 ... 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
 | Benjamin Franklin, Jonathan Edwards - 1920 - Страниц: 424
...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...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 - 1927 - Страниц: 298
...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...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. House Administration - 1958 - Страниц: 44
...Besides 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...the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have diiven all the kingbirds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration - 1958 - Страниц: 44
...Besides 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...the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have diiven all the kingbirds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French... | |
 | Rudolf Friedrich Kurz - 1970 - Страниц: 448
...he is a rank coward; the little kinghird, not higger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means a proper emblom for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king hirds from our... | |
 | Bruce E. Beans - 1997 - Страниц: 332
...Besides, 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...who have driven all the King birds from our Country. . . . I am on this account not displeas'd that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more... | |
 | David Ovason - 2002 - Страниц: 532
...to represent his country. He recognized that the bald eagle was "cowardly," and claimed that it was "by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America."' Next to George Washington, Benjamin Franklin was probably the most famous of all American Masons, and... | |
 | Walter Isaacson - 2005 - Страниц: 576
...Besides 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...all the king birds from our country, though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call chevaliers d'industrie. I am on this account not... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - Страниц: 588
...Besides 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...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... | |
 | Michael P. Branch - 2004 - Страниц: 444
...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...all the King Birds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers d'Industrie." It is only necessary for... | |
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