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Though famine prevails not at all in the city;Though none of starvation have died in the street;Yet many there are now exciting our pity,Who're daily complaining of nothing to eat.The every-day cry and the every-day fare,That's every day heard where the Livewells are dining,Is nothing to eat, or else nothing to wear,Which naked and starving rich Merdles are whining.There's Kitty Malone-Mrs. Merdle 'tis now-Was ever on earth here before such a sinner;Protesting, excusing and swearing a vow,She'd nothing worth eating to give us for dinner.Why Kitty, if starving for want of a meal,And hadn't a cent in the world to buy meat,You wouldn't exclaim with a more pious zeal,"I'm dying of hunger-we've nothing to eat!!" (Excerpt)
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GenreChildren's Literature
Length43 mins
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Publish dateJun 20, 2017
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1NOTHING TO EAT
2The Argument
3The Proof—the Queen of Fashion
4The Object aimed at.
5What another Poet did.
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6How the Author sometimes Dines.
7Merdle the Banker.
8Places Where Mortals Dine.
9Things That Mortals Eat There.
10The Invitation.
11The Merdle Origin.
12Mrs. Merdle At Home.
13Mrs. Merdle goes to Market.
14The Dinner-bell Rings.
15The Dinner Table Talk.
16Mrs. Merdle doubts Paradise’s Uneating Pleasure.
17Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Earthly.
18Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Eatable.
19Mrs. Merdle Ordereth the Second Course.
20Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Hygiene and Fish Sauce.
21Mrs. Merdle Describeth her Doctor.
22Mrs. Merdle Discourseth again on Dinner.
23Mrs. Merdle Accepteth of a slight Dinner, suitable for a Woman suffering with Dyspepsia.
24Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Wishes and her Sufferings.
25Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Pudding.
26Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of the necessity of good Wine and other Matters.
27Mrs. Merdle Suggesteth that Dinner being finished, the Gentlement will Smoke. In the meantime, she Discourseth.
28Mrs. Merdle, having “Nibbled a Little” for two Hours at Dinner, retireth from the Table unsatisfied.
29The Poet Moralizeth—He Discourseth to those who Gorge and Complain.
30He Discourseth of the Wherefore of Bachelorism.
31He Discourseth of What some Mortals Live for.
32He Imploreth Mercy upon those condemned with fashionable folly to Marry, and Illustrateth their Condition.
33He Imploreth Merry for other Unfortunate Beings.
34He Discourseth of a Common Prayer.
35He Discourseth of Trouble and Sorrow.
36He Moralizeth upon what a Day may Bring forth.
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