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... All the ministers were there but one (the Minister of Secret Police), and he hac been asked. There were generals thick as blackberries countesses by the dozen. Beauty, rank, and royalty honoured the diamond merchant by parading through hi suites of glittering ...

... LITERATURE. THE BARRISTER. It was in the earlier days of my bar career, and briefs were far from being as plentiful as blackberries in autumn—in fact, I had begun seriously to contemplate pawning my wig and gown, and emigrating with the proceeds to British ...