 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 Work ... - Side 198af Thomas Martin - 1835 - 367 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Thomas Dick - 1799 - 392 sider
...approached the hour of his dissolution, declared, " 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 with now and then finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sider
...in the world, and * Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, ' I dont know what 1 may soein est her fligh shell thiiu ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth , I lay all undiscovered before me/ — Syttux't... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 334 sider
...were the feelings of Newton, when he exclaimed, " I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing...and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the r/reat ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.' Cicero, the great... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 334 sider
...were the feelings of Newton, when he exclaimed, " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing...seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a muoothcr pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the ^reat ocean of truth lay undiscovered... | |
 | 1847 - 784 sider
...read Newton's language in familiar conversation : " 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, now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary, whilst "the great ocean of... | |
 | 1847 - 614 sider
...upon the infinity of knowledge, — he said, " 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... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1847 - 712 sider
...such a thing in the world, ml * Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, »aid. ' I dlffl't know Ї «™> to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, u> diverting myself In now and then finding... | |
 | Robert Falkner Hessey - 1848 - 74 sider
..." I know not," remarked Newton 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...diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered before me." Turner's Collections... | |
 | 1848 - 384 sider
...'or, in a riddle. mark : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself 1 веет 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 ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
 | 1851 - 824 sider
...appear to the world," said Sir Isaac Newton, towards the close of life, " hut to myself I seem to hare been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in DOW and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of... | |
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