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Infant
1-6 years of age. "Mwelling and puking in the nurses arms." -
School boy
6-12 years of age. "Then the whining school boy, with his satchel and shining morning face, like snail creeping unwillingly to school." -
Lover
15-25 years of age. "Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad made to his mistress' eyebrow." -
Soldier
25-35 years of age. "Full of strange oaths and bearded like the pard, jealous in honor, sudden and quick in quarrel, seeking the bubble reputation, even in the cannon's mouth." -
Justice
35-45 years of age. "In fair round belly with good capon line. With eyes severe and beard of formal cut, full of wise saws and modern instances; and so he plays his part." -
Sixth age
45-55 years of age. "Into the lean and slipppered pantaloon, with specticles on nose and pouch on side. His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide for his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice, turning agian toward childish treble, pipes, and whistles of his sound." -
Death
Any range of age after 75. "That ends this strage eventful history, is second childishness and mere oblivion, sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything."