 | David Hume - 1799 - 142 pages
...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 more , would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a ftand in her... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1799 - 408 pages
...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 more, would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a fland in her... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1801 - 364 pages
...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 more, would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a ftand in her accomplifhments,were... | |
 | 1804 - 676 pages
...receiving new improvements to all eternity, *hall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is ereated ? Are such abilities made for no purpose ? A brute arrives...were he to live ten thousand more, would be the same thiug he is at present. Were a human soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments ; were her faculties... | |
 | Abner Kneeland - 1804 - 462 pages
...fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose fa brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can...capable of; and were .he to live ten thousand more, \vould be the same thing he is at present. Were a human soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments,... | |
 | William Enfield - 1804 - 418 pages
...perfections , and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ! Are such abilities made for no...point of perfection that he can never pass ; in a lew years he has all the endowments he is capable of, and were he to live ten thousand more , would... | |
 | William Enfield - 1805 - 456 pages
...fuch abilities made for no purpofe? A brute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never pais; in a few years he has all the endowments he is capable, of, and were he to live ten thoufand more, would be the fame thing he is at prefent. Were a human foul thus at a fland in her accomplifhnipnts,... | |
 | Spectator The - 1808 - 348 pages
...away into nothing almust as soon as it is created l Are such ahilities made for no purpuse ? A hrute arrives at a point of perfection that he can never...pass: in a few years he has all the endowments he is capahle of: and were he to live ten thousand more, would he the same thing he it at present. Were a... | |
 | Lindley Murray - 1810 - 262 pages
...factions, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity^ shall fall away into nothing, almost as soon as it is created? Are such abilities made for no purpose...has all the endowments he is capable of; and were he 16 live ten thousand more, would be the same thing, he is at present. Were a human soul thus at a Stand... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as soon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no...soul thus at a stand in her accomplishments, were her fa-' culties to be full blown, and incapable of further enlargements, I could imagine it might fall... | |
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How can it enter into the thoughts of man, that the soul, which is capable of such immense perfections, and of receiving new improvements to all eternity, shall fall away into nothing almost as Boon as it is created ? Are such abilities made for no purpose... 
