 | Sharon Turner - 1834 - 610 頁
...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...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the vast ocean of truth lay still undiscovered before me.' Dr. Brewster's... | |
 | William Woodley (C.R.N.) - 1834 - 100 頁
...know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I saem to have been only like a boy playing upon 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 LAY UNDISCOVERED BEFORE ME."— Turner's Coll.... | |
 | Patrick Murphy - 1834 - 390 頁
...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, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me;' * Voyez, " Melanges... | |
 | Sharon Turner - 1835 - 460 頁
...which Sir Isaac Newton, a short time before his death, as if with a kindred feeling, thas mentioned : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the vast ocean of truth lay still undiscovered before me."—Or. Brewster's Life of Sir Isaac Newton, p.... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1835 - 358 頁
...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...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." — What a lesson... | |
 | Thomas Martin - 1835 - 388 頁
...Isaac Newton, a little while before he died, — ' I know not what I may seem to the world; but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.'* 6. Instantice... | |
 | Englishmen - 1836 - 256 頁
...the whole mighty realm of nature. A little before his death, Dr Pemberton tells us, he observed : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." " If I have done... | |
 | Patrick Murphy - 1836 - 308 頁
...of Meteoric Effects " I do not know," said the illustrious Newton, a short time before his death, " what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary ; whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." And this modesty... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 360 頁
...— " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like aboy 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 lay all undiscovered before me.'* — What a lesson... | |
 | William Chambers - 1837 - 352 頁
...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...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the 90 great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' " In the religious... | |
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