This bramblehad become the scene of my carnival simply because it chanced to be directly beneath an overhanging branch of pine some twenty feet above.
A yellow-jacket has found an ambrosial attraction here upon the bramble leaf.
Here in my present picnic is the suggestive parallel, for even though no such actual episodes as those I have described had been witnessed by me, an examination of the premises beneath my bramble were a sufficient commentary.
The butterflies, while naturally the most conspicuous element, were now seen to be in a small minority among the insect gathering, the bramble leaves being peopled with a most motley and democratic assemblage of insects.
From my first point of view only the top of the bramble spray was visible above the grass, and by far the most interesting portion of the exercises had been concealed from view.
He had not quite reached it when, all of a sudden, there was a rustling in the hushes, and out from behind a bramble bush jumped a big black bear.
French women are also very beautiful," said General Bramble politely; for he could not forget this was Aurelle's farewell dinner.
It is also possible that the German aeroplanes will cease to fly, and that General Bramble will take a dislike to the gramophone.
If I press the trigger of this revolver, the bullet will fly out, and if General Webb is given an Army Corps, General Bramble will have a bilious attack.
He's a French dog," replied General Bramble with sorrowful forbearance.
When they reached the cheese, General Bramble questioned him about his journey.
General Bramble took out his watch and reminded Aurelle he was taking the Orient Express.
General Bramblehad looked at the map with painful astonishment.
Forbes, who had never yet arrested a real spy, saw potential spies everywhere, and as he was fond of the company of the great, he always made his suspicions a pretext for going to see General Bramble or Colonel Parker.
General Bramble was standing gravely at attention, and singing as solemnly as if he were in his pew in church: "For he's a jolly good fellow, And so say all of us.
At this point General Bramble began to emit the series of grunting noises which invariably preceded his favourite anecdotes.
He soon told General Bramble of the painter's prowess; and as he exercised a respectful but all-powerful authority over the general, he persuaded him to come and give the French liaison officer a sitting.
If, therefore, the Isle of Bramble was a flourishing centre of trade long before London was a place of trade at all, then the original London must have been a settlement of fishermen and trappers who supplied the markets of Thorney.
The bramble leaves were rose and russet; the Pilgrim-trees were hung with crimson tassels; the yews were thick with purple berries.
Few shrubs when in flower are capable of arresting attention so much as the Rocky Mountain Bramble (page 26).
The Cut-leaved Bramble (page 27) is frequently seen in a wild state, and is known by its finely-cut leaves.
The person affected by this troublesome malady has to creep on hands and knees under or through a Bramble three times, with the Sun--that is, from east to west.
The Bramble has funereal associations, and its young shoots have long been used to bind down the sods on newly-made graves in village churchyards.
The Bramble or Blackberry-bush (Rubus fruticosus) is said to be the burning bush, in the midst of which Jehovah appeared to Moses.
According to some accounts, it was the Bramble that supplied the Thorns which were plaited into a crown, and worn by our Saviour just prior to the Crucifixion.
Lucy Your aunt Bramble is not yet awake--and between the wake up and the coming down of a middle aged woman, there are numerous ceremonies of the toilette.
He had read whatever books he could pick up while at Bramble Farm, and in the knowledge of current events was remarkably well-posted, thanks to his steady assimilation of newspapers and magazines since leaving the Peabody roof.
Doctor Hal Guerin and his wife and daughters had been good friends to Bob and Betty in the Bramble Farm days.
Sailed from Port Curtis for the northward, in company with the Asp, the Bramble being sent to Moreton Bay in order to communicate the results of the survey to the Colonial Government, and rejoin us at Cape Upstart.
Next evening Bramble Cay was seen on our weather beam; being so low and so small an object, we had nearly missed it.
Next day we shifted our berth to a more secure anchorage under the neighbouring Pipon Islets, where the Bramble joined us in the evening.
Having gained a good offing, we bore up at daylight, and stood in for Rossel Island with the Bramble ahead.
In company with the Bramble we passed the night in standing off and on the islands, directed by bright moonlight, and a fire on the westernmost of the group which the pinnace's people had been sent in to make.
Passing inside of Haggerstone Island, we rounded Sir Everard Home's group and anchored under Sunday Island, where the Bramble joined us after a month's absence.
