... recreations” were succeeded in the 19th century, by ale-houses, which (thanks t modern legislation) bang vow as thick as blackberries or hedge, with skittle alleys attached ; so that, instead of healthful games on the villa or holydays, beer and skittles ...

... 600 f.; Marguisses, 4000; Counts, 3001.; Viscounts, 200 f.; Barons, 1000 As to the sham titles, which are u plentiful as blackberries, make them pay double, so that the turkeys will pay more than the peacocks for parading their tails. Such a tax will not ...

... ridden for fifty years and more to hounds has a moral right to be prejudiced; in fact, prejudiced men are as common as blackberries in September. The county character would need bush were it not for its dear old prejudice ;—then bravo prejudice! it ...

... recreations were succeeded, iu Use 19th century, by ale-Wises, which (thanks to modern legislation) hang now as thick as blackberries on every hedge, with skittle alleys attached ; so that, instead of healthful games on the village green, on hulydays, beer ...