 I seem to have been only as 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  The Quarterly Review - Page 236edited by - 1920Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...sentiment: " 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...smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst tJie great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." What a lesson to the vanity and presumption... | |
 | Life - 1854 - 192 pages
...are like children playing on the sea-shore, and diverting ourselves,now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lies all undiscovered before us. But what we know not now, we shall know hereafter. Now we see through... | |
 | 1854 - 652 pages
...death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy pla'ying on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a peb-. ble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 592 pages
...: " 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 seashore, and diverting myself in now...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." 1 Tlie following anecdote ib recorded by Condnitt, as Knowing Sir Isaac's... | |
 | David Brewster - 1855 - 584 pages
...: " 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 seashore, and diverting myself in now...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." 1 The following anecdote is recorded by Conduitt, as showing Sir Isaac's indifférence... | |
 | 1855 - 554 pages
...been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me. 1 What a lesson to the vanity and presumption of philosophers—to those especially... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 376 pages
...know," said he, " 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, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 386 pages
...know," said he, " 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, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1855 - 490 pages
...know," said he, " 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, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before... | |
 | 1856 - 602 pages
...death-bed, " 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...ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." His body lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber, was buried in "Westminster... | |
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