... has not been allowed to attain the force of an acknowledged precedent, nor have such men as Van Ess been as plenty as blackberries. Countries called Christian might still be found, as Dr. Pinkerton found the manufacturing district of Elberfeld, where ...

... the northern temperate regions: apples and pears of gigantic size, plums of all colours and flavours, and even the humble blackberries of English hedges were there, to bring sweet memories of boyish days to our minds. In roots we showed huge beet, mangold ...

... under the influence of the Church; there were private schools, conducted by clergymen of the Establishment, as plentiful as blackberries; and, more plentiful still, seminaries for ladies, also under the influence of the Church. But where asould they find schools ...

... 40 • fruit, 21; baked apples, 33 ; chicken-soup, 23; scald milk, 25; rice, 3; pudding, 18; pickles, 36; tomatoes, 10; blackberries, 2. Such of these things-as were not supplied by the Government were furnished by the Christian Commission, and all of ...

... with their straggling beauty, shrouded the grassy borders of the pastures with catkinned hazels, and tossed their long black-berry branches on the corn-fields. Perhaps they were white with May, or starred with pale pink dog-roses; perhaps the urchins ...