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Nothing to Eat

by Horatio Alger Jr.

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  1. 1Dedication — The Argument
  2. 2The Proof — The Queen of Fashion
  3. 3The Object Aimed at
  4. 4What Another Poet Did
  5. 5How the Author Sometimes Dines
  6. 6Merdle the Banker
  7. 7Places Where Mortals Dine
  8. 8Things That Mortals Eat There
  9. 9The Invitation
  10. 10The Merdle Origin
  11. 11Mrs. Merdle at Home
  12. 12Mrs. Merdle Goes to Market
  13. 13The Dinner-bell Rings
  14. 14The Dinner Table Talk
  15. 15Mrs. Merdle Doubts Paradise’s Uneating Pleasure
  16. 16Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Earthly
  17. 17Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Things Eatable
  18. 18Mrs. Merdle Ordereth the Second Course
  19. 19Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Hygiene and Fish Sauce
  20. 20Mrs. Merdle Describeth Her Doctor
  21. 21Mrs. Merdle Discourseth Again on Dinner
  22. 22Mrs. Merdle Accepteth of a Slight Dinner, Suitable for a Woman Suff…
  23. 23Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Wishes and Her Sufferings
  24. 24Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of Pudding
  25. 25Mrs. Merdle Discourseth of the Necessity of Good Wine and Other Mat…
  26. 26Mrs. Merdle Suggesteth That Dinner Being Finished, the Gentlement W…
  27. 27Mrs. Merdle, Having “Nibbled a Little” for Two Hours at Dinner, Ret…
  28. 28The Poet Moralizeth — He Discourseth to Those Who Gorge and Complain
  29. 29He Discourseth of the Wherefore of Bachelorism
  30. 30He Discourseth of What Some Mortals Live for
  31. 31He Imploreth Mercy Upon Those Condemned With Fashionable Folly to M…
  32. 32He Imploreth Merry for Other Unfortunate Beings
  33. 33He Discourseth of a Common Prayer
  34. 34He Discourseth of Trouble and Sorrow
  35. 35He Moralizeth Upon What a Day May Bring Forth

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