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Who riseth from a feast
With that keen appetite that he sits down?
Who riseth from a feast
With that keen appetite that he sits down?
Now good digestion wait on appetite,
And health on both!
Now good digestion wait on appetite,
And health on both!
"Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs
with drinking."
[Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, read more
"Appetite comes with eating," says Angeston, "but thirst departs
with drinking."
[Fr., "L'appetit vient en mangeant," disoit Angeston, "mais la
soif e'en va en beuvant."]
My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while
it satiates.
[It., L'anima mia gustava di read more
My soul tasted that heavenly food, which gives new appetite while
it satiates.
[It., L'anima mia gustava di quel cibo,
Che saziando di se, di se s'asseta.]
Epicurean cooks
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,
That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor
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Epicurean cooks
Sharpen with cloyless sauce his appetite,
That sleep and feeding may prorogue his honor
Evan till a Lethe'd dulness--
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite
By bare imagination of a feast?
My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my
provisions are not cut off, I read more
My forces are not enfeebled, I find no decay in my strength; my
provisions are not cut off, I find no abhorring in mine appetite;
my counsels are not corrupted nor infatuated, I find no false
apprehensions to work upon mine understanding; and yet they see
that invisibly, and I feel that insensibly, the disease prevails.
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee:
And put a knife read more
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what
is before thee:
And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to
appetite.
And through the hall there walked to and fro
A jolly yeoman, marshall of the same,
Whose read more
And through the hall there walked to and fro
A jolly yeoman, marshall of the same,
Whose name was Appetite; he did bestow
Both guestes and meate, whenever in they came,
And knew them how to order without blame.