... thoroughly competent men offer their services for £2OO year, with the prospect of iucreaae. Such jobs are not plentiful blackberries in summer. There may b© too severely economical Government, as there are too severely respectable and strait-laced people ...

... as he springs from the fastnesses of a thick hedge, whose branches are laden down with brown hazel nuts and over-ripe blackberries. Thus we stroll along, amidst all tbs glories of that lovely October afternoon, until the shadows grow denser and longer ...

... universally worn at present with walking, dinner, and tennis dresses. Black sateen or satin sunshades are as common as blackberries, and, wishing to be consistent, wo could in” for one of those roomy, funny Patience” bonnets in the same material as our ...

... may possibly boast but few dramatic writers of sterling merit, and competent actors may conceivably not be as plentiful blackberries. But if either or both too often sink to tbe level of their audiences it because tbe many now are sovereign, and will have ...

... confined myself purposely to dresses which were oat of the ordinary run. Spanish Indies and shepherdesses were thick as blackberries; there was but one Cherry Ripe—a charming figure; one Mary Stuart; one Amy Robsart; one, Sirs Jean who put aff her apron ...

... friend write* to me from her country home in C'nmberUnd, telling of some dinner parties she baa been giving, and eaying that blackberry leaves and ���'white wax berries” (by which I suppose she means the milk-white fruit of the American bush gymphoria racemsa) ...

... knowing of the arrival of Prince Albert, said, Stop the reel for prince ! I should think not. Why, they are as thick as blackberries here,’’ alluding to the several foreign princes, not royal, who happened to bo staying at various seats in the neighbourhood ...