... no further. Mr. M'Coan had given his promise, and let the House be content with that. If promises were l as plentiful _s blackberries he would give no promise on compulsion, but »vould continue un- i compromising to the bitter end. In this defiant ! and ...

... how greatly everything connected with it is exaggerated. There is a general notion that millionaires arc as plentiful as blackberries; whereas, as has been brought to light of late, during tbe last ten years only twelve English- men have died worth (as ...