 | James Melville M'Culloch - 1831 - 250 страници
...humble, that he is reported to have said, a little before his death,—" I don't know what I may seem to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a... | |
 | 1832 - 424 страници
...of the best parts of his shining example. A short time before his death he said, ' I do not know how 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 with finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 358 страници
...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 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... | |
 | Patrick Murphy - 1834 - 420 страници
...the death of Sir Isaac Newton," observes the Doctor, " he uttered this memorable sentiment—• " I do. not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself, I seem to have been only like to a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now. and then finding a smoother pebble,... | |
 | 1834 - 602 страници
...modesty with which he, at all times, spoke of his intellectual efforts. " I do not know," said he, " 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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1835 - 358 страници
...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 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... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 460 страници
...Sir Isaac Newton, a short time before his death, as if with a kindred feeling, thus mentioned : "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... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 462 страници
...Sir Isaac Newton, a short time before his death, as if with a kindred feeling, thus mentioned : " 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... | |
 | Englishmen - 1835 - 476 страници
...mighty realm of nature. A litt!' before his death, Dr Pemberton tells us, he observed : " I do not Luov what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have bet и only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in no» and then finding a smoother... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 306 страници
...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 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... | |
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