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 Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
 Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
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 Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine,
 Yet let's be merry; we'll have tea and toast;
  Custards for supper, and an endless host
   Of syllabubs and jellies and mince-pies,
    And other such ladylike luxuries. 
First come, first served.
First come, first served.
 Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. 
Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly read more 
 Annius has some two hundred tables, and servants for every table. 
Dishes run hither and thither, and plates fly about. Such 
entertainments as these keep to yourselves, ye pompous; I am ill 
pleased with a supper that walks. 
Acorns were good till bread was found.
Acorns were good till bread was found.
 A loaf of bread, the Walrus said,
 Is what we chiefly need:
  Pepper and vinegar besides
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 A loaf of bread, the Walrus said,
 Is what we chiefly need:
  Pepper and vinegar besides
   Are very good indeed--
    Now if you're ready, Oysters, dear,
     We can begin to feed! 
 A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the 
usual trimmings.  
 A friendly swarry, consisting of a boiled leg of mutton with the 
usual trimmings. 
 A very man--not one of nature's clods--
 With human failings, whether saint or sinner:
  Endowed perhaps with read more 
 A very man--not one of nature's clods--
 With human failings, whether saint or sinner:
  Endowed perhaps with genius from the gods
   But apt to take his temper from his dinner. 
 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? 
I wished your venison better--it was ill killed.
I wished your venison better--it was ill killed.