 | Robert Chambers - 1851 - 764 pages
...respect for poetry. Chatham. His words are these: — 'I don't knov what I may seem to the world ; but as en — The ice was all tie sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1852 - 814 pages
...(-whose mantle we trust is as reverently preserved in his well-beloved college as his other relics), ' I do not know what I may appear to the world; but...have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, diverting myselt in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst... | |
 | Clara Lucas Balfour - 1852 - 458 pages
...action. When complimented on his discoveries, his reply is well known : — " I do not know what I appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have...boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean... | |
 | 1852 - 318 pages
...self-confidence, and remind us that we do but touch the confines of truth. " I don't know," he said, " 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 than ordinary, while the... | |
 | David Thomas - 674 pages
...the most ready to confess his ignorance. At the close of his illustrious career, the former said; " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem only to have been like a boy playing on the sea-shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother... | |
 | Theodore Alois Buckley - 1853 - 446 pages
...of patient and continuous thought. A little before his death he affectingly remarked, " 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 in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | 1854 - 652 pages
...had not been more jealous of his honour than he was himself. He said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1854 - 360 pages
...and the noble discoveries he had made, when he approached the hour of his dissolution, declared, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself with now and then finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth... | |
 | Theodore Alors W. Buckley - 1854 - 332 pages
...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...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... | |
 | 1855 - 616 pages
...had not been more jealous of his honour than he was himself. He said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before... | |
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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 seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... 
