... retired allowances, rod other devices for the extension of outdoor relief, are still 'thick as leaves in Vallambrou,' or blackberries in autumn. According to Yr Humes Return, of 1849, they amounted then to £7e,849 annually, exclwive of annuities to the ...

... illustrates the proverb of nothing Iteing ill-said that is not ill-taken, inecdotes bordering on irreverence are common as blackberries, and if told in Holywell-street would be looked on as quite germain to the spirit that presides over that locality. Here ...