sixteen-year-older

Updated: September 14, 2026

Then, as later, he found plenty of pupils, the difference being that then, as not later, he took pay for his lessons, though not even then from all. Here he was at sixteen, tall and handsome, and with a face of winsomeness that never lost its spell over womankind. Sixteen-year-older that he was, he was a man of great fame, and the grind of acquiring technic was all passed.

Rupert Hughes - The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2