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THE PLEASURES OF OLD AGE by MICHAEL BLUMENTHAL

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First Line: WHEN MY GRANDMOTHER LISETTE TURNED NINETY-NINE
Last Line: how she would gladly tremble for them again, / even now
Subject(s): OLD AGE; ROMANCE; GRANDPARENTS; GRANDMOTHERS; GRANDFATHERS; GREAT GRANDFATHERS; GREAT GRANDMOTHERS;
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