bring to maturity
Example Sentences
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Oh, woe to that belated winter-overtaken plant, which the summer could not bring to maturity!
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
He was not ignorant how it weakens a young tree to bring to maturity its first fruits.
From Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 2 by Disraeli, Isaac
The Kogisho, like the Councils of Kuges and Daimios, was nothing but an experiment, a mere germ of a deliberative assembly, which only time and experience could bring to maturity.
From The Constitutional Development of Japan 1863-1881 by Iyenaga, Toyokichi
He had been long endeavouring to bring to maturity, a plan for facilitating their restoration, but which the loyal adherent, from a series of untoward and uncontrollable circumstances, began to despair of accomplishing.
From The Stranger in France or, a Tour from Devonshire to Paris Illustrated by Engravings in Aqua Tint of Sketches Taken on the Spot. by Carr, John, Sir
But in their subsequent treatment of that sacred instrument, which each had done so much to bring to maturity, they, unfortunately for the country, differed very widely.
From Inquiry Into the Origin and Course of Political Parties in the United States by Van Buren, Martin
