... that they canthopetorattainto, will be a thumping good sting from a stinging nettle, or a rasping tear across the leg by a blackberry bush ; and instead of knocking your head against punkags, you may expect your hat to be dented in by saerts acorns or walnuts ...

... position and finan- cial capacity universally admitted, and so for a while all went on swimmingly. Premiums were plentiful as blackberries, and companies of all sorts and sizes sprung rip like mushrooms. Slowly, but at length, some of the more rational of the ...