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... The biblical museum - Página 80por James Comper Gray - 1872Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Thomas Dick - 1826 - 414 páginas
...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...seashore, 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 - 1828 - 412 páginas
...countrymen had not been more jealous of his honor 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... | |
| 596 páginas
...of Sir Isaac Newton. — "1 do not know," said the great philosopher, a little before his death, " what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to be only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1829 - 414 páginas
...countrymen had not been more jealous of his honor than he was himself. He said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shoie, and diverting myself in now and then rinding a prettier pebble or shell than ordinary, whilst... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1829 - 308 páginas
...which can engage the attention of the human mind, — and yet he declared, a little before his death, " I do not know 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 pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
| 1832 - 698 páginas
...modesty and humility of a child, he felt that he had done comparatively little. "I do not know, says he, what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem...boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself with now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
| 1829 - 460 páginas
...Newton a sentence in the spirit of Shakspeare -. ' 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 himself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great... | |
| Thomas Dick - 1830 - 414 páginas
...countrymen had not been more jealous of his honor than he was himself. He said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself iu now and llien finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth... | |
| John Whitecross - 1830 - 196 páginas
...all verv good. Sir Isaac Newton said, a little before his death, "I do not know what I may af pear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sen-shore, and diverting myself; now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
| John Nelson (Primitive Methodist preacher.) - 1830 - 454 páginas
...more extensive and fruitful field. When Sir Isaac Newton had .nearly reached the close of life, he said, "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but, to myself, I »eem only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a pebble... | |
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