented.

The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story Various 1915

Crabbed old age seeking rejuvenation in gut-burning spirit.

The Story of the Foss River Ranch Ridgwell Cullum 1905

Walter Ralegh (No. xix.); 'Crabbed age and youth cannot live together'

A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892

Crabbed and loaded with obscure allusions as they are to a degree which makes most of them extremely unpleasant reading, they obtained a considerable and immediate reputation.

The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879

'"Crabbed age", papa; that makes all the difference in the world,' said Bess quickly; for she loved poetry, and read the best.

Jo's Boys Louisa May Alcott 1860

Crabbed, wrinkled, sarcastic old fellow, whose self-conceit is immeasurable.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook, Vol. 3 Ebenezer Cobham Brewer 1853