And do as adversaries do in law,
Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends.
Taming of the Shrew, Act i. Sc. 2. SHAKESPEARE.
They are as sick that surfeit with too much, as they that
starve with nothing.
Merchant of Venice. Act i. Sc. 2 SHAKESPEARE.
He hath eaten me out of house and home.
King Henry IV., Pt. II. Act ii. Sc. 1 SHAKESPEARE.
My cake is dough: but I'll in among the rest,
Out of hope of all but my share of the feast.
Taming of the Shrew, Act v. Sc. 1. SHAKESPEARE.
And gazed around them to the left and right
With the prophetic eye of appetite.
Don Juan, Canto V. LORD BYRON.
Blest be those feasts, with simple plenty crowned,
Where all the ruddy family around
Laugh at the jests or pranks that never fail
Or sigh with pity at some mournful tale.
The Traveller. O. GOLDSMITH.
They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet
Quaff immortality and joy.
Paradise Lost, Bk. V. MILTON.
Bone and Skin, two millers thin,
Would starve us all, or near it;
But be it known to Skin and Bone
That Flesh and Blood can't bear it.
On Two Monopolists. J. BYROM.
Nothing's more sure at moments to take hold
Of the best feelings of mankind, which grow
More tender, as we every day behold,
Than that all-softening, overpowering knell,
The tocsin of the soul—the dinner bell!
Don Juan, Canto V. LORD BYRON.
Their various cares in one great point combine
The business of their lives, that is—to dine.
Love of Fame. DR. E. YOUNG.