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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... "
The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffussion of Useful Knowledge - Page 171
1838
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - History - 1819 - 822 pages
...bald eagle, as looking too much like a dindon -or turkey. For my own part, 1 wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country;...him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to tish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk : and when that diligent bird has at length...
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The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...own patt, I wish the- bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country • he in a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his...where, too 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...
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The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: pt.I. Letters on ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...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 representative of our country...where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk ; and when that diligent bird lias at length taken a fish, and is bearing...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1818 - 798 pages
...bald eagle, as looking too much like a dindon or turkey. For my own part, 1 wisli the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country...him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to tibh for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk : and when that diligent bird has at length...
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - History - 1818 - 1264 pages
...turkey. For my own part, 1 wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country j he is a bird of bad moral character : he does not...where, too 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...
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The Friend of Peace, Volume 2

Peace - 1821 - 524 pages
...M'Fingal, Canto II. THE AMERICAN EAGLE." FOB my own part," said Dr.' Franklin, " I wish the bald Eagle fed not been chosen as the Representative of our country....of bad moral character. He does not get his living honestll. You max Voi.n.jVo.r. * have seen him perched on a dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for...
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The North American Review, Volume 24

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 538 pages
...says he, " as looking too much like a Dindon, or Turkey. For my own part, 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...
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The North American Review, Volume 24

Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1827 - 532 pages
...says he, " as looking too much like a Dindon, or Turkey. For my own part, 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...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 540 pages
...huld 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 representative of our country;...where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk ; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and bears it to...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 548 pages
...own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country ; he is n bird of bad moral character : he does not get his...where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk ; and when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and bears it to...
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