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THE LONDON THEATRES

... groundless. Almost everybody in the cast is mistaken tor someboaly else, and, while misunderstandings are as plentifuil as blackberries in September, the real lunatic rides oni the whirlwind of error, frolicing in and out awith tie iaresponsible frivolit- ...

Published: Saturday 11 November 1893
Newspaper: The Era
County: London, England
Type: Article | Words: 7059 | Page: 9 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

REVIEWS OF BOOKS

... the edifying and stimulating spectacle of a public execution. Yet high- waymen and sheepstealers were Just as plenty as blackberries, and when sheepstealing no longer en- joyed the distinction attaching to a capital oftence it Iwent out altogether. ...

THE DEMOCRATIC WORLD

... county, have passed a resolution in favour of an Act'of Parliament making it a criminal offence to gather mushrooms or blackberries, or to take wild roots in the Essex fields. Very soon we shall have the land owners and squire-like farmers taxing the ...

REVIEWS

... ?? ?? 011C hC~iI1IICT still to Cherish hlis Staunton and his Philidor. I'hc ice. on-~ i'r) this ,are as plentiful as.- blackberries,. Firstly, these ?? .Is (il nt II-, like \lr. Masoii, talk r-anting nonseuse about thieit -vii ?? is -aitaing l1011 euse ...

REVIEWS

... reactionary, wec advise the beginnrc still to cherish his Staunton and his Philidor. The reasons for this are as plentiful as blackberries. Firstly, these ancients did not, like Mr. Mason, talk ranting nonsense about their mystery; ,or it is ranting nonsense ...

HIGHLAND COUSINS

... whetn one s own country finds one a good berth. But the fact is that the purserships of the Australian liners don't grow on blackberry-bushes ; and, in the useasitinse, Miss Barbara, I've just to put up with what I've got as best I can's And so, with varied ...

Fashions for December

... mature age was made ?? a new material, blackberry brocade. The foundation %xa.s of rich and lustrous black satin, with a tracery of white network suggestive of a spider's web, on which were raised blackberries and leaves. The gown was trimmed with rare ...

Published: Saturday 01 December 1894
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1445 | Page: 23 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

FASHIONS FOR JULY

... in the same tone as the berries, spreading wide across the back. A bonnet with a gold crown has wee bunches of realistic blackberries among petunia velvet, and a blade chiffon toque is wireiathed with red and white currants. Poppies are the most seasonable ...

THE BROOM-SQUIRE

... flashing eyes, and, holding out both her pahns before her, said, The child's mouth be that purple or blue-it's fits. It's blackberries, answered the seaman. ''They was nice and ripe, and plenty of them. 'Blaclkberries almost shrieked the hostess, ...

Fashions for August

... give way ribbon and velvet bows. Fruit is largely used, cherries being Ifirst favourites, while red and white currants, blackberries Iwith their rich - toned bramble foliage, grapes and nuts look temptingly realistic. Nuts are particularly pretty with ...

Seasonable Fashions

... June, roses of numerous shades; July, cornflowers and fancy grasses ; August, poppies and corn ; Sep- tember, hops and blackberries ; October, nuts and autumn foliage; November, chrysanthemums ; and December, holly and Christmas roses. Again, a pair of ...

Published: Saturday 26 December 1896
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 1278 | Page: 24 | Tags: Arts & Popular Culture 

Books Worth Reading

... successful explorer, or a Master of Foxhounds-or anything, in fact, a little less cotmot than a baronet, who grows like a blackberry on every hedge. In such wise scolds and stoyms the setpposc(lly refined Mary Raynhans before throwing her engagement lritg ...