I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly... Annual Register - Стр. 357редактор(ы): - 1819Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
| 1861 - Страниц: 268
...chosen as the representative of his country. "He is a bird," he remarks, "of a bad moral character. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labours of the fishing-hawk ; and when that diligent bird has at length... | |
| 1862 - Страниц: 568
...national emblem of his country : " For my own part (he wrote in the seventy-eighth year of his age), I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...seen him perched on some dead tree where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing-hawk ; and when that diligent has at length... | |
| 1862 - Страниц: 608
...national emblem of his country : " For my own part (he wrote in the seventy-eighth year of his age), I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country 5 he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him... | |
| 1867 - Страниц: 978
...it should have been selected as the emblem of my country." Dr. Franklin says : — "For my part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...character : he does not get his living honestly." [To be continued.] QOLDELSE. Translated from the German of 0. Marlitt. ET MR*. LP PALMER. CHAPTER X.... | |
| John Timbs - 1867 - Страниц: 282
...FRANKLIN, in one of his admirable Letters, observes : "I wish the bald Eagle had not been chosen as tho representative of our country : he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not (jet his living honestly ; you may see him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself,... | |
| Worthington Hooker - 1870 - Страниц: 400
...illgotten booty silently away to the Woods." Dr. Franklin thus speaks of this Eagle : " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative...his living honestly. You may have seen him perched upon some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, lie watches for the labors of the Fishing... | |
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - Страниц: 758
...that Franklin early uttered his protest against it. His words were as follows : — " For my part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labors of the fishing-hawk ; and when that diligent bird has at length... | |
| Worthington Hooker - 1872 - Страниц: 396
...illgotten booty silently away to the woods." Dr. Franklin thus speaks of this Eagle : " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative...his living honestly. . You may have seen him perched upon some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches for the labors of the Fishing... | |
| Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1872 - Страниц: 708
...which in great companyes do fly ;" and Benjamin Franklin wrote almost plaintively : " For my part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country." A double blunder is committed in giving the name of Turkey Buzzard to a bird that is neither a turkey... | |
| Maximilian Schele de Vere - 1872 - Страниц: 702
...which in great oompanyes do fly ;" and Benjamin Franklin wrote almost plaintively : "For my part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country." A double blunder is committed in giving the name of Turkey Buzzard to a bird that is neither a turkey... | |
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