... the wit of man could conceive. How is this? Is it an age of such universal genius, and of candour; is merit as common as blackberries, and has it, for the first time, its just appreciation, and have envy and detraction fled the world ? No; the world is ...

... may not say that the staple of Blackburn is cotton without instant contradiction. Had oe said the staple of Blackburn was blackberries, Lord Grey should have had too much respect for the Peerage to gainsay it. What is ^he boasted independence of the House ...