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Descriptive of an affecting Interview between Mr. Samuel Weller and a Family Party. Mr. Pickwick mak

           

           ‘Imeanthishere,Sammy,’repliedtheoldgentleman,‘thatwottheydrink,don’tseemnonourishmentto’em;itallturnstowarmwater,andcomesa-pourin’outo’theireyes.‘Penduponit,Sammy,it’saconstitootionalinfirmity.’

           Mr.Wellerdeliveredthisscientificopinionwithmanyconfirmatoryfrownsandnods;which,Mrs.Wellerremarking,andconcludingthattheyboresomedisparagingreferenceeithertoherselfortoMr.Stiggins,ortoboth,wasonthepointofbecominginfinitelyworse,whenMr.Stiggins,gettingonhislegsaswellashecould,proceededtodeliveranedifyingdiscourseforthebenefitofthecompany,butmoreespeciallyofMr.Samuel,whomheadjuredinmovingtermstobeuponhisguardinthatsinkofiniquityintowhichhewascast;toabstainfromallhypocrisyandprideofheart;andtotakeinallthingsexactpatternandcopybyhim(Stiggins),inwhichcasehemightcalculateonarriving,soonerorlateratthecomfortableconclusion,that,likehim,hewasamostestimableandblamelesscharacter,andthatallhisacquaintancesandfriendswerehopelesslyabandonedandprofligatewretches.Whichconsideration,hesaid,couldnotbutaffordhimtheliveliestsatisfaction.

           Hefurthermoreconjuredhimtoavoid,aboveallthings,theviceofintoxication,whichhelikeneduntothefilthyhabitsofswine,andtothosepoisonousandbalefuldrugswhichbeingchewedinthemouth,aresaidtofilchawaythememory.

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