... apartments is required ; first-class houses in the best quarters of the town being, fortunately, by no means plenty as blackberries at any time, especially as the Season advances; a very small percentage of families, occupying as resi- dents, absenting ...

... really dazzling. The supper, which went on all night, was the best ever set before a king. Peaches were as plentiful as blackberries in a hedgerow, while strawberries of gigantic size were to be had in abundance, and the flowers, arranged in most perfect ...