 | Thomas Byerley - 1823 - 528 Seiten
...fresh air, or inhale 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... | |
 | 1824 - 312 Seiten
...since the days of King Henry VII. Newton's Philosophy. — Sir I. Newton, shortly before his death, said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world,...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now $nd then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | Thomas Hancock - 1824 - 574 Seiten
...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...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the ma-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | Englishman - 1824 - 420 Seiten
...the benefits he had conferred upon science, he replied, " Alas ! I know not what I may have appeared to the world, but as to myself I seem to have been only like a child playing with pebbles on the sea shore, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before... | |
 | 1828 - 400 Seiten
...which a g<-- THE CASKET. 181 neral laugh ensued, aa.l waked him out of his dream. SIR ISAAC NEWTOV. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said — •'....may seem to the world. but as to myself, I seem to hitfe • been only like a boy playing on tho sea shore, and diverting myself in rtow and -tFi'en finding... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1829 - 308 Seiten
...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 shell than ordinary,... | |
 | John Whitecross - 1830 - 196 Seiten
...Isaac Newton said, a little before his death, "I do not know what I may af pear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sen-shore, and diverting myself; now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | 1832 - 240 Seiten
...NEWTON said, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the rest of the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than... | |
 | Asa Dodge Smith - 1832 - 274 Seiten
...Said Sir Isaac Newton, not long 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, diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | Thomas Allen - 1834 - 430 Seiten
...Bishop of Rochester, afterwards of St. Asaph. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said—"I don't know what I may seem to the world; but as to...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself now and then by finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell thanordinary,... | |
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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 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... 
