... 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,... Zoölogical Science: Or, Nature in Living Forms ... - Seite 282von Mrs. Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield - 1858 - 700 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 Seiten
...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...and 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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 Seiten
...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 drives...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... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 Seiten
...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 drives...and 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... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 Seiten
...is gene rally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives...and 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... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 Seiten
...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 drives...and 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... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 Seiten
...he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the littlr; Kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives...and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the Kingbirds from our country ; though exactly fit for that order of Knights, which the French... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 Seiten
...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 drives...and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the Kingbirds from our country ; though exactly fit for that order of Knights, which the French... | |
| 1830 - 550 Seiten
...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 drives...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... | |
| 1830 - 530 Seiten
...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 drives...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, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 Seiten
...he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rauk coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives...and 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... | |
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