 | Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and dines him out of the district. He is therefore by no means...all the king birds from our country ; though exactly lit for that order of knights which the French call Chevaliers d'Industrie. I am on this account, not... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...is. generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is *>i*«4ncowaiid'}' the little /ww"1 biid, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and...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... | |
 | History - 1818 - 798 pages
...rubbing, he is gene rally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and...all the king 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward : the little king bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and...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 - American fiction - 1827 - 532 pages
...who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little Kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow,...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 - American fiction - 1827 - 538 pages
...and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the littlr; Kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly,...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 - 550 pages
...who live by sharping and robbiug, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward : the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow,...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
...who live by sharping and robbiug, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward : the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow,...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 - Birds - 1831 - 760 pages
...who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rauk coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow,...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... | |
 | Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - Birds - 1831 - 392 pages
...who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little kingbird, not bigger than a sparrow,...for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who fcave driven all the Kingbirds from our country, though Exactly fit for that order of knights which... | |
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... nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the Bald Eagle 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... 
