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The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.
"Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well,"
answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within read more
"Here, dearest Eve," he exclaims, "here is food." "Well,"
answered she, with the germ of a housewife stirring within her,
"we have been so busy to-day that a picked-up dinner must serve."
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
He pares his apple that will cleanly feed.
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
Gluttony kills more then the sword.
[Gluttony kills more than the sword.]
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!"
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.
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
Out did the meate, out did the frolick wine.
I almost die for food, and let me have it!
I almost die for food, and let me have it!
Your supper is like the Hidalgo's dinner; very little meat, and a
great deal of tablecloth.
Your supper is like the Hidalgo's dinner; very little meat, and a
great deal of tablecloth.
