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 Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes 
its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach.  
 Every investigation which is guided by principles of nature fixes 
its ultimate aim entirely on gratifying the stomach. 
 Hallo! A great deal of steam! the pudding was out of the 
copper. A smell like a washing-day! That read more 
 Hallo! A great deal of steam! the pudding was out of the 
copper. A smell like a washing-day! That was the cloth. A 
smell like an eating-house and a pastrycook's next door to each 
other, with a laundress's next door to that. That was the 
pudding. 
 She would have made Hercules have turned spit, yea, and have 
cleft his club to make the fire too.  
 She would have made Hercules have turned spit, yea, and have 
cleft his club to make the fire too. 
 Of herbs, and other country messes,
 Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses.  
 Of herbs, and other country messes,
 Which the neat-handed Phillis dresses. 
Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.
Heaven sends us good meat, but the devil sends us cooks.
 And nearer as they came, a genial savour
 Of certain stews, and roast-meats, and pilaus.
  Things which read more 
 And nearer as they came, a genial savour
 Of certain stews, and roast-meats, and pilaus.
  Things which in hungry mortals' eyes find favour. 
 Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
 Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds.  
 Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods,
 Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds. 
 He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the 
grinding.
 Have I not tarried?
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 He that will have a cake out of the wheat must tarry the 
grinding.
 Have I not tarried?
  Ay, the grinding; but you must tarry the bolting.
   Have I not tarried?
    Ay, the bolting; but you must tarry the leavening.
     Still have I tarried.
      Ay, to the leavening; but here's yet in the word 'hereafter' the      
kneading, the making of the cake, the heating of the oven, and      
the baking; nay, you must stay the cooling too, or you may chance      
to burn your lips. 
 To make a ragout, first catch your hare.
 [Fr., Poure faire un civet, prenez un lievre.]  
 To make a ragout, first catch your hare.
 [Fr., Poure faire un civet, prenez un lievre.]