 | Karen F. Riley - 2005 - 176 Seiten
...turkey is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America... a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack...should presume to invade his farmyard with a red coat on."22 With its wingspan of five feet, the wild turkey is the largest bird in the forest. As with most... | |
 | Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 Seiten
...and serv'd up at the wedding table of Charles the ninth. He is besides, tho' a little vain and silly, a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack...the British guards who should presume to invade his farm yard with a red coat on. THIS HAS BEEN A TRICK OF MINE FOR DOING A DEAL OF GOOD WITH A LITTLE... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 317 Seiten
...and serv'd up at the Wedding Table of Charles the ninth. He is besides, tho' a little vain and silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack...the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on. I shall not enter into the Criticisms made upon their Latin. The gallant... | |
 | Sally Roth - 2006 - 408 Seiten
...Bird, and withal a true original Native of America ... He is besides, though a little vain & silly, a Bird of Courage, and would not hesitate to attack...the British Guards who should presume to invade his Farm Yard with a red Coat on. (continued on page { Great cover, good food: the blue spruce (Picea pungens).... | |
 | Stephen Lyn Bales - 2007 - 284 Seiten
...turkey is, in comparison, a much more respectable bird, and a true original native of America. ... He is (though a little vain and silly, it is true, but not...courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier ol the British guards. Franklin's true feelings about the turkey as national symbol have been debated... | |
 | David Diefendorf - 2007 - 262 Seiten
...Franklin, "and withal a true original native of America. He is besides, though a little vain and silly, a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack...the British Guards who should presume to invade his farm yard with a red coat on." He of course meant the wild turkey, not the obese, farm-bred specimens... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 513 Seiten
...and serv'd up at the wedding table of Charles the ninth. He is besides, tho' a little vain and silly, a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack...the British guards who should presume to invade his farm yard with a red coat on. THIS HAS BEEN A TRICK OF MINE FOR DOING A DEAL OF GOOD WITH A LITTLE... | |
 | Maria Mihalik Higgins - 2007 - 136 Seiten
...besides, though a little vain & silly, a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a [soldier] of the British Guards who should presume to invade his farmyard with a red coat on." Franklin may have been right about which bird had more courage, but he was outvoted. The eagle became... | |
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He is, besides, (though a little vain and silly, it is true, but not the worse emblem for that,) a bird of courage, and would not hesitate to attack a grenadier of the British guards, who should presume to invade his farmyard with a /r^/coat on. 
