 | Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith - American periodicals - 1832 - 648 pages
...Bird». notice of the same bird, by л great political sage. " ' For my own part,' says Franklin, ' I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative...is a bird of a bad moral character; he does not get in- living honestly, you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself,... | |
 | John James Audubon - 1832 - 564 pages
...coincides with my own, I shall here present to you. " For my part," says he, in one of his letters, " 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; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | 1838 - 518 pages
...speaks of this emblem of the United States of America ;—« for my part, I wish Uiv Bald Eagle Lad not been chosen as the representative of our country. He is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1840 - 572 pages
...any but General Washington, and a few others, who served without pay. Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For...the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 578 pages
...any but General Washington, and a few others, who served without pay. Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For...the representative of our country ; he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - United States - 1840 - 574 pages
...without pay. Others object to the bald eagle as looking too much like a dindon, or turkey. For ray own part, I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen...the representative of our country ; he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | John James Audubon - Birds - 1840 - 388 pages
...coincides with my own, I shall here present to you. "For my part," says he, in one of his letters, "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; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge - Franconia Notch State Park (N.H.) - 1842 - 298 pages
...of our country, but has certainly been chosen with bad taste. Franklin says in one of his letters, " 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; you may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | Literature - 1850 - 640 pages
...General Washington and a few others who served without pay. Others object to the bald eagle, as looking like a dindon, or turkey. For my own part, I wish...the representative of our country ; he is a bird of bad moral character ; he does not get his living honestly. You may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
 | William Dowling - 1849 - 356 pages
...symbol of the United States. The philosopher thus speaks, in his own forcible and plain style : " For my part, 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. You may have seen him perched on some dead... | |
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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... 
