20. Write down the chorus to each verse of Mr. S. Weller’s song, and a
sketch of the mottle-faced man’s excursus on it. Is there any ground for
conjecturing that he (Sam) had more brothers than one?
21. How many lumps of sugar went into the Shepherd’s liquor as a rule?
and is any exception recorded?
22. What seal was on Mr. Winkle’s letter to his father? What
penitential attitude did he assume before Mr. Pickwick?
23. “She’s a swelling visibly.” When did the same phenomenon occur
again, and what fluid caused the pressure on the body in the latter case?
24. How did Mr. Weller, senior, define the Funds, and what view did he
take of Reduced Consols? in what terms is his elastic force described,
when he assaulted Mr. Stiggins at the meeting? Write down the name of
the meeting?
25. “Πςοβατογνώμων: a good judge of cattle; hence, a good judge of
character.” Note on Æsch. Ag.—Illustrate the theory involved by a
remark of the parent Weller.
26. Give some account of the word “fanteeg,” and hazard any conjecture
explanatory of the expression “My Prooshan Blue,” applied by Mr. Samuel
to Mr. Tony Weller.
27. In developing to P. M. his views of a proposition, what assumption
did Mr. Pickwick feel justified in making?
28. Deduce from a remark of Mr. Weller, junior, the price per mile of
cabs at the period.