Nothing to Eat by Horatio Alger
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MRS. MEEDLE DESCRIBETH HER DOCTOR MRS. MERDLE DISCOURSETH AGAIN ON DINNER MRS. MERDLE ACCEPTETH OF A SLIGHT DINNER, SUITABLE FOR A WOMAN SUFFERING WITH DYSPEPSIA. MRS. MERDLE DISCOURSETH OF WISHES AND HER SUFFERING MRS. MERDLE DISCOURSETH OF PUDDING MRS. MERDLE DISCOURSETH OF THE NECESSITY OF GOOD WINE AND OTHER MATTERS MRS. MERDLE SUGGESTETH THAT DINNER BEING FINISHED, THE GENTLEMEN WILL SMOKE. IN THE MEANTIME, SHE DISCOURSETH MRS. MERDLE, HAVING "NIBBLED A LITTLE" FOR TWO HOURS AT DINNER, RETIRETH FROM THE TABLE UNSATISFIED THE POET MORALIZETH.--HE DISCOURSETH TO THOSE WHO GORGE AND COMPLAIN HE DISCOURSETH OF THE WHEREFORE OF BACHELORISM HE DISCOURSETH OF WHAT SOME MORTALS LIVE FOR HE IMPLORETH MERCY UPON THOSE WHO ARE CONDEMNED WITH FASHIONABLE FOLLY TO MARRY, AND ILLUSTRATETH THEIR CONDITION |
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