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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 Southern Review - Page 116
1830
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1819 - 822 pages
...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; he is...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
...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 ; he is...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 ...

1818 - 798 pages
...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 ; he is...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 - 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

1821 - 524 pages
...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. He is...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 - 1827 - 538 pages
..." 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 - 1827 - 532 pages
..." 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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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 4

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte, George Ord, William Maxwell Hetherington - 1831 - 760 pages
..." 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...the fishing hawk, and, when that diligent bird has at length taken a fish, and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the...
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American Ornithology: Or The Natural History of the Birds of the ..., Volume 4

Alexander Wilson, Charles Lucian Bonaparte - 1831 - 392 pages
..." 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...living honestly; you may have seen him perched on gome dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk, and,...
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