 ... worst, pigeon of the flock ; sitting round, and looking on, all the winter, whilst this one was devouring, throwing about, and wasting it; and if a pigeon, more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly...  A Few Lectures on Natural Law - Seite 58von Henry St. George Tucker - 1844 - 128 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Richard Whately - 1846 - 366 Seiten
...pigeon, more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces; if you should see...scraping together a heap of superfluities for one, (and this one too, oftentimes the feeblest and worst of the whole set, a child, a woman, a madman,... | |
 | 1846 - 698 Seiten
...more hardy and hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces : if you should...what is every day practised and established among (Irish) men.' The other day we saw one of Ireland's foremost nobles, and greatest landowners, raising... | |
 | George Vasey - 1847 - 100 Seiten
...pigeon, more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces : if you should...and established among men. Among men, you see the ninety-and-nine, toiling and scraping together a heap of superfluities for one (and this one, too,... | |
 | John Pickering - 1847 - 222 Seiten
...pigeon more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others flying instantly upon it and tearing it to pieces; if you should see this, you would see nothing more than what is daily practised and established among men." • " Among men you see the ninety and nine toiling and... | |
 | 1894 - 668 Seiten
...pigeon more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others flying instantly upon it, and tearing it to pieces; if you should see...scraping together a heap of superfluities for one (and this one too, oftentimes the feeblest and worst of the whole set—a child, a woman, a madman,... | |
 | Charles Hall - 1849 - 280 Seiten
...more hardy and hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it and tearing it to pieces, — if you should...the ninety and nine toiling and scraping together an heap of superfluities for one ; getting nothing for themselves, all the while, but a little of the... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 504 Seiten
...pigeon, more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard; all.the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces ; — if you should...and scraping together a heap of superfluities for oue (aud this one too, often times, the feeblest and worst of the whole set — a child, a woman, a... | |
 | Charles Hall - 1850 - 276 Seiten
...more hardy and hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it and tearing it to pieces, — if you should...the ninety and nine toiling and scraping together an heap of superfluities for one ; getting nothing for themselves, all the while, but a little of the... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 492 Seiten
...pigeon, more hardy or hungry than the rest, touched a grain of the hoard, alLtho others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces ; — if you should...see this, you would see nothing more than what is everyday practised and established among men. Among men you see the ninety and nine toiling and scraping... | |
 | Thomas Cooper - 1850 - 488 Seiten
...more hardy or hungry than tlio rest, touched a grain of the hoard, all the others instantly flying upon it, and tearing it to pieces ; — if you should...see this, you would see nothing more than what is everyday practised and established among men. Among men you see the ninety and nine toiling and scraping... | |
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