[13] Sampler: a pattern for needlework.
[14] Flitch: a side of bacon.
[15] Ingle: chimney-corner.
[16] "Mute, inglorious Miltons": see Gray's "Elegy."
[17] Stolid: dull.
[18] Embrangle: mix up.
[19] Crichton: a Scottish gentleman of the sixteenth century, called for his learning and skill "The Admirable Crichton."
[20] True blue: genuine.
[21] Tory: a member of the conservative party in politics.
[22] Corollary: an inference from something before stated.