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" 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. "
English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and Explanations. Drawn from ... - Page 65
by George Crabb - 1846 - 472 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 2

1729 - 342 pages
...fhall fall away into nothing almoftas foon as it is created J 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 E»dowments he is capable of; and were he to live ten thoufand...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...fall away lot. nothing almoft as foon as it is created ! Arc fuch aF liti lities 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 thouland more,...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - 1790 - 1058 pages
...(hall fall away into nothing almoft 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...
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The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Poetry Selected from the Best ...

Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...fhall fall away into nothing, afmoft as foon as it is created? Are luch 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...
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Essays on suicide and the immortality of the soul. With remarks by the ...

David Hume - 1799 - 142 pages
...fliall fall away into nothing almoft 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...
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The Beauties of the Spectators, Tatlers, and Guardians: Connected ..., Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pages
...flull fall away into nothing almoft 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...
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The British Essayists: The Spectator

Alexander Chalmers - 1802 - 366 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 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...
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The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 7

British essayists - 1802 - 342 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 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...
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1804 - 676 pages
...*hall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is ereated ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? 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...
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The Columbian Miscellany: Containing a Variety of Important, Instructive ...

Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 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 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...
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