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    Nothing to Eat
    Nothing to Eat
    Nothing to Eat
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    Nothing to Eat

    By Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Horatio Alger, Jr.

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    DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Nothing to Eat" by Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Horatio Jr. Alger. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDigiCat
    Release dateAug 15, 2022
    ISBN8596547175766
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      Nothing to Eat - Thomas Chandler Haliburton

      Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Horatio Jr. Alger

      Nothing to Eat

      EAN 8596547175766

      DigiCat, 2022

      Contact: DigiCat@okpublishing.info

      Table of Contents

      NOTHING TO EAT.

      Not by the Author of Nothing to Wear.

      The Argument

      The Proof—the Queen of Fashion

      The Object aimed at.

      What another Poet did.

      How the Author sometimes Dines.

      Merdle the Banker.

      Places Where Mortals Dine.

      Things That Mortals Eat There.

      The Invitation.

      The Merdle Origin.

      Mrs. Merdle At Home.

      Mrs. Merdle goes to Market.

      The Dinner-bell Rings.

      The Dinner Table Talk.

      Mrs. Merdle doubts Paradise's Uneating Pleasure.

      Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Earthly.

      Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Eatable.

      Mrs. Merdle Ordereth the Second Course.

      Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Hygiene and Fish Sauce.

      Mrs. Merdle 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 Sufferings.

      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 Gentlement 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 condemned with fashionable folly to Marry, and Illustrateth their Condition.

      He Imploreth Merry for other Unfortunate Beings.

      He Discourseth of a Common Prayer.

      He Discourseth of Trouble and Sorrow.

      He Moralizeth upon what a Day may Bring forth.

      FINIS.

      I'll nibble a little at what I have got.

      —"My appetite's none of the best.

      And so I must pamper the delicate thing."

      —The least mite will suffice:

      A side bone and dressing and bit of the breast.

      The tip of the rump—that's it—and one of the fli's"

      {Illustration: PROTESTING, EXCUSING, AND SWEARING A VOW, SHE'D NOTHING WORTH EATING TO GIVE US FOR DINNER.}

      NEW YORK

      1857

      Entered according to the Act

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