 A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present.  Rudiments of English Composition - Page 51by Alexander Reid - 1854 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Crabb - English language - 1850 - 554 pages
...those. POPS When we speak of an endowment, we refer in our minds to the receiver; 'A brute arrivée at a point of perfection that he can never pass ; in a few years be has all the endowments he is capable of.'— ADDISON. When we speak of a talent (». Intellect)... | |
 | Peter Bullions - English language - 1851 - 264 pages
...followed by some additional remark or illustration, depending upon it in sense, though not in syntax; as, "A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he...thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present." " Study to acquire a habit of thinking: no study is more important." 500. RULE 2. When a sentence contains... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - English language - 1851 - 1502 pages
...followed by some supplemental remark or further illustration of the subject, the colon is used ; as, " A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...capable of ; and were he to live ten thousand more, he would be the same thing that he is at present." 2. When a semicolon, or more than one, has preceded,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created? Are such abilities made for no puqiose? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pass : in a fewTears he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and were he to live ten thousand more, would... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of further enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state... | |
 | Patrick Fairbairn - Bible - 1854 - 952 pages
...in him alone there would be powers implanted, which seemed to fail of their proper end and object. " A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of further enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Arc such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of further enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 620 pages
...shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable of further enlargements, I could imagine it might fall away insensibly, and drop at once into a state... | |
 | Edward J. Hallock - English language - 1854 - 260 pages
...something is added for the purpose of illustration ; as, " A brute arrives at a point of perfection which he can never pass : in a few years he has all the...thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present." — Spectator. False Punctuation. The three great enemies to tranquillity are vice superstition and... | |
 | Plato - Immortality - 1854 - 352 pages
...justice in any other words than his own. "A brute," says he, "arrives at a point of perfection which he can never pass. In a few years he has all the endowments...capable of, and were he to live ten thousand more, he would be the same thing he is at present. Were a human soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments... | |
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