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 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 Seiten
...Franklin, in one of his letters, " as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For my own 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 labour of the fishing hawk, and, when that diligent bird has at length... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 392 Seiten
...Franklin, in one of his letters, " as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...living honestly; you may have seen him perched on gome dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk, and,... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 Seiten
...coincides with my own, I shall here present to you. " For my part," says he, in one of his letters, " 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 labour of the Fishing-Hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length... | |
 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - 1832 - 648 Seiten
...Bird». notice of the same bird, by л great political sage. " ' For my own part,' says Franklin, ' I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country : he is a bird of a bad moral character; he does not get in- living honestly, you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | 1832 - 650 Seiten
...didactic notice of the same bird, by a great political sage. ' " For my own part," says Franklin, " I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of a bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly : you may have seen him perched on some... | |
 | 1838 - 518 Seiten
...speaks of this emblem of the United States of America ;—« for my part, I wish Uiv Bald Eagle Lad not been chosen as the representative of our country....him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labours of the fishing-hawk ; and when thai diligent bird has at length... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 572 Seiten
...pay. Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For my own 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 labor of the fishing-hawk ; and, when that diligent bird has at length... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1840 - 388 Seiten
...coincides with my own, I shall here present to you. "For my part," says he, in one of his letters, "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 labour of the Fishing-Hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length... | |
 | Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge - 1842 - 298 Seiten
...our country, but has certainly been chosen with bad taste. Franklin says in one of his letters, " 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 labor of the fishing-hawk, and when that diligent bird has at length... | |
 | Thomas Robert Keppel - 1842 - 456 Seiten
...; others object to the bald eagle, as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...moral character ; he does not get his living honestly, — too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk ; and when that diligent... | |
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