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If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner

Henry Sambrooke Leigh
Fitness, Food, Weight Loss
Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.186

In form and feature, face and limb, I grew so like my brother That folks got taking me for him And each for one another. For one of us was born a twin And not a soul knew which. . . .

Henry Sambrooke Leigh
Brother, Soul, Faces
Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.9

If you wish to grow thinner, diminish your dinner, And take to light claret instead of pale ale; Look down with an utter contempt upon butter, And never touch bread till its toasted--or stale.

Henry Sambrooke Leigh
Light, Wish, Looks
Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.186

I wish I knew the good of wishing.

Henry Sambrooke Leigh
Wish
Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.156

Electric telegraphs, printing, gas, Tobacco, balloons, and steam, Are little events that have come to pass Since the days of the old regime. And, spite of Lempriere's dazzling page, I'd give--though it might seem bold-- A hundred years of the Golden Age For a year of the Age of Gold.

Henry Sambrooke Leigh
Years, Giving, Age
Henry Sambrooke Leigh (1869). “Carols of Cockayne”, p.28

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