Nothing to Eat

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Thomas Chandler Haliburton. Nothing to Eat

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

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