... Linnesa and finches are in abundance; every bush almost contains the nest of a thrush; blackbirds are as plentiful as blackberries will be later oh; and it is no exaggeration to say that within twenty yards you may hear the notes of as many nightingales ...

... country lanes and by some of the high roads re- mark-ably rich and large blackberries grew, but, as a friend said, grapes are so common that even children would not touch blackberries. I was always struck with the infectious boyish delight of the men when ...

... wvomen's education owes its existense, and now that Girton is an accomplished fact, and women wranglers are as common as black-berries, it is but fair to Lady Stanley to acknowledge what she has done. All her children were with her in London on her. birthday ...