... out to sea Nvith half their proper crews, and prophecies of the decadence of English naval supremacy were as plentiful as blackberries. It turns out that all these depressing assurances were. the merest creations of disordered fancy. Instead of relinquishing ...

... and without appeal; while there is alrealy a pretty general impression that medals, having been nearly as plentiful as blackberries, are not as precious as ptearls, and the giving more will cheapen distinctions yet futher. As for taking any away that ...

... visited Cornwall, and not far from where the writer of this paper is now sitting is the lane where he and John Nelson picked blackberries, of which they made a meal, there being no person who would venture to entertain them after preaching. The county was then ...

... with a dozein suitors at her feet. Then the can- didates set to their work in good earnest. Speeches were as plentiful as blackberries. A score of people in want of amusement haad nothing to do but to shout in front of an hotel, and out casne a candidate ...