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Mr. Weller the elder delivers some Critical Sentiments respecting Literary Composition; and, assiste

           ‘Letmehavenine-penn’otho’brandy-and-waterluke,andtheinkstand,willyou,miss?’

           Thebrandy-and-waterluke,andtheinkstand,havingbeencarriedintothelittleparlour,andtheyoungladyhavingcarefullyflatteneddownthecoalstopreventtheirblazing,andcarriedawaythepokertoprecludethepossibilityofthefirebeingstirred,withoutthefullprivityandconcurrenceoftheBlueBoarbeingfirsthadandobtained,SamWellersathimselfdowninaboxnearthestove,andpulledoutthesheetofgilt-edgedletter-paper,andthehard-nibbedpen.Thenlookingcarefullyatthepentoseethattherewerenohairsinit,anddustingdownthetable,sothattheremightbenocrumbsofbreadunderthepaper,Samtuckedupthecuffsofhiscoat,squaredhiselbows,andcomposedhimselftowrite.

           Toladiesandgentlemenwhoarenotinthehabitofdevotingthemselvespracticallytothescienceofpenmanship,writingaletterisnoveryeasytask;itbeingalwaysconsiderednecessaryinsuchcasesforthewritertoreclinehisheadonhisleftarm,soastoplacehiseyesasnearlyaspossibleonalevelwiththepaper,and,whileglancingsidewaysatthelettersheisconstructing,toformwithhistongueimaginarycharacterstocorrespond.

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