This afternoon, while off the eastern end of the bay called by Bougainville the Cul de sac de l'Orangerie, the Bramble was signalled to lead in towards the land off which we anchored at 9 P.
Since the survey of Endeavour Strait in 1844 by Lieutenant Yule in the Bramble (then attached to the Fly under Captain F.
Well, by and by they came to the wise man's little house, surrounded by a hedge of bramble bushes; but the wise man himself was nowhere to be seen.
He jumped into a bramble bush And scratched out both his eyes.
They call me a wise man, but I think a man who jumps into a bramble bush is a silly goose.
Upon a tall bramble a single spray of white shone out, the bush evidently having miscalculated the season and having imagined that it was still summer.
With a snarl he sprang right over the bramble bush at Peter Rabbit, but Peter was watching and darted away along one of his own special little paths through the Old Briar-patch.
So they ultimately succeeded in enthroning a worthy king, in throwing away the bramble and finally crowning the olive to wave its branches modestly but worthily over the other fruit-bearing trees.
They are not unlike what might be expected to result from a compressed berry, such as the bramble or the rasp.
The Acanthis, too, lives among the brambles; hence it is that it also has an antipathy to the Ass, because it devours the bramble blossoms.
They neither of them had any idea of my heart having been pre-engaged, and the strangeness of my manner was ascribed by Bramble to my feelings toward Bessy.
They continued to talk and smoke their pipes till about nine o'clock, when my father and he went to the hospital, and Bramble took possession of a bed which had been prepared for him in my mother's house.
I brought the compass to him, and Bramble made me write down the whole thirty-two points at full length upon a piece of paper.
The captain called for a young Frenchman who could speak English, and then asked Bramble what was the cargo.
Bramble pointed it out to the officer, who was perfectly satisfied that nothing could be done; the cable was veered out again, and the men sent below.
Such was the state of affairs when I made up my mind that I would speak to Bramble about my paying my share of the expenses, which I thought would open his eyes to the real state of my feeling toward Bessy.
Bramble struck a light with his flint, and we carried it to the screen where we had piled the straw under the seats and against the panels.
The fact was that Bramble ardently wished that Bessy and I should be united.
I got my bundle ready, and was about to start, when I perceived my telescope lying down where Bramble had placed it on the table.
There was one subject which was often discussed between my sister and me, which was, my situation with regard to Bramble and Bessy.
Whatever port we entered Bramble would point out the landmarks to me, state the distances from point to point, and the dangers to be avoided.
Bramble and Bessy were very kind, although they did not talk much; and when I went away the next day I was moved with the affectionate farewell of the latter.
When she swings, mind you put the helm a-starboard, Tom," said Bramble in my ear.
Having pricked and grievously tom the soles of his feet, he accused the Bramble because, when he had fled to her for assistance, she had used him worse than the hedge itself.
The Fox and the Bramble A FOX was mounting a hedge when he lost his footing and caught hold of a Bramble to save himself.
The Fir-Tree and the Bramble A FIR-TREE said boastingly to the Bramble, "You are useful for nothing at all; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses.
When these little bees emerge they are generally to be found on wild mignonette, bramble flowers or those of the wild parsley tribe.
The only ones which I have had any opportunity of studying are the species which nest in bramble stems.
Some years ago I collected a number of pierced bramblestems in order to breed out some of the small "sandwasps" which nest in them.
These little creatures are especially fond of burrowing in bramble stems.
There's bramble jelly for the boy," said Aunt Janet, who scarcely took her eyes from him for a moment.
That is some of Mrs. Mactavish's bramble jelly that she sent up for the funeral; I thought we'd not be needing it just then.
Oh I do love bramble jelly," she cried, passing it to Jean, who always ate with them in the good old feudal fashion, right at the foot of the long table.
But he had scarcely got his nose outside the bramble bush when the gate of the cemetery opened, and he quickly retreated again to his hole, in great trepidation as to who might now be approaching.
The wolf made for the thickest of these bramble bushes; he found a sort of ruined vault, whence he could look out without being seen, and he crept under the branches and hid himself inside.
The dogs made straight for the bramble bush, and began worrying something hidden there.
