... 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 ...