| Edward Everett - 1836 - 652 pagina’s
...that angelic modesty which marked his character, ' 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 finding now and then a pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
| John Clunie - 1836 - 80 pagina’s
...his death, he uttered this sublime 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, diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or "prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1836 - 306 pagina’s
...— 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,... | |
| Englishmen - 1836 - 256 pagina’s
...his death, Dr Pemberton tells us, he observed : " 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... | |
| 1837 - 352 pagina’s
...Wisdom. — There is, among the records of "Newton, a sentence in the spirit of Shakspeare, : — " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but, as...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 prettyer shell, than... | |
| James Cleland - 1837 - 172 pagina’s
...not, said he, at the close of his illustrious career, " I know not what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth... | |
| William Chambers - 1837 - 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 seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
| Joseph C. Lovejoy, Owen Lovejoy - 1838 - 398 pagina’s
...of all that he had achieved : — ' 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 on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1838 - 448 pagina’s
...as if with a kindred feeling, thus mentioned : " 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,... | |
| John Barras Hay - 1839 - 376 pagina’s
...do not know," said he, at the close of his illustrious career, "what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
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