... 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, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird, not bigger... Annual Register - Page 357edited by - 1819Full view - About this book
| Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...*>i*«4ncowaiid'}' the little /ww"1 biid, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district.: He is therefore by no means...for the braVe and honest Cincinnati of America, who hayerebiwmall'i the king-birds" from our country.; though exactly fit for thai-order of knights which... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 pages
...he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...birds from our country ; though exactly lit for that older of knights which the French call Chevaliers d'Industrie. I am on this account, not displeased... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...all the king birds from our country; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers d'Industrie. I am on this account, not... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...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... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 532 pages
...he is a rank coward ; the little Kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is. therefore, by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the Kingbirds from our country ; though exactly fit for that order of Knights, which the French call Chevaliers... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1827 - 538 pages
...is a rank coward ; the littlr; Kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is therefore, by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the Kingbirds from our country ; though exactly fit for that order of Knights, which the French call Chevaliers... | |
| 1830 - 548 pages
...ho is a rank coward : the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means...the king -birds from our country ; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers d' Industrie. I am, on tins account,... | |
| 1830 - 550 pages
...he is a rank coward : the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king-hirdsfrom our country ; though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers... | |
| 1830 - 530 pages
...he is a rank coward : the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnali of America, who have driven all the king-birdt(rom our country ; though exactly fit for... | |
| Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 pages
...he is a rauk coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly, and drives him out of the district. He is, therefore, by no means...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the Kingbirds from our country, though exactly fit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers... | |
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