 | Susan H. Anderson - 1978 - 116 Seiten
...eagle pursues him and takes it from him. . . . 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. ...II am, on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more... | |
 | 1936 - 1052 Seiten
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 | Bruce E. Beans - 1997 - 332 Seiten
...Robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank Coward: The little King Bird no bigger than a Sparrow attacks him boldly and drives...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the King birds from our Country. . . . I am on this account not displeas'd that the Figure is not known... | |
 | Jon Gower - 2001 - 156 Seiten
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 | David Ovason - 2002 - 532 Seiten
...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 - 576 Seiten
...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... | |
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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... 
