 ... pursues him and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird, not bigger...  Annual Register - Стр. 357редактор(ы): - 1819Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1862 - Страниц: 608
...is a rank coward ; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means...emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America [a proposed transatlantic Order of which the philosopher disapproved], who have driven all the King-birds... | |
 | Bénédict Henry Révoil - 1865 - Страниц: 324
...he is a rank coward; the little king bird, no bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means...the ' king birds' from our country ! though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers d'Industrie."* This letter by Benjamin... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1870 - Страниц: 400
...he is a rank coward ; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven out all the king-birds from our country, though exactly fitted for that order of knights which the... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1872 - Страниц: 758
...he is a rank coward : the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the Kingbirds from our country ; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevalier*... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1872 - Страниц: 396
...rank coward ; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him eut of the district. He is therefore by no means a prop.er...and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven out all the king-birds from our country, though exactly fitted for that order of knights which the... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1873 - Страниц: 396
...he is a rank coward ; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven out all the king-birds from our country, though exactly fitted for that order of knights which the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - Страниц: 796
...he is a rank coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the kingbirds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights, which the French call Chevaliers... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1875 - Страниц: 556
...he is a rank coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the kingbirds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights, which the French call Chevaliers... | |
 | William Henry Davenport Adams, Hector Giacomelli - 1878 - Страниц: 472
...small but nimble barks, assailed the great heavy galleons of the Armada, and forced them to retreat]. He is, therefore, by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati! of America." Even Audubon is unable to give a much more favourable account of him, though he vaunts him as a noble... | |
 | 1883 - Страниц: 456
...is a rank coward ; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king-birds from our country, though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call chevaliers... | |
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