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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... "
The English Gentleman's Library Manual: Or, A Guide to the Formation of a ... - Page 138
by William Goodhugh - 1827 - 392 pages
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The Eclectic review. vol. 1-New [8th], Volume 5, Part 1

1809 - 604 pages
...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,...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 90

1822 - 850 pages
...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...
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The Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 3

1820 - 774 pages
...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, 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."—...
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Tickler, Or, Monthly Compendium of Good Things, in Prose and ..., Volumes 1-3

1818 - 596 pages
...his death, " I do not know what 1 mav appear to the rest of the world, but to myself 1 serin to liave been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself by now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a- prettier thell than ordinary, while the great < Icean...
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The Literary chronicle and weekly review, Volume 2, Issues 33-83

1820 - 856 pages
...NeWibn, a littte before he died, said, " I don't know what I may seem to th'e 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 miding asmoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the ««at ocean of truth lay all...
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Edinburgh Monthly Review, Volume 3

1820 - 760 pages
...Newton, a little before he died, said, < 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 sen. shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a. smoother pebble or a prettier shell than...
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The Plain Englishman [ed. by C. Knight and E.H. Locker]., Volume 1

Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...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...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.'...
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Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - 1820 - 324 pages
...Newton, a little before he died, said, " 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...
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Observations, Anecdotes, and Characters, of Books and Men

Joseph Spence - 1820 - 318 pages
...Newton, a little before he died, said, " 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...
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The Inverted Scheme of Copernicus: With the Pretended Experiments Upon which ...

Bartholomew Prescot - 1822 - 292 pages
...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...myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great 36 ocean of truth lay undiscovered before me."...
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