 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 seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth...  Character of Lord Bacon: His Life and Works - Side 180af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1832 - 424 sider
...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 to have been only like a 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... | |
 | David Brewster - 1832 - 340 sider
...death he uttered this memorable sentiment : — " 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 seashore, and diverting myself fe now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
 | 1832 - 240 sider
...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... | |
 | Asa Dodge Smith - 1832 - 274 sider
...Said Sir Isaac Newton, not long before his death, " 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, diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | 1840 - 506 sider
...mankind. 'I know not,' he remarked, a short time before his death, ' what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst Vol. XVI.— 2 D the great ocean of trulh lay all undiscovered before me.' (Turner's C<i!lerlioHS relative... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1834 - 430 sider
...Rochester, afterwards of St. Asaph. 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,... | |
 | 1833 - 310 sider
...his death he uttered this memorable sentiment : ' 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 seashore, and diverting myself in now and theft finding a smoother pebble of a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 sider
...humblest and the poorest may be gratefully proud of a not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing...pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the vast ocean of truth lay still undiscovered before me.' Dr. Brewster's Life of Sir I. Newton, p. 338... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 sider
...humblest and the poorest may be gratefully proud of a 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 hi now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the vast ocean... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1834 - 480 sider
...of St. Asaph. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said — "I don't know what I may seem t& 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 than... | |
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