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" ... nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle 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... "
Transactions of the American Institute of the City of New York - Page 168
by American Institute of the City of New York - 1853
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For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide

Laura Erickson - 410 pages
...eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy." . North Carolina originally designated the Carolina Chickadee as its state bird. Unfortunately, one...
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Eagle's Plume: The Struggle to Preserve the Life and Haunts of America's ...

Bruce E. Beans - 1997 - 332 pages
...and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle 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...
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Natural Lives, Modern Times: People and Places of the Delaware River

Bruce Stutz - 1998 - 404 pages
...hearing it to his -*\>1t/or the support of his ^tfate and young ones, the'Bald £agle pursues him, and takes it from him. With all this Injustice he is never in good (Case; hut, like those among >Jfi.en tvho live hy Sharping and gohhing, he is generally poor, and often...
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Turkeys, Pilgrims, and Indian Corn: The Story of the Thanksgiving Symbols

Edna Barth - 2000 - 108 pages
...Eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a Bird of bad moral character; like those among Men who live by Sharping and Robbing, he is generally poor and often very lousy. The Turkey is a much more respectable Bird and withal a true original Native of North America." From...
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Out on the Deep Blue: True Stories of Daring, Persistence, and Survival from ...

Leslie Leyland Fields - 2002 - 376 pages
...wrote of the eagle after it was selected as our national symbol over his own favorite, the turkey: "Like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor and often very lousy." In places with clearer water, eagles are known to dive for fish, but here they rarely even circle the...
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A Benjamin Franklin Reader

Benjamin Franklin - 2003 - 588 pages
...and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle 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...
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Franklin: The Autobiography and Other Writings on Politics, Economics, and ...

Benjamin Franklin - 2004 - 446 pages
...and is hearing it to his Nest for the support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all this Injustice, he is never in good Case hut like those among Men who live hy Sharping and Rohbing, he is generally poor and often very...
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The Threadbare Buzzard: A Marine Fighter Pilot in WWII

Thomas M. Tomlinson - 2004 - 328 pages
...and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle 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...
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Benjamin Franklin's Vision of American Community: A Study in Rhetorical ...

Lester C. Olson - 2004 - 350 pages
...and is bearing it to his Nest for the Support of his Mate and young Ones, the Bald Eagle 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 & Robbing he is generally poor and often very lousy."...
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Reading the Roots: American Nature Writing Before Walden

Michael P. Branch - 2004 - 444 pages
...and is bearing it to his nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the Bald Eagle 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...
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