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IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

... repeatedly pressed by arguments against it. 1 He e woutd give no reason on conspulsion', thougha reasons were as thick as blackberries. Though he (Mrl Hobbouse) knew the a ~folly of contending wi'th the master of 20 legions or the coin- osander of a majority ...

Published: Monday 17 July 1820
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 7550 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

ABSTRACT OF SOUTHEY'S LIFE OF WESLEY

... horse at some brambles, to pick the fruit. ' Brother Nelson,' said he, ' we ought to be thankful that there arc plenty of blackberries, for this is the best country I ever saw for getting stomach, but the worst that ever I saw for getting food. Do the people ...

Published: Wednesday 01 November 1820
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 7106 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

MR GREENE, THE AERONAUT

... ate voraciously, and imme- p, diately alter expired. h( On Monday last some boys were amusing v themselves by gathering blackberries in a field A at Barnet, when they discovered a large snake, big with spawn, basking in the sun. One of the S boys, on seeing ...

Published: Thursday 11 October 1821
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1646 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

HIGHLAND CLANS

... Mountain Heath . . . Cypress Coud Berrj Bush *..Pine ?? . BoiawpsS Btl 1 Rush . . Deer Gras3 St John's Wort Mountain Ash Blackberry Heath . Red Whortle Berries . . . Rose Buck Berries . . Sea Ware Variegated Boxwood B1ack Tfho'rn Fir Club Moss Eagle's ...

Published: Monday 09 September 1822
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 697 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

REMINISCENCES OF AULD LANGSYNE

... When somewhere between ten and twelve years of age, 1 and a few companions had gone to wood at some distance, to gather black-berries. had two little girls in our train, and were returning through the hamlet of which I have just spoken, when David Morton ...

Published: Sunday 01 December 1822
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 4189 | Page: 27 | Tags: none

REMINISCENCES OF ACLD LANGSYNE

... to his quarters, where they would regaled with bowl of punch, competent to drown all their cares, were they numerous as blackberries in the wood (jlentanncr, and so capacious, that grenadier might swim in it, sword in hand, without either touching side ...

Published: Tuesday 01 April 1823
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 6744 | Page: 73 | Tags: none

WEEDS AND FLOWERS

... wild beehummed, loadingher hairy thighs- Between these and the mansionhouse waved venerable woods, beneath whose shade the blackberry ripened, in size and luxuriance far beyond what it attains on the open and unsheltered heath ; they were just coming in ...

Published: Thursday 01 May 1823
Newspaper: The Scots Magazine
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 8756 | Page: 66 | Tags: none

A PRODIGIOUS WHALE

... considered -an undoubted proof If oit. - .'LASENTABLE SUPrkSTITrOxN.-A species of blight ti or grub has settled on the blackberry leaves, gnawing them P in a sefpentine manner, so that the dead fibre shows thtoug& thL e remaining green.- It will hardly ...

Published: Thursday 12 May 1825
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1147 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

LONDON

... instant, the first stone of the Mausoleum about to be erected in memory of the late lamented Ducbhss of Rutland, was laid on Blackberry Hill, by his Royal Highness the Duke of York.. The site of the inteuaed.edifice, although but-a short distance from the ...

Published: Thursday 16 March 1826
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1327 | Page: 2 | Tags: News 

EDINBURGH NEW CONTINUED

... balance,, Can [a- she fell into the well and was drowned. for Al eg Common informiers are now more plentiful than 1-la tL' blackberries. There ore several in thin counhy, look- Cit' 55s ieg after the folks, who mnay have neglected to takeout J, do their -licencee ...

Published: Saturday 22 December 1827
Newspaper: Caledonian Mercury
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 2735 | Page: 4 | Tags: News 

_DilNFEiuniNE . —Tllis town and _neighbourhood was _visited _with n _tremendous fall of rain on _Tuesday lust , ..

... _season ; and , in _consequence of the home _made-wiiic-mania _being over , _the currants arc _literally UB plenty _ni _blackberries . _Extraordinary Take _if _Herring—On tlio _cvenii _);? _- of Friday _last , Mr John _Gibion _, a , hardy _and _skilful ...

Published: Saturday 16 August 1828
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 256 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

The _Weather . — _-There have lately been _flight _ilioi _' . _era in _almost _every part of the _kingdom

... _ewes _bat _I' _* _remarkably prolific ; and _( _. win lambs , _any _* _the _I' ' _ness _Courier , areas _plentiful as blackberries _. ' _' the _Gla-gow _market , on Monday _last , the _beii _Inn _* _tokl _n from fli to 14 _i ; a few very _inferior ...

Published: Saturday 13 June 1829
Newspaper: The Scotsman
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 628 | Page: 6 | Tags: none