bring to maturity
Example Sentences
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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
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
Oh, woe to that belated winter-overtaken plant, which the summer could not bring to maturity!
From Pierre; or The Ambiguities by Melville, Herman
Wealth, science, education are good, we know: but we must also work and study to bring to maturity the fruit of knowledge.
From ‘Abdu’l-Bahá in London by `Abdu'l-Bahá
We naturally wish to bring to maturity every possible plant that the ideal we are breeding for may not be lost, if it should by chance be included in the number.
From The Gladiolus A Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Gladiolus by Crawford, Matthew