 | 1851 - 640 Seiten
...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...is, therefore, by no means a proper emblem for the THE UNITED STATES POST-OFFICE GUIDE. brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the... | |
 | William John Broderip - 1852 - 446 Seiten
...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...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the fey-birds from our country, though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1853 - 522 Seiten
...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...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king-Urds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1853 - 550 Seiten
...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...therefore, by no means a proper emblem for the brave Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king birds from our country. I am on this account not... | |
 | Charles Richard Weld - 1855 - 440 Seiten
...he is generally very 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 him out of the district. I am, on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more... | |
 | James Hamilton - 1856 - 984 Seiten
...living honestly." " Besides," adds the shrewd philosopher, " he is a rank coward ; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and...emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America." In some of our European states the eagle is the national emblem, and under its expanded form — sometimes... | |
 | John Timbs - 1856 - 304 Seiten
...is generally very 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 him out of the district. I am, on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks more... | |
 | James Mursell Phillippo - 1857 - 506 Seiten
...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...emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America." The great- eared owl (bubo maximus) is chiefly found along the mountainous shores of the Ohio and in... | |
 | William Baird - 1858 - 642 Seiten
...the fishing-hawk ;ind when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to bis nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the...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... | |
 | Mrs. Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield - 1858 - 712 Seiten
...is generally poor, and very often lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little King- bird, iibt bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives...and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven out all the King-Birds from our country, though- exactly fitted for that order of knights which the... | |
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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... 
