2. He was a man of an unbounded stomach. SHAKSPEARE. 3. Famine is in thy cheeks, Need and oppression stareth in thine eyes, Upon thy back hangs ragged misery; The world is not thy friend, nor the world's law. SHAKSPEARE. 4. Read over this, and after this, and then To breakfast with what appetite you have. 5. 6. 7. They would defy That which they love most tenderly; SHAKSPEARE. Quarrel with minced pies, and disparage Fat pig and goose itself oppose, And blaspheme custard thro' their nose. He bore A paunch of mighty bulk before, Which still he had a special care BUTLER'S Hudibras. To keep well cramm'd with thrifty fare. BUTLER'S Hudibras. For finer or fatter Ne'er ranged in a forest, or smoked in a platter. 8. Critiqu'd your wine, and analyz'd your meat, Yet on plain pudding deign'd at home to eat. GOLDSMITH. POPE'S Moral Essays. 9. The tankards foam; and the strong table groans THOMSON. 50 APPETITE- DINNER - HUNGER, &c. 10. Their various cares in one great point combine, The business of their lives-that is, to dine. YOUNG'S Love of Fame. 11. The turnpike road to people's hearts, I find, Lies thro' their mouths, or I mistake mankind. DR. WOLCOT's Peter Pindar. 12. Behold! his breakfasts shine with reputation; DR. WOLCOT's Peter Pindar. 13. Dire was the clang of plates, of knife and fork, That merciless fell, like tomahawks, to work! DR. WOLCOT's Peter Pindar. 14. Famish'd people must be slowly nurst, BYRON'S Don Juan. 15. Besides, I'm hungry, and just now would take, Like Esau, for my birthright a beef-steak. BYRON'S Don Juan. 16. And when he look'd upon his watch again, 17. 18. BYRON'S Don Juan. Nothing's more sure at moments to take hold BYRON'S Don Juan. When dinner has oppress'd me, I think it is perhaps the gloomiest hour BYRON'S Don Juan. 19. He fell upon whate'er was offer'd—like A priest, a shark, an alderman, or pike. 20. But man is a carnivorous production, 21. BYRON'S Don Juan. And must have meat, at least one meal a day; BYRON'S Don Juan. -All human history attests BYRON'S Don Juan. D. HUMPHREYS. 22. The big round dumpling rolling from the pot. 23. The same stale viands serv'd up o'er and o'er, The stomach nauseate. WYNNE'S Ovid. SHAKSPEARE. APPLAUSE-POPULARITY. 1. Cries out upon abuses, seems to weep 2. O, he sits high in all the people's hearts; And that, which would appear offence in us, His countenance, like richest alchymy, 3. Will change to virtue, and to worthiness. O breath of public praise, Short-liv'd and vain! oft gain'd without desert, As often lost, unmerited! SHAKSPEARE. HAVARD. 52 APPLAUSE-POPULARITY. 4. Who most to shun or hate mankind pretend, POPE'S Essay on Man. 5. He spoke, and bow'd; with muttering jaws The wondering circle grinn'd applause. 6. The noisy praise GAY's Fables. 7. Some shout him, and some hang upon his ear, DRYDEN. COWPER'S Task. 8. Oh popular applause! what heart of man 9. In murmur'd pity, or loud-roar'd applause. COWPER'S Task. BYRON'S Childe Harold. 10. What if the popular breath should damn the sun DAWES' Athenia. ARCHITECTURE, &c. - ARGUMENT, &c. 53 ARCHITECTURE-BUILDING. 1. The princely dome, the column and the arch, The sculptur'd marble, and the breathing gold. Did not with curious skill a pile erect No sumptuous chimney-piece of shining stone And coldly entertain his sight; but clear AKENSIDE. And cheerful flames cherish and warm him here. 3. Windows and doors in nameless sculpture drest, 4. CAREW. BURNS. The high embower'd roof, 1. Casting a dim religious light. MILTON ARGUMENT - SOPHISTRY. But this juggler Would think to chain my judgment, as mine eyes, MILTON'S Comus. |