... days there were poachers on the Tweed. So there are now ; and so like- wise it may be said sheepstealers were plentiful as blackberries. They are more uncommon now. Yet with all our foreign imports, in addition to our own rearing, neither mutton nor beef ...

... the plan seems reasonable enough. Secretaryships being comparatively rare, while would-be secretaries are as plentiful as blackberries, it enables the employer to winnow out ineligible candidates. The concern finds its resources increased by additional capital ...

... the wild strawberry might, with a little care, become a most agreeable addition to our list of fruits, and possibly the blackberry, with some small attempt at cultivation, might almost rival the mulberry. Undoubtedly there is much land and there are many ...