 | 1866 - 302 стор.
...that there was very much that he did not know; and shortly before 'his death he said, " I know not how 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... | |
 | Francis Jenks, James Walker, Francis William Pitt Greenwood, William Ware - 1832 - 420 стор.
...of the best parts of his shining 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... | |
 | Seven ages - 1842 - 154 стор.
...a little before he died,—" I don't know what I may seem to the G world, but, as to myself, I seem 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, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me."... | |
 | 1843 - 574 стор.
...level with Sir Isaac Newton ; yet how low was his own estimate of his great acquirements. " I do not know," he said, what I may appear to the world, but,...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 Shelton Mackenzie - 1843 - 856 стор.
...self-deprecating remark, at the close of that career which did so much for science, was — "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... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 776 стор.
...acquirements, he recognised his own littleness in thus speaking just before his death : ' 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, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or prettier shell than ordinary... | |
 | Cazneau Palfrey - 1839 - 448 стор.
...reasonable does that language now appear, at which we were once amazed. " I do not know," said Newton, " 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,... | |
 | Robert Peel - 1843 - 504 стор.
...truth" lies expanded before you. " I 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... | |
 | Author - 1850 - 124 стор.
...preceded by a Colon ; as, Sir Isaac Newton gave the following estimate of himself: — " 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 - 1844 - 746 стор.
...respect for poetry. Chatham. His words are these: — 'I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but as public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retir 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... 
