 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...  A Short History of Science - Page 300by William Thompson Sedgwick, Harry Walter Tyler - 1917 - 474 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1832 - 240 pages
...SIR ISAAC 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... | |
 | 1833 - 814 pages
...recognized his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment : ' I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' What a lesson to the vanity and presumption of philosophers, — to those... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 pages
...o'er your gloomy path. (1) [A short time before his death, he uttered this memorable sentiment : — " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.'* — What a lesson to the vanity and presumption of philosophers; to those,... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 364 pages
...o'er your gloomy path. (1) [A short time before hit death, he uttered this memorable sentiment : — " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." — What a lesson to the vanity and presumption of philosophers; to those,... | |
 | 1840 - 506 pages
...both he and they were regarded by mankind. 'I know not,' he remarked, a short time before his death, ' what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem...smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst Vol. XVI.— 2 D the great ocean of trulh lay all undiscovered before me.' (Turner's C<i!lerlioHS relative... | |
 | 1833 - 310 pages
...recognized his own littleness ; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment : ' I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and theft finding a smoother pebble of a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1834 - 430 pages
...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 on the sea shore, and diverting myself now and then by finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell thanordinary,... | |
 | 1834 - 222 pages
...recognised his own littleness; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment: ' I do not know what I may appear to the world; but...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' "In the religious and moral character of our author there is much to admire... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 pages
...magnificent gift as the human spirit; and the humblest and the poorest may be gratefully proud of a not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself...pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the vast ocean of truth lay still undiscovered before me.' Dr. Brewster's Life of Sir I. Newton, p. 338... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 608 pages
...magnificent gift as the human spirit; and the humblest and the poorest may be gratefully proud of a not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself...boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself hi now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the vast ocean... | |
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