Dinner Menus. He would have all as merry as, first, HENRY VIII, i, 4. Small Dinner. We 'll keep no great ado, a friend or two. I had an extraordinary good dinner, and the better because dressed by my own servants, and were mighty merry. Pepys, DIARY, March 23, 1660. I did give him a bottle of wine, and was exceedingly satisfied of the power that I have to make my friends welcome. Pepys, DIARY, March 31, 1660. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Milton, To MR. LAWRENCE. No variety here, But you, most noble guests, whose gracious looks Must make a dish or two become a feast. W. Cartwright, THE ORDINARY, iii, 4. The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed. O. W. Holmes, Nux POSTCŒNATICA. Some . . . are to be tasted, others to be swal- Dinner Menus. lowed and some to be chewed and digested. Bacon, ESSAYS (STUDIES). Cookery is become an art, a noble science. Burton, ANATOMY OF MELANCHOLY, i. The footman, in his usual phrase, Comes up with "Madam, dinner stays." Swift, A MODERN LADY. You are very welcome to our house: MERCHANT OF VENICE, v, I. Is 't near dinner-time? I would it were. Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, i, 2. A man is .. never welcome to a place till the hostess say "Welcome!" Those palates who Two GENTLEMEN OF VERONA, ii, 5. Must have inventions to delight the taste. PERICLES, i, 4. You are passing welcome And so I pray you all to think yourselves. TAMING OF THE SHREW, ii, 1. It is a hard matter for friends to meet; but mountains may be removed with earthquakes and so encounter. AS YOU LIKE IT, iii, 2. This so noble and so fair assembly This night to meet here. HENRY VIII, i, 4. This is the period of my ambition: O this blessed hour! MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR, iii, 3. A good digestion to you all; and once more HENRY VIII, i, 4. Dinner Menus. He would have all as merry as, first, HENRY VIII, i, 4. Small Dinner. We 'll keep no great ado, a friend or two. I had an extraordinary good dinner, and the better because dressed by my own servants, and were mighty merry. Pepys, DIARY, March 23, 1660. I did give him a bottle of wine, and was exceedingly satisfied of the power that I have to make my friends welcome. Pepys, DIARY, March 31, 1660. What neat repast shall feast us, light and choice, Milton, To MR. LAWRENCE. No variety here, But you, most noble guests, whose gracious looks Must make a dish or two become a feast. W. Cartwright, THE ORDINARY, iii, 4. The true essentials of a feast are only fun and feed. O. W. Holmes, Nux POSTCŒNATICA. He says he 'll come; how shall I feast him? Come, let us four to dinner. TWELFTH NIGHT, iii, 4. I HENRY VI, ii, 4. Why muse you, sir? 't is dinner time. Two GENTLEMEN of Verona, ii, 1. With a few friends, and a few dishes dine, Cowley, LIBERTY. Small Dinner. Then scorn a homely dinner if you can. Pope, SATIRES, ii, 12. Without TITUS ANDRONICUS, iii, 2. Come, let's fall to; and, gentle girl, eat this. Here's that which is too weak to be a sinner,— honest water which ne'er left man i' the mire. TIMON OF ATHENS, i, 2. Some food we had and some fresh water. TEMPEST, i, 2. Men really know not what good water 's worth. Byron, DON JUAN, i, 1. For in my youth I never did apply AS YOU LIKE IT, ii, 3. And drink, of Adam's ale. Prior, Wandering Pilgrims. Though we eat little flesh and drink no wine, Shelley, LETTER TO M. G. Without Give me the spring, which does to human use Cowley, AVARICE. I deal with water and not with wine. Give me my tankard then. B. Jonson, EVERY MAN IN HIS HUMOR, i, 3. A health to dear woman! She bids us untwine, O. W. Holmes, SONG FOR A TEMPERANCE Dinner. Even cold Cochituate O. W. Holmes, A SENTIMENT. Lemonade. Have you sent to the apothecary for a sufficient quantity of cream of tartar to make lemonade ? You know I die if I have not everything in the highest style. Colman (the Elder), MAN AND WIFE, iii. Men's Dinner. Hungry as the sea, and can digest as much. TWELFTH NIGHT, ii, 4. I pray you jest, sir, as you sit at dinner. COMEDY OF ERRORS, i, 2. And carouse together like friends long lost. ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA, iv, 12. Take them to the buttery, and give them friendly welcome every one. TAMINg of the Shrew, InDUCTION. Take the goods the gods provide thee. Dryden, ALEXANDER'S FEAST, V. The best attendance; the best drink; sometimes two glasses of Canary and pay nothing! B. Jonson, THE ALCHEMIST, iii, 2. |