 ... 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 - Anglo-Dutch War, 1780-1784 - 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 - History - 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 - American fiction - 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 - American fiction - 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... | |
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