Show WHAT GREAT MEN ATE was singularly abstemious A j piece of coarse wheaten bread with a bowl of kiik was his usual breakfast and supper was abstemious A handful of dates and a mouthful of water were all the food he required for a day of bard riding MILTON was plain in his eating as in everything else his breakfast was a bit of bread and cheese or a chop and a glass of milk never cared much for the pleasures of the table he said he could live for a week on a sausage and a loaf of bread BURKE enjoyed english beef and irich porter he said that england and ireland could always come together on such a platform VANDYKE while in england became fond of roast beef he said it gave him more strength than any food he ever ate en th continent |