 ... 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 - Printers - 1884 - 556 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... | |
 | Animals - 1885 - 456 pages
...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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1886 - 156 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 king-birds from our country." At last he was able to return to America, and in the fall of 1785 he... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - Inventors - 1886 - 256 pages
...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...proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati J of America, who have driven all the king-birds from our country." At last he was able to return to... | |
 | Literature - 1888 - 508 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... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1888 - 250 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...proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati 1 of America, who have driven all the king-birds from our country." At last he was able to return to... | |
 | William Shepard Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1114 pages
...pursues him and takes it from him. Besides, he is a rank coward ; the little king-bird attacks him boldly He is therefore by no means a proper emblem for the...honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all the king-birds from our country. I am on this account not displeased that the figure is not known as a... | |
 | William S. Walsh - Curiosa - 1892 - 1116 pages
...pursues him and takes it from him. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird attacks him boldly. ESTER. king-birds from our country. I am on this account not displeased that the figure is not known as a... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1896 - 250 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...proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati 1 of America, who have driven all the king-birds from our country." At last he was able to return to... | |
 | Biography - 1901 - 502 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... | |
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