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 When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
 He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small read more 
 When I demanded of my friend what viands he preferred,
 He quoth, "A large cold bottle, and a small hot bird!" 
 I fear it is too choleric a meat.
 How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled?  
 I fear it is too choleric a meat.
 How say you to a fat tripe finely broiled? 
 He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious 
epicure--and for such a tomb might be read more 
 He hath a fair sepulchre in the grateful stomach of the judicious 
epicure--and for such a tomb might be content to die. 
 And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people 
a feast of fat things, a read more 
 And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people 
a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat 
things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. 
 See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In 
amazement you will exclaim: Where could this read more 
 See, how the liver is swollen larger than a fat goose! In 
amazement you will exclaim: Where could this possibly grow? 
 O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth,
 The bless'd hour of our dinners!  
 O hour, of all hours, the most blesse'd upon earth,
 The bless'd hour of our dinners! 
 We may live without poetry, music and art;
 We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
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 We may live without poetry, music and art;
 We may live without conscience, and live without heart;
  We may live without friends; we may live without books;
   But civilized man cannot live without cooks.
    He may live without books,--what is knowledge but grieving?
     He may live without hope,--what is hope but deceiving?
      He may live without love,--what is passion but pining?
       But where is the man that can live without dining? 
 If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner,
 And take to light claret instead of pale ale;
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 If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner,
 And take to light claret instead of pale ale;
  Look down with an utter contempt upon butter,
   And never touch bread till its toasted--or stale. 
 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from 
Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and read more 
 For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from 
Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay 
of bread, and the whole stay of water.