... held on Friday last, a little boy named Trebern was mulcted in the sum of 75., includ- ing expenses, for picking four blackberries from the hedge of a neighbouring gardener ; and two other youths had to pay 10s. each for gathering nuts on lands in the ...

... she had been, and she said she bad been iv the house ; but one of tbe younger children said she had been out « blagging (blackberry gathering). I bave done this, 1 know it, and am very sorry, very sorry for it. I have nothing more to say. —The Bench : ...

... that he himself is in possession of sufficient data to qualify him, not to form an opinion — opinions are as plentiful as blackberries, and often worth about as much ; but to form and pro- nounce a right judgment, in respect to the whole parochial system ...

... taken into consideration, most of the dv ita being engaged during the day in some manual occupatiy,.* Some flowers and blackberries from nature, by Tunnacl'ff of Shelley, were highly creditable for neatness of drawing and close attention to nature. Booth ...

... apple and pear trees, laden with fruit, festoons of wild vines bending under the weight of their grapes, shrubs of barberry, blackberry, and dog rose ; in short, everything seems to bo assembled here to do homage to the king of the forest, the lofty pine, ...

... seem an instrument conve- nient enough when inserted into a saucer or sirup, or ?? to the broken surface of an over-ripe blackberry, but we often see our sipper of sweets quite as busy on a solid lump of sugar, which we shall find, on close in- spection ...

... the way-side, through the copse. In all these natural beauties our old wayfarer seemed to have the enjoyment of a child. Blackberries went into his mouth, auel nuts into his pockets ; and so, *dtU a e*uiet, enquiring, and thoughtful, yet thoughtfully cheerful ...

... sthranger first. Turnabout here, then, ye long, thrimlin', gandber, ye, an' git a teste o* this; come, jump, like a cock at a black-berry f and the speaker, with tbe blazing spit in one hand, caught poor Jamie with the other, and dragged him to the centre of ...

... till the principal races were over. The divisional generals, brigadiers, colonels, and staff officers, were plentiful as blackberries ; and though the only representative of the fair sex was Mrs. Seacole, wlio presided over a sorely- invested tent full ...

... prisoner did not bury the silver pencil cases, but merely put them behind a tree, and no doubt the people who were picking blackberries found them. The prisoner stated that he had picked terns and made a bed ; and slept in Epping Forest for the last week ...

... garden, and bought the Fort field of Jerry Driscoll, that had nothing in it, but was full of thistles, and old stones, and blackberry bushes ; and all the neighbours — as well they might — thought h» was cracked ! The first night that Tim could summon conrage ...

... one. She became • wife and a mother, aad possibly is so ttUL— 2Vofci and Queries'. Touching Metaphor.— Life is a field of blackberry bushes. Mean people squat down and pick the fruit, no matter bow they black their fingers ; while genius, proud and per ...