 | Author - 1850 - 124 頁
...generally preceded by a Colon ; as, Sir Isaac Newton gave the following estimate of himself: — " 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." The Period .... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 750 頁
...respect for poetry. Chatham. His words are these: — 'I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but as public, I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which...I had done all that I could ; and no man is well p shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered before me.' Chciterßelti.... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 頁
...for poetry. Chatham. His words are these : — ' I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but as shades, for speech assuming Held commune with him, as if he and it Were shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of Truth lay all uudis- ' covered before me.' Chesterfield.... | |
 | 1845 - 334 頁
...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...myself In now and then finding a smoother pebble or a pret tier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." What... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 618 頁
...for poetry. Chatham. His words are these : — "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...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered before me." Chesterfield.... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1847 - 336 頁
...just entered the outer vestibule of knowledge. Such were the feelings of Newton, when he exclaimed, " I do not know what I may appear to the world; but...pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the r/reat ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me.' Cicero, the great Roman orator, was a man of untiring... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847
...uttered thu memorable senti. rncnt : — " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to mysel' I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the...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... | |
 | 384 頁
...often repented : ' I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' We need not however... | |
 | 1847 - 614 頁
...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 lay all undiscovered before me." Such facts as... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1848 - 570 頁
...beautiful words which he is reported to have uttered a short time previous to his death. " I know not 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." Numerous and... | |
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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 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... 
