 | 1831 - 352 pagina’s
...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 sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a amoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 pagina’s
...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 like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than... | |
 | 1832 - 240 pagina’s
...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 ordinary, while the great Ocean... | |
 | Asa Dodge Smith - 1832 - 274 pagina’s
...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, while the... | |
 | 1832 - 424 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1834 - 430 pagina’s
...Bishop of 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...boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself now and then by finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell thanordinary, whilst the great ocean... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pagina’s
...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 then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pagina’s
...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 sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | 1840 - 506 pagina’s
...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 on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 pagina’s
...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 sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
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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... 
