 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and dines 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 lit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...is. generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is *>i*«4ncowaiid'}' the little /ww"1 biid, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and...for the braVe and honest Cincinnati of America, who hayerebiwmall'i the king-birds" from our country.; though exactly fit for thai-order of knights which... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1264 pages
...lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk : and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest...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... | |
 | History - 1818 - 798 pages
...is never in good case, but like those among men who live by sharping and rubbing, he is gene rally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king birds from our country ; though exactly lit for that older of knights which the French call Chevaliers... | |
 | 1830 - 550 pages
...robbiug, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward : the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king-hirdsfrom our country ; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers... | |
 | 1830 - 530 pages
...robbiug, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward : the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and...no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnali of America, who have driven all the king-birdt(rom our country ; though exactly fit for... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 392 pages
...robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and...for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who fcave driven all the Kingbirds from our country, though Exactly fit for that order of knights which... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pages
...lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the Fishing-Hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest...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... | |
 | Books - 1832 - 650 pages
...robbing, he is generally poor, and often rery lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and...country ; though exactly fit for that order of knights whom the French call Chevaliers d'Industrie. I am, on this account, not displeased that the figure... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1832 - 648 pages
...robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and...the king-birds from our country; though exactly fit lor that order of knights whom the French call Cheraliers d'/ndustrie. I am, on the account, not displeased... | |
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... for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle 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... 
