| 1829 - 476 pages
...Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world, but, as to myself, 'I seem to have been only like a boy playing...sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
| 1829 - 460 pages
...Newton a sentence in the spirit of Shakspeare -. ' I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great... | |
| 1838 - 508 pages
...gathered from another remark which he made toward the close of his life. "I do not know," said he, "what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem...seashore, and diverting myself in, now and then, finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell, than ordinary; while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1830 - 414 pages
...countrymen had not been more jealous of his honor than he was himself. He said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself iu now and llien finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... | |
| William Rhind - 1830 - 376 pages
...of others ! A little before his death, he said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world, but as to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
| John Whitecross - 1830 - 196 pages
...all verv good. Sir Isaac Newton said, a little before his death, "I do not know what I may af pear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sen-shore, and diverting myself; now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
| John Nelson (Primitive Methodist preacher.) - 1830 - 454 pages
...extensive and fruitful field. When Sir Isaac Newton had .nearly reached the close of life, he said, "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but, to myself, I »eem only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a pebble... | |
| 1831 - 352 pages
...recognised his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment : ' I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a amoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
| David Brewster - 1831 - 328 pages
...his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment : — " I do not know what I may appear to the World ; but...seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
| James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pages
...humble, that he is reported to have said, a little before his death, — " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only...boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean... | |
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