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FACTS AND FACETIAE

... invitations are avowed by the eye, though dissembled by the lipsl There are eyes which give no more admission into them than blackberries: others are liquid and deep wells that men might fall into; and others are oppressive and devouring, and take too much ...

Published: Saturday 25 June 1864
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1965 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

MONTHLY LITERATURE

... ripen; and in the hedges the hip 3 and haws put on their scarlet robes, matched by those of the honeysuckle and briony. The blackberries are making the first step towards their legitimate colour, and have become red on their way from green to purple. The rich ...

Published: Saturday 03 September 1864
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 3335 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CONDENSED INTELLIGENCE

... safe, will be the cause of his own immediate arrest. Wild Fruit.—lt is expected that there will be the largest crop of blackberries, nuts, and elderberries this season the south of England than has been known for several years past. The bridge across ...

Published: Saturday 19 August 1865
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1502 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

MISCELLANEOUS

... school took a walk to Weston, near Bath, and, unfortunately, happened to enter the defendant's field. Attracted by the blackberries they left the path and went towards the hedge. They had hardly got there when the defendant made his appearance, having ...

Published: Saturday 23 September 1865
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 6511 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

FASHIONS FOR OCTOBER

... instead of behind. The Gleaner's hat, as it the fashion to call tho Leghorn flat, is trimmed with wheat ears, oats and blackberries, the latter forming a wreath outside, a spray crossing over the brim at the back of the hat. Long scarves of ribbon, not ...

Published: Saturday 07 October 1865
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 849 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS

... by-and-bye there lies on the grass a keeper with his blood soaking away in the ferns, while the poachers rush through the blackberry bushes to hide their guns, and dodge the policeman when he comes next morning to inquire about that business in Squire ...

Published: Saturday 21 October 1865
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2341 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

RIDES AND RAMBLES ROUND READING

... find the reminiscences of our popular authoress; the lane where the rabbit pops out from tho long, rough grass under the blackberry bramble, where the wood-pigeon hides in his favourite beech tree, and the stealthy weasle rustles through the brushwood ...

Published: Saturday 18 November 1865
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1343 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

CONDENSED INTELLIGENCE

... were the hopes of the hunter so brilliant as at present. In the large covers of Graythwaithe foxes are as plentiful as blackberries, and in the plantations of the Heard they are swarming. The president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to ...

Published: Saturday 30 June 1866
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2938 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

WINDSOR AND ETON

... wees Day.—This ancient custom appears to have received new vigour at Windsor this year, the guys being as plentiful as blackberries, and at night the whole neighbourhood was lighted up by bonfires. Windsor Steeple Chases.—There are to be two meetings ...

Published: Saturday 10 November 1866
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 1970 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

CONDENSED INTELLIGENCE

... were immersed, and deceased being unable to swim was drowned. The other three were rescued. little boy and girl went out blackberrying in Handsworth Wood, near Birmingham, when something bit the girl's leg. She screamed, and the boy ran home to fetch his ...

Published: Saturday 21 September 1867
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2285 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

CONDENSED INTELLIGENCE

... ground. The premises were four floors high, and filled with chemicals. No. one was injured. As three children were out blackberrying, at North- Bradley, Wilts, a little girl fell into the water, and would have been drowned, but for the presence of mind ...

Published: Saturday 12 October 1867
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2243 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ODIHAM HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY

... was excluded from competition simply because it was not named. It consisted of wild flowers intermixed with the hop bine, blackberries, moss, ferns, ivy, and grasses. The next tent was occupied by the Assistant Gardeners' productions. There was a good collection ...

Published: Saturday 29 August 1868
Newspaper: Reading Mercury
County: Berkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 2701 | Page: 2 | Tags: none