 | 1809 - Počet stránok 604
...' 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...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... | |
 | 1820 - Počet stránok 544
...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... | |
 | 1822 - Počet stránok 850
...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...and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, wfaiht the great ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me." This assertion has... | |
 | 1820 - Počet stránok 760
...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 to the world ; but as...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... | |
 | 1820 - Počet stránok 856
...tragedy by.' — The tame. ' Sir Isaac tVeiuton.-— Sir Isaac NeWibn, a littte before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to th'e world ; but;...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then miding asmoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - Počet stránok 636
...profession. EDITOR— L. ANECDOTE, SIR ISAAC NEWTON, a" little before he died, said, ' I don't know what 1 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 in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | 1822 - Počet stránok 494
...Isaac, it is reported, a little before he died said, " I do not know what I seem to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, arrd diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | Bartholomew Prescot - 1822 - Počet stránok 292
...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... | |
 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - Počet stránok 528
...any sort of sustenance. NEWTON'S PHILOSOPHY. — Sir Isaac Newton, a little hefore he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world, but, as to myself, I seem to have heen only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - 1824 - Počet stránok 584
...he died; and which shows his modest opinion of himself and his discoveries in Natural Philosophy. " I dont know what I may seem to the world, but, as...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier •hell than ordinary, whiLit the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered before me." See Spence's... | |
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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, while the great ocean of truth... 
