... Mr. Cobden do you mean, sir? Here was a pretty question to ask—' Which Mr. Cobden? As if Cobden, were as plentiful as blackberries. We told him which it was; and he didn't know whether he was at home or not, and seemed very much a. if he didn't care ...

... proclamations against bribery, and oaths to check that and all other improper practices, are as plentiful at an election as blackberries in autumn; parliamentary committees threaten it with punishment, and the awful Speaker frowns his blackest at any attempt ...

... of the book before ! If there had not been another illustration in the world, if testimonials were not as plentiful as blackberries, good taste would have excluded one to manifestly liable to be misunderstood. Among the ballast we may reckon the passages ...