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...which party his contemporary had been chieftain. — CHARLES LAMB. 5. I do not know what I may seem fe he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the...lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, with now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean...

...respect for poetry. Chatham. His words are these: — 'I don't knov what I may seem to the world ; but as en — The ice was all tie sea-shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than...

...(-whose mantle we trust is as reverently preserved in his well-beloved college as his other relics), ' I do not know what I may appear to the world; but...have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, diverting myselt in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst...

...action. When complimented on his discoveries, his reply is well known : — " I do not know what I appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have...boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself now and then in finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean...

...self-confidence, and remind us that we do but touch the confines of truth. " I don't know," he said, " 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 than ordinary, while the...

...Solomon, be the most ready to confess his ignorance. At the close of his illustrious career, the former said; " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem only to have been like a boy playing on the sea-shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother...

...of patient and continuous thought. A little before his death he affectingly remarked, " 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, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than...

...and the noble discoveries he had made, when he approached the hour of his dissolution, declared, " I do not know what I may appear to the world, but...boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself with now and then finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth...

...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...