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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... "
American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the United States - Seite 179
von Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831
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The Most Splendid Carpet

Susan H. Anderson - 1978 - 116 Seiten
...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 the labor of the fishing-hawk; and, when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing...
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G. I. Joe Vs. Anne of Green Gables: How Americans Differ from Canadians

Allan Gould - 2003 - 205 Seiten
...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 the labor of the fishing-hawk, and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it...
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Primary Source Fluency Activities: Early America

Jennifer Prior - 2004 - 194 Seiten
...underlining where indicated. . . . you may have seen him perch'd on some dead Tree, near the River where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing-Hawk; and, when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest...
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Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before Walden

Michael P. Branch - 2004 - 444 Seiten
...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 the labor of the Fishing-Hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it...
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Whispers in the Pines: The Secrets of Colliers Mills

Karen F. Riley - 2005 - 176 Seiten
...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 the labor of the fishing-hawk, and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it...
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Not Your Usual Founding Father: Selected Readings from Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin - 2006 - 317 Seiten
...He does not get his Living honestly. You may have seen him perch'd on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour of the Fishing Hawk [osprey]; and when that diligent Bird has at length taken a Fish, and is bearing it to his Nest for...
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By the Grace of God I Am What I Am

Jeff Pate - 2007 - 180 Seiten
...of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched in 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 fish and is bearing it...
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Doidge's Western Counties' Illustrated Annual for ...: A Miscellany of ...

1878 - 628 Seiten
...have seen liim perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watchee the labours of the fishing hawk ; and when that diligent bird...has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his neat for the support of his mate and the young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him....
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Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Band 41

James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch - 1850 - 782 Seiten
...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 the labour of the fishing-hawk ; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest...
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Band 7

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1817 - 596 Seiten
...moral character — he does not get his living honestly : you may have seen him perched on some dead 1 tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishinghawk ; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest...
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