... melons, &c.: but this is just the end of winter here, so that we saw no kind of fruit, except what was unripe, and a few blackberries, just like what we have in England. There are about 15J people on the island, includ- ing several blacks, a governor, parson ...

... whither we went from Stepney at eight years of age Blackberrying. We knew almost every dell, and cover, and tangled copse, and from any path could lead you direct to the richest garden of blackberries. We knew the haunts of Hornsey, and Finchley, and ...

... indifferent about his attentions! Little Dick Morley, the wheelwright's son, was always ready to help us catch the pony, or go blackberrying with us, and what did we want more ? Tom was boasting one day of how many times he had danced with the above- named lady ...

... rarity of true friendship, but this must be a gloomy libel on human nature, for sincere friends, if not as plentiful as blackberries, are at least as numerous as newspapers. We put it to the experience of all readers of the public journals—either daily ...

... table in character—not destitute of talent, adapted for real usefulness and permanent popularity, are now plentiful as blackberries. Under these circum- stances it is amusing to read the report of a meeting recently held in London, under the title of ...

... learned the superiority of cross over direct fire; eight o'clock came. The big wigs assembled, and soldiers were as thick as blackberries everywhere near the place of rendezvous. The Rajah rode up with his gallant band of excessively irregular-looking troops ...