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God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.
God never sendeth mouth but he sendeth meat.
 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured 
against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
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 And the whole congregation of the children of Israel murmured 
against Moses and Aaron in the wilderness:
 And the children of Israel said unto them, Would to God we had 
died by the hand of the Lord in the land of Egypt, when we sat by 
the flesh pots, and when we did eat bread to the full; for ye 
have brought us forth into this wilderness, to kill this whole 
assembly with hunger. 
 In their palate alone is their reason of existence.
 [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.]  
 In their palate alone is their reason of existence.
 [Lat., In solo vivendi causa palata est.] 
 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. 
 "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." 
 Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is 
called the staff of Life.  
 Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is 
called the staff of Life. 
Think of the man who first tried German sausage.
Think of the man who first tried German sausage.
 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. 
 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.