 | Cazneau Palfrey - 1839 - 448 Seiten
...reasonable does that language now appear, at which we were once amazed. " I do not know," said Newton, " what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem...ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." What a sad testimony to the infant ignorance of man. But we need not soar thus high to establish our doctrine.... | |
 | Robert Shelton Mackenzie - 1843 - 856 Seiten
...Newton's self-deprecating remark, at the close of that career which did so much for science, was — "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me !" Agrippa's manners, from his early and prolonged connexion with the Imperial... | |
 | Jack (fict.name.) - 1843 - 480 Seiten
...I may seem to the world, but as to myself, I seem to have been only a boy playing on the sea shore, diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." I shall, with the best wishes for your welfare here, and happiness hereafter,... | |
 | Philip Alexander Prince - 1843 - 776 Seiten
...a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or prettier shell than ordinary : whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' Fluxions were the invention of Newton, while analysis and optics were greatlyaided... | |
 | Author - 1850 - 124 Seiten
...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...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." The Period . When a Sentence is complete and independent, it is followed by... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 Seiten
...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 uudis- ' covered before me.' Chesterfield. Surely Nature, who had given him the volumes of her greater... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 Seiten
...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...that I could ; and no man is well pleased to have his undiscovered before me.' Chciterßelti. Surely Nature, who had given him the volumes of her greater... | |
 | Walter Savage Landor - 1846 - 618 Seiten
...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...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of Truth lay all undiscovered before me." Chesterfield. Surely Nature, who had given him the volumes of her greater... | |
 | 384 Seiten
...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...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' We need not however go so far as to allow that all the knowledge obtained... | |
 | 1847 - 614 Seiten
...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...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." Such facts as the following illustrate the above sentiments. The nearest star... | |
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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... 
