 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...  The Yale Literary Magazine - Side 2231839Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | 1829 - 476 sider
...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...myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."... | |
 | Henry Clissold - 1829 - 716 sider
...myself I appear to have been only like a boy playing upon the sea-shore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell...than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay before me all undiscovered • f. JOHN LE CLERC. Died 1736, aged 79. What fruit have worldly men in... | |
 | 1832 - 698 sider
...that he had done comparatively little. "I do not know, says he, 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 with now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
 | 1829 - 460 sider
...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... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1829 - 308 sider
...and yet he declared, a little 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, and diverting myself in now and then finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | 1838 - 508 sider
...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 to have been only like a boy playing...myself in, now and then, finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell, than ordinary; while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."... | |
 | William Rhind - 1830 - 376 sider
...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...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 before me."... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1830 - 414 sider
...was himself. He said, a little 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, and diverting myself iu now and llien finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... | |
 | John Whitecross - 1830 - 196 sider
...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,... | |
 | William Rhind - 1830 - 262 sider
...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 lay all undiscovered before me." From the conclusions of this great philosopher, as deduced from the laws of... | |
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