 | Mrs. Horace St. John - 1856 - 216 Seiten
...letters, thus gives his opinion, ' ' I wish " he says, " the White-headed Eagle had not been selected as the representative of our country. He is a bird...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,... | |
 | James Mursell Phillippo - 1857 - 506 Seiten
...a little singular that it was selected as the national emblem. " For my part," says Dr. Franklin, " I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of a bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | John Timbs - 1857 - 266 Seiten
...Nationalities.— dignities. THE AMERICAN EAGLE. DR. FRANKLIN, in one of his admirable Letters, observes : " I wish the bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country : he ia a bird of bad moral character ; he does not got his living honestly ; you may see him perched on... | |
 | William Baird - 1858 - 642 Seiten
...national symbol, though Benjamin Franklin does not seem proud of the emblem. " For my part," he says, " I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labours of the fishing-hawk... | |
 | Mrs. Anna Maria (Treadwell) Redfield - 1858 - 712 Seiten
...on rocks. Dr. Franklin thus speaks of this eagle, the emblem of our national union : "For my part, 1 wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of a bad moral tjiaracter ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched upon ^ome... | |
 | William Jones Rhees - 1859 - 96 Seiten
...or White-headed Eagle. It has its wings extended. Benjamin Franklin thus speaks: — " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country, lie is a, bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched... | |
 | Worthington Hooker - 1860 - 384 Seiten
...illgotten booty silently away to the woods." Dr. Franklin thus speaks of this Eagle : " For my part, I wish the Bald Eagle had not been chosen as the representative...his living honestly. You may have seen him perched upon some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches for the labors of the Fishing... | |
 | Traits, William White Cooper - 1861 - 402 Seiten
...victims of the raging flood." The attraction that leads these birds to the Falls, is the swollen carcases swept down the river, and precipitated over the cataract....his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labours of the fishing-hawk... | |
 | John Nicholas Norton - 1861 - 294 Seiten
...pay. Others object to the bald eagle, as looking too much like a dindon or turkey. For my own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been, chosen as the...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 fishinghawk, and... | |
 | 1862 - 568 Seiten
...national emblem of his country : " For my own part (he wrote in the seventy-eighth year of his age), I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...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 ;... | |
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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... 
