... its re- fusal could be justified. We have only to fear lest, when it is issued, though witnesses should be as plenty as blackberries, a blundering prosecution may, as be- fore, render it fruitless. To he of real service, how- ever, the Special Commission ...

... only by re- peated assassinations, and after the most culpable de- lay. But, though Special Commissions were as plenty as blackberries, and though we value them, when properly managed, which has not been the case under the present law officers of the Executive ...

... fire-place, and, while the yule-log blazed bright and cheerily, told Christmas stories, in which ghosts were as plentiful as blackberries. III one tale that was then told, the hpro belonged to a family in which insanity was hereditary (and as is commonly the ...

... exhorted to imitate FALST.MF, ?? vowed that lhe would give no reasons upon compulsion, though reasons were as plenty as blackberries, or to choose .for their model an Irish pig, which, whenever the Iright direction is too plaiirly indicated, takes the ...

... for any increase which may appear in said esti- mates excellent reasons would not be given. When reasons are as plenty as blackberries, who would be without capital reasons for asking for more money. What with France, with her half million of idle bayonets ...

... any increase which may appear in said esti- imates excellent reasons would not be given. When reasons are as plenty as blackberries, who would be without capital reasons for asking for more money. What with France, with her half million of idle bayonets ...

... for any increase which may appear in said esti- mates excellent reasons would not be given. When reasons are as plenty as blackberries, who would be without capital reasons for asking for more money. What with France, with her half -million of idle bayonets ...

... his expenses at £40,000 for one election [hear, hear, hear]. Elections costing from £5,000 to £10,000 wero plenty as blackberries [loud laughtic]. liw le (MI-. Bell) had had the excitement of an election, the luxury ofa petition, and all the expenses ...

... state his expenses L.40,000 for one election—(hear, hear. hear). Kleefioiis costing from to L-10,00t> wer-» M plenty as blackberries—(hmj laughter). Now he (Mr Bell) had had the excitement of election, the luxury of a petition, and all the expenses of ...

... had cost him £40,000, while they all knew that. no1- elections costing from £5,000 to £10, 000 were as plentiful itr as blackberries, Now, he had had the excitement of an. iaid election, the luxuary of a petition, and the further indual. nob gence of a ...

... election had coat him £40,000, while they all knew that 10- elections costing from £5,000 to £10,000 were ats plentiful ry as blackberries. Now. he had had the excitement of anx Lid election, the luxury of a petition, and the further indul- oh gences of a commission ...

... into the fields for the sake of a very little pleasure, such as the taking of a fish in a dingy pond, or the pulling of a blackberry on a dusty road; and who is not at heart a poacher P lnde- pendently of these out-door enjoyments, the destruc- tiveness ...