... little tact in handling, as their a prickles were too sharp to be treated carelessly. The I long thorny branches also of the blackberry, to n which a few hardy leaves still clang, flung 1, themselves wantonly from bush to bush with a I charming grace that ...

... bill or bills on the Irish question. Rumiours as to the E nature of toe Prime Mi4nister's proposals are as t plentiful as blackberries in autumn, bat none of E themr carry credentiale which would justify me v v in repeating them here. The one report which ...

... Dalbousie's exclusion from the Cabinet. Mr. Stansfeld, who was passed over when Liberal Ministers were as plentiful as blackberries, now finds admission to the Government, and apparently is welcomed. This looks as if Mr. Gladstone was striking the. bottom ...