 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 156 Seiten
...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 taken a...good case ; but, like those among men who live by sharp ing and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides he is a rank coward ; the... | |
 | 1888 - 508 Seiten
...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 taken a...from him. With all this injustice he is never in good care; but like those cunning men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - 1892 - 1114 Seiten
...perched on some dead tree, where, too hzy to fi>h 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 the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little king-bird... | |
 | 1926 - 628 Seiten
...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 taken a...the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. "I am, on this account, not displeased that the figure is not known as a bald eagle, but looks like... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 280 Seiten
...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 taken a...from him. With all this injustice he is never in good ease ; but, like those among men who live by sharp ing and robbing, he is generally poor, and often... | |
 | Elizabeth Colson - 1905 - 174 Seiten
...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 taken a...live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor ; . . . Besides he is a rank coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly... | |
 | Franklin Bi-centennial Joint Committee (Boston, Mass.) - 1906 - 124 Seiten
...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 taken a...eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all the injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 128 Seiten
...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 taken a...eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all the injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1906 - 124 Seiten
...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 taken a...eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all the injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing,... | |
 | United States. Department of State - 1909 - 100 Seiten
...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 taken a...pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this H s—5 (65) injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and... | |
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I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country ; he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches... 
