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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... "
Annual Register - Page 357
edited by - 1819
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The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin, LL.D, F.R.S., &c ..., Volume 1

Benjamin Franklin - 1817 - 524 pages
...Others object "to the bald eagle,' as lodking too much like a Dindon or turkey. For my 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 living honestly ; you. may have seen him perched...
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Annual Register, Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1818 - 1264 pages
...but all such ih'ngs are criticised. Somtj find fault with the Latin, as wanting classical elegance and correctness ; and since our nine universities...not been chosen as the representative of our country j he is a bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly ; you may have seen him...
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The Private Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin ...: pt.I. Letters on ...

Benjamin Franklin - 1818 - 542 pages
...Others' object to the bald 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...him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labor of the fishing hawk ; and when that diligent bird lias at length...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and ..., Volume 59

Edmund Burke - 1818 - 798 pages
...Others object to the bald 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...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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The Friend of Peace, Volume 2

1821 - 524 pages
...M'Fingal, Canto 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....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 - 532 pages
...object to the Bald Eagle," says he, " 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 - 538 pages
...object to the Bald Eagle," says he, " 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 Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 540 pages
...pay. Others object to the huld 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...him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy to fish for himself, he watches the labour of the fishing hawk ; and when that diligent bird has at length...
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Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 550 pages
...pay. Others object to the bald 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...country ; he is a bird of bad moral character: he docs not get his living honestly: you may have seen him perched on some dead tree, where, too lazy...
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The Southern Review, Volume 5

1830 - 548 pages
...pay. Others object to the bald 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 n bird of bad moral character : he does not get his living honestly : you may have seen him perched...
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