 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
 | Lindley Murray - 1815 - 276 pages
...fall away into nothing, altnosi :as soon as 'it la created ? are such abilities made for no purpose? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. • W«re a human soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments ; were her faculties to be full blown,... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1815 - 262 pages
...fall away into nothing, almoll as foon as it is created ? Are fuch abilities made for no purpofe ? A brute arrives at a point of perfection, that he can never pafs ; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thoufand... | |
 | Lindley Murray - English language - 1816 - 328 pages
...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...years he has all the endowments he is capable of; anfl were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. Were a human soul... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1816 - 1082 pages
...perfection that he can ntver pass : in a few ycais he has all the endowments he is capable of ; and wer« he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thing he is at present. Were > human soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments, were her faculties to be full blown, and incapable... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1817 - 416 pages
...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...few years he has all the endowments he is capable of > were he to live ten thousand more, he would be the same thing he is at present. Were a human soul... | |
 | Beilby Porteus - Sermons - 1817 - 474 pages
...it 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...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... | |
 | Rufus W. Adams - Children's literature - 1818 - 322 pages
...perfection, that hts can never pass : in a few years he b;'s al! the en<ihwincnts2 of which h<'is capable : and were he to live ten thousand more, Would be the same thing he is at present. , 7. Were a human soifl thus at a stand in her accomplishments ; were her faculties to be full blown,... | |
 | Scotland - 1820 - 424 pages
...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... | |
 | William Scott - Elocution - 1819 - 366 pages
...nothing', almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives at u point of perfection that he can never pass ; in a...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 pt a stand in her accomplishments... | |
 | William Scott - Children's stories - 1820 - 422 pages
...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...years he has all the endowments he is capable of; were he to live ten thousand more, he would be the same thing he is at present. Were a human soul thus... | |
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