... this spoon was dirty. Two gentlemen passing a blackberry bush when the fruit was smrripe, one said it was ?? to call them blackberries when they were red. Don't you know, said his friend, that blackberries are always red when they are ?? World of Wit ...

... life during the three years he had the honour to serve on his personal staff. Anecdotes of the duke were as plentiful as blackberries, and many books had been written to record his sayings and doings, some of which reminded him of a reply made to a compiler ...

... the coral reefs. Two gentlemen, passing a blackberry bush when the fruit was unripe, one said it was ridiculous to call them blackberries when they were red. Don't you know, said his friend, that blackberries are always red when they are green. I A LEARNED ...

... those who sub- stitute the form, fashion, and language of politenessfor its substance acrl its feeling. Life is a field of blackberry bushes. Mean people squat down and pick the fruit, no matter how they black their fingers; while genius, proud, and perpen- ...