 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...  Annual Register - Side 177redigeret af - 1818Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Mary Clare Wilson Spencer, Michigan State Library - 1916 - 76 sider
...saying : "For my part, 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." Notwithstanding this objection by Dr. Franklin, the eagle has always constituted a prominent feature... | |
 | Willard Allen Colcord - 1925 - 520 sider
...the margin one of them darts upon it." Franklin did not have a high opinion of the eagle. He said : " He is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get...where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labors of the fishing-hawk; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. House Administration - 1958 - 44 sider
...wrote in 1784: 1 wish that 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...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... | |
 | Rudolf Friedrich Kurz - 1970 - 448 sider
...I wish the hald eagle had not heen chosen as the representative of our country; he Is a hird of had moral character; he does not get his living honestly;...labor of the fishing hawk; and, when that diligent hird has at length taken a fish, and is hearlng It to his nest for the support of his mate and young... | |
 | Susan H. Anderson - 1978 - 116 sider
...was horrified: "... 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...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... | |
 | James Cross Giblin - 1983 - 98 sider
...into battle. 6z One of the eagle's strongest opponents was Benjamin Franklin, who said, "The eagle is a bird of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestly. . . . too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk, and when that diligent... | |
 | Bruce E. Beans - 1997 - 332 sider
...fish hawk, he wrote: 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 perch'd on some dead Tree near the River, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the Labour... | |
 | Doug Hall - 1998 - 246 sider
...that the turkey, not the bald eagle, should be the national bird of the United States. The Raid Eagle is a Bird of bad moral Character; he does not get his living honestly. Besides, he is a rank Coward; the little kingbird, not bigger than a Sparrow, attacks him boldly and... | |
 | Bruce Stutz - 1998 - 404 sider
...tvish the 'Bald Eagle had not heen chosen as the 'Representative of our (Country; he is a 'Bird of had moral (Character; he does not get his living honestly; you may have seen him perch 'd on some dead Tree, near the T(jver tvhere, too tofishfor himself, he tvatches the l^ahour... | |
 | Allan Gould - 2003 - 205 sider
...two centuries: "I wish that 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...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 its nest... | |
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