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WORLDLY WISDOM WHILE YOU WAIT

... the situa tion is that it should exist at all, dear or otherwise. Tweeds and other woollen delights are as plenti ful as blackberries, but it were better not to inquire too closely into their origin. The sheep may not be It wholly, or even partly, responsible ...

Published: Saturday 14 September 1918
Newspaper: Graphic
County: London, England
Type: | Words: 997 | Page: 26 | Tags: Photographs 

Doncaster, 1909

... of the race week, and smart ones at that, for Yorkshire is a rich county, and millionaire landowners are as plentiful as blackberries. Then a few people like Lord and Lady Lonsdale prefer to take a house in the town, while those who are more outside the ...

Published: Wednesday 08 September 1909
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1391 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

THE WORLD OF SPORT: RACING NOTES

... and from his work. o O The S win cannot make up my mind over the Lincolnshire Handicaps Handicap. Rumours are thick as blackberries in am icaps. autumn, and it is impossible for one to sift the wheat from the chaff. Laffan is, it is rumoured, being backed ...

Published: Wednesday 06 March 1901
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1389 | Page: 36 | Tags: Photographs 

Motor Dicta: A Test of Endurance

... weather was very nice ana warm, ana the sun shone pleasantly mosf of the time, which added to the charm. Also, though the blackberries and nuts were not ripe, we made mental notes of which were the best spots, for future reference. It was amusing to see ...

Published: Wednesday 02 August 1922
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1335 | Page: 39 | Tags: Photographs 

WEEK-END PAPERS: The Season in Scotland

... remainder being in an advanced state of decay. Trees have sent their branches into the bedroom windows, and the long, trailing blackberry has forced its way into dining-rooms and kitchens. The main-road was once sewered and made-up, but is now buried beneath ...

Published: Wednesday 29 November 1905
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1249 | Page: 18 | Tags: Photographs 

MOONSTRUCK

... the time be? I am not very anxious to know. The world just now holds me between the meshes of a hammock. My horizon is a blackberry-bush and two brown pines. Their trunks have been cut open for resin, and the air is full of a bitter-sweet smell from the ...

Published: Wednesday 11 September 1912
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1136 | Page: 18 | Tags: Photographs 

THE LONDON THAT DICKENS KNEW-- I

... sign in any neighbourhood of ultimate ruin and degradation. On the very spot where I once gathered bluebells and picked blackberries and hipsehaws the modern County Council school- child is playing in an asphalted yard. Thus the London that Dickens knew ...

Published: Saturday 30 January 1909
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1203 | Page: 22 | Tags: Photographs 

ANGLING ON LOUGH CONN

... cooked his liesh was as pink and delicate as that of a fresh-run salmon. We had luncheon on Annah Island, where we gathered blackberries and wild damsons that grew in great abundance. Whilst resting under a clump of hazel bushes an otter made his appearance ...

ABOUT WOMAN'S SPHERE AND INTERESTS

... suffer from any skin affection. Stewed fruits, as we all know, are very wholesome and so is the strained pure juice of the blackberry or raspberry with pure plain water or seltzer. Just now cucumbers are plentiful and cheap, and I can confidently recommend ...

Published: Saturday 21 August 1909
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1540 | Page: 24 | Tags: Photographs