 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 Literary chronicle and weekly review - Page 191820Full view - About this book
 | 1809 - 604 pages
...' Sir Isaac said 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,... | |
 | 1820 - 544 pages
...Doctor, as the most proper lamp for him to write tragedy by. — The same. 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 hare been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a... | |
 | English literature - 1822 - 850 pages
...Conduit, that, a little before his death, he said, ' 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... | |
 | 1820 - 760 pages
...consistent with the humility, and the second with the greatness of his mind. " Sir Issue Newton, a little before he died, said, < I don't know what I may seem...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sen. shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a. smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1820 - 318 pages
...method that Descartes afterwards followed. — Lord Bolingbroke. NEWTON. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem...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... | |
 | Joseph Spence - Authors, English - 1820 - 324 pages
...method that Descartes afterwards followed. — Lord Bolingbroke. NEWTON. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem...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... | |
 | Great Britain - 1820 - 866 pages
...Doctor, as the most proper lamp for him to write tragedy by. — The same. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but us to myself, I seem to have been ouly like a boy plaving on tiic sea-shore, and diverting myself in... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 pages
...Doctor, as the most proper lamp for him to write trugedy by. — The tame. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but us to myself, 1 fccm to have been only like a boy plaving on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in... | |
 | John Nichols, John Bowyer Nichols - Authors, English - 1822 - 940 pages
...Sir Isaac said 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 smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | Arminianism - 1879 - 1042 pages
...utterance of his closing days is well known : ' 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,... | |
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