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

           Adecidedlyindelicateyounggentleman,inapairofwingsandnothingelse,wasdepictedassuperintendingthecooking;arepresentationofthespireofthechurchinLanghamPlace,London,appearedinthedistance;andthewholeformeda‘valentine,’ofwhich,asawritteninscriptioninthewindowtestified,therewasalargeassortmentwithin,whichtheshopkeeperpledgedhimselftodisposeof,tohiscountrymengenerally,atthereducedrateofone-and-sixpenceeach.

           ‘Ishouldha’forgotit;Ishouldcertainlyha’forgotit!’saidSam;sosaying,heatoncesteppedintothestationer’sshop,andrequestedtobeservedwithasheetofthebestgilt-edgedletter-paper,andahard-nibbedpenwhichcouldbewarrantednottosplutter.Thesearticleshavingbeenpromptlysupplied,hewalkedondirecttowardsLeadenhallMarketatagoodroundpace,verydifferentfromhisrecentlingeringone.Lookingroundhim,hetherebeheldasignboardonwhichthepainter’sarthaddelineatedsomethingremotelyresemblingaceruleanelephantwithanaquilinenoseinlieuoftrunk.RightlyconjecturingthatthiswastheBlueBoarhimself,hesteppedintothehouse,andinquiredconcerninghisparent.

           ‘Hewon’tbeherethisthree-quartersofanhourormore,’saidtheyoungladywhosuperintendedthedomesticarrangementsoftheBlueBoar.

           ‘Werygood,mydear,’repliedSam.

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