 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 360 pages
...o'er your gloomy path. (1) [A short time before his death, he uttered this memorable sentiment : — " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like aboy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1836 - 682 pages
...САП engage the attention of the human mind, — and yet he declared, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world] but to mywlf I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and... | |
 | James Cleland - 1837 - 172 pages
...lies extended before you." " I know not, said he, at the close of his illustrious career, " I know not what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean... | |
 | 268 pages
...made but little progress in studying the works of God, and the laws by which he governs them. Shortly before his death, he said : " I do not know what I...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 Cammet Lovejoy, Owen Lovejoy - History - 1838 - 390 pages
...light.' But hear his own estimation of all that he had achieved : — ' I do not know,' said he, ' what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playingon the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier... | |
 | Thomas Dick - Philosophy and religion - 1838 - 690 pages
...end yet he dodared, a lii tie before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, bul to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then ñnding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Bible - 1838 - 370 pages
...For now we see through a glass, * darkly ; * but then face a2Cor.3.18. ' or, tn a riddle. mark : "Ido not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself 1 seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself by now and then... | |
 | Frances S. Parker - 1839 - 100 pages
...will ever be found the strongest and the most devoted Christians Anna, who make • ICor. viii. 2. t" I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...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... | |
 | University of Glasgow, John Barras Hay - 1839 - 332 pages
...truth" lies expanded before you. "I do not know," said he, at the close of his illustrious career, "what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem...have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth... | |
 | Thomas Dick - 1840 - 298 pages
...which can engage the attention of the human mind, — and yet he declared a little before his death, "I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I Beem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding... | |
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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... 
