 | 1809 - 604 pages
...' Sir Isaac said 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,... | |
 | 1820 - 544 pages
...in it, and gave it to the Doctor, as the most proper lamp for him to write tragedy by. — The same. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, '...may seem to the world; but as to myself, I seem to hare been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a... | |
 | 1822 - 850 pages
...Conduit, that, a little before his death, he said, ' 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... | |
 | 1820 - 774 pages
...following. The first is quite consistent with the humility, and the second with the greatness of his mind. " Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, ' I don't know what I may sqem to the world ; but as ta myself, I seem to hare been only like a boy playing on the sea. shore,... | |
 | 1820 - 760 pages
...first is quite consistent with the humility, and the second with the greatness of his mind. " Sir Issue Newton, a little before he died, said, < I don't know...I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sen. shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a. smoother pebble or a prettier shell than... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 pages
...Organum, has laid down the whole method that Descartes afterwards followed. — Lord Bolingbroke. NEWTON. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, "...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... | |
 | Joseph Spence - 1820 - 324 pages
...Organum, has laid down the whole method that Descartes afterwards followed. — Lord Bolingbroke. NEWTON. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, "...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... | |
 | 1820 - 866 pages
...in it, and gave it to the Doctor, as the most proper lamp for him to write tragedy by. — The same. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but us to myself, I seem to have been ouly like a boy plaving on tiic sea-shore, and diverting myself in... | |
 | William Jerdan, William Ring Workman, Frederick Arnold, John Morley, Charles Wycliffe Goodwin - 1820 - 888 pages
...in it, and gave it to the Doctor, as the most proper lamp for him to write trugedy by. — The tame. Sir Isaac Newton, a little before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but us to myself, 1 fccm to have been only like a boy plaving on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
....leaving one son, who had long been associated with him in his, profession. EDITOR— L. ANECDOTE, SIR ISAAC NEWTON, a" little before he died, said, ' I don't know what 1 may seem to the world ; but, as to myself, I seem, to have been only like a boy playing on the sea... | |
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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... 
