... full speed through number of books he gains no knowledge of literature. The reasons why books are written are plentiful blackberries ; it is not always obvious wdiy they should be read. ...

... his Squire ” may have been revealed to him in dream: unless ieedit sprang fully armed, like Minerva from Jove’s head, of a blackberry hedge in one of the pleasant Kentish lanes which Mr. P. was taking his morning walk. To this clever mtleman must also undeniably ...

... may have been lost in one venture, or competence for life has slipped through their fingers ; but reasons plentiful as blackberries are advanced for these misfortunes ; the new scheme, they say, will infallibly lead to fortune. In evil hour the lessons ...

... ” in 1865, with Cupid's Cruise,” and statue of Lady Godiva ; in 1868, “Saved from the Wreck,” and “Coaxing;” in 1870, “A Blackberry Girl; in 1871, a marble group, The Zingari; 1872, life-size figure, Wrestler Preparing for the Grip ; 1873, “Eve's Dream;” ...

... beautiful from growing upon a slope. It the slope of a Swallow-hole. Around it, among the trees, are nut-bushes, hazels, blackberries, white-leaved palms, and lovely green trails of honeysuckles and briar-roses, that, in another month, will be hung with ...