... and comprised the. tag, rag, and bobtail, of such establish- ments. Nut and gingerbread stalls were as plentiful as blackberries hi autumn, and we sl.o ild think were far too numerous to make the thing profitab'e to all. However, John Bull, especially ...

... 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 ...

... conceded tojw ; and that if our life had been as short as theirs, ?? have totally defeated us in the competition ?? and ripe blackberries. I can hardly agree to this extravagant statement ; but I think, in a life of twenty years, the efforts of the human mind ...

... by the bine. In the country places, village children prepare for a day in the woods, or in the lanes, to gather nuts or blackberries. Ah ! what glorious days those were of our early nuttings! To wander through the old woods, along paths trod by deer; sometimes ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... o'clock in the forenoon the Untie te». accompanied by his sister and another girl, had gone aca an adjoining field to gather blackberries, andunfor-..ui.,. / got too near to a horse, to which he spoke, when c up ?? him over the head, fracturing the skull and ...

... the wild rose, the brilliant scarlet and green berries of the night-shade, and tbe dark purple bunches of the luxuriant blackberry. These are now most abundant,and we often meet lots of lads and lassies busy in reducing their numbers. Then we have the ...

... of a college there for educating ministers of the English church. Four children at Liverpool on Friday were gathering blackberries. They eat the root of some poisonous plant, and two of them shortly afterwards died, while the others remain in a dangerous ...

... 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 ...

... pieces, put them in the bottle with a little cold water, rinse them, and they will look very clean. Superior Wine fkom Blackberries.— Measure your berries and bruise them ; to every gallon adding one quart of boiling water. Let the mixtuie scand twentv-f ...

... 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 ...