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 I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to 
come.  
 I will make an end of my dinner--there's pippins and seese to 
come. 
 One solid dish his week-day meal affords,
 An added pudding solemniz'd the Lord's.  
 One solid dish his week-day meal affords,
 An added pudding solemniz'd the Lord's. 
 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that 
one teach you again which read more 
 For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that 
one teach you again which be the first principles of the oracles 
of God: and are become such as have need of milk, and not of 
strong meat.
 For every one that useth milk is unskilful in the word of 
righteousness: for he is a babe.
  But strong meat belongeth to them that are of full age, even 
those who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern 
both good and evil. 
 A warmed-up dinner was never worth much.
 [Fr., Un diner rechauffe ne valut jamais rien.]  
 A warmed-up dinner was never worth much.
 [Fr., Un diner rechauffe ne valut jamais rien.] 
 Man is a carnivorous production,
 And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
  He cannot read more 
 Man is a carnivorous production,
 And must have meals, at least one meal a day;
  He cannot live, like woodcocks, upon suction,
   But, like the shark and tiger, must have prey;
    Although his anatomical construction
     Bears vegetables, in a grumbling way,
      Your laboring people think beyond all question,
       Beef, veal, and mutton better for digestion. 
And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.
And lucent syrops, tinct with cinnamon.
 'Tis not her coldness, father,
 That chills my labouring breast;
  It's that confounded cucumber
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 'Tis not her coldness, father,
 That chills my labouring breast;
  It's that confounded cucumber
   I've ate and can't digest. 
 I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.
 [Fr., Je veux que le dimanche read more 
 I want every peasant to have a chicken in his pot on Sundays.
 [Fr., Je veux que le dimanche chaque paysan ait sa poule au pot.] 
 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but 
an handful of meal read more 
 And she said, As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but 
an handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse: 
and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and 
dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it, and die.