 | David Brewster - 1832 - 340 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...boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself fe now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
 | Asa Dodge Smith - 1832 - 274 pages
...have reason to feel, that you know but little. Said Sir Isaac Newton, not long before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | 1832 - 424 pages
...of the best parts of his shining example. A short time before his death he said, ' I do not know how I may appear to the world ; but to myself, I seem...boy, playing on the seashore and diverting myself with finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay... | |
 | 1832 - 240 pages
...SIR ISAAC NEWTON said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the rest of the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...o'er your gloomy path. (1) [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 smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...recognized 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, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 pages
...o'er your gloomy path. (1) [A short time before hit 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 smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...recognized 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...playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and theft finding a smoother pebble of a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... | |
 | 1840 - 506 pages
...both he and they were regarded by mankind. 'I know not,' he remarked, a short time before his death, ' 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, whilst Vol. XVI.— 2 D the great ocean of trulh... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1834 - 430 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 on the sea shore, and diverting myself now and then by finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell thanordinary,... | |
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I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the 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... 
