 | John Burk, Skelton Jones, Louis Hue Girardin - Slavery - 1804 - 366 pages
...asked by the king, after his return, how many people there were ? it is said, that he replied. ...Count the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sand upon the sea shore ; for such is the number of the people of England. But Sir Thomas Dale told... | |
 | Child rearing - 1832 - 336 pages
...When the emperor inquired, on his return, how many people there were, he could only compare them to the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sands on the sea-shore. Mr. Purchas, (compiler of the famous collection of voyages,) was informed by President Dale, with whom... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832
...When the emperor inquired, on his return, how many people there were, he could only compare them to the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sands on the sea-shore. Mr. Purchas, (compiler of the famous collection of voyages,) was informed by President Dale, with whom... | |
 | American literature - 1833 - 208 pages
...When the emperor inquired, on his return, how many people there were, he could only compare them to the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sands on the sea-shore. "Mr. Purchas (compiler of the famous collection of voyages) was informed by President Dale, with whom... | |
 | Periodicals - 1833 - 460 pages
...When the emрeror inquired, on bis retara, how many people there were, be could only compare them to the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sands on the sea shore. Mr. Purchas (compiler of the famous collection of Toyages) was informed by President Dale,... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1834 - 430 pages
...stated, that Powhatan asked him how many people there were in England, and that he replied, " Count the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sand upon the sea-shore, such is the number of people in England." — Stith, p. 144. gave Powhatan... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1834 - 454 pages
...stated, that Powhatan asked him how many people there were in England, and that he replied, " Count the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sand upon the sea-shore, such is the number of people in England."— Stith, p. 144. gave Powhatan... | |
 | Samuel G. Drake - Indians of North America - 1834 - 588 pages
...saying, is nearly as extensively known as the golden rule of Confucius. It was as follows: " Count the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sand upon the »ta-shore,—for such is the number of the people of England." Tomocomo had married... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1835 - 362 pages
...When the emperor inquired, on his return, how many people there were, he could only compare them to the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sands on the sea-shore. Mr. Purchas, (compiler of the famous collection of voyages,) was informed by President Dale, with whom... | |
 | Samuel Gardner Drake - Indians of North America - 1837 - 642 pages
...saying, is nearly as extensively known as the golden rule of Coiifucius. It was as follows: " Count the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sand upon the searshore,-—Jbr such is the number of the people of England." TOMOCOMO had married... | |
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When the emperor inquired, on his return, how many people there were, he could only compare them to the stars in the sky, the leaves on the trees, and the sands on the sea-shore. 
