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It is not always possible nor advisable
to become eloquent at festive gatherings..
There are many cheerful occasions on
which what is termed eloquence becomes
an insufferable bore. Long speeches, even
when lighted up by an unusual play of
wit and fancy, are rarely welcome, except
for purposes of political agitation. It
may not be untruly said that short speeches
make long friends. But no man, however
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PREFACE.
a recluse in his habits, can hope to escape
from certain social obligations, one of
which is the duty of " saying something "
at a dinner, a wedding, or a supper-party.
This something ought to come freely from
the speaker. There is nothing that Eng-
lish people of all grades hate more than
sulky eating and drinking. The best wine
needs no bush, but it often needs a decent
excuse for drinking it in public. It is im-
possible to be always proposing the health
of our friends, and descanting upon their
real or supposed virtues. Social gather-
ings require more than this; and here it is
that " Toasts and Sentiments " exercise a
useful function. They are as old as the
Pyramids, and are welcomed by all classes.
The present little handy volume makes no
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^ PREFACE. 5
I pretension to be a complete compilation
! of toasts, meant to delight the antiquarian
; and collector of oddities. It is merely a
I selection of toasts and sentiments in com-
mon use, with a few original ones added,
that any future compiler is welcome to use.
Every care has been taken to exclude all
offensive matter, and to include and class-
ify sentiments that may be useful on all
occasions.
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AMATORY ................................................... $
BACCHANALIAN ..................................... ... 15
COMIC.......;................................................. 19
CONSERVATIVE .......................................... 22
GASTRONOMIC............................................. 2S
ENGLISH..................................................... 27
IRISH .................................... .................... 23
SCOTCH....................................................... SO
LIBERAL.................................................... 32
LITERARY................................................... 40
LOYAL......................................................... 41
MASONIC...................................................... 50
MILITARY.........................................>......... 57
NAVAL......................................................... CI
RELIGIOUS.................................................. 6S
SENTIMENTAL............................................ G7
SPORTING .............................-.................... 74
MISCELLANEOUS.......................................... 78
LATIN..................................................... 85
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©oasts Rift gtrdmmtt.
AMATORY.
British belles and British fashions.
Laughing lovers to merry maids.
Love and opportunity.
Love's slavery.
Love without licentiousness, and pleasure
without excess.
Love, liberty, and length of blissful days.
Love without fear, and life without care.
Love for one.
Life, love, liberty, and true friendship.
10 TOASTS AND
Love in every breast, liberty in every
heart, and learning in every bead.
Love at liberty, and liberty in love.
Love: may it never make a wise man
play the fool.
Artless love and disinterested friendship.
All that love can give, and sensibility
enjoy.
A speedy union to every lad and lass.
Beauty's best companion—Modesty.
Beauty, innocence, and modest merit.
Beauty without affectation, and virtue
without deceit.
Community of goods, unity of hearts,
nobility of sentiment, and truth of feel-
ing to the lovers of the fair sex.
SENTIMENTS. 11
Charms to strike the sight, and merit to
win the heart.
onstaney in love, and sincerity in friend-
ship.
Here 's a health to the maid that is con-
stant and kind,
Who to charms bright as Venus' adds
Diana's mind.
I '11 toast Britain's daughters—let all fill
their glasses—
Whose beauty and virtue the whole
world's surpasses.
May blessings attend them, go wherever
they will,
And foul fall the man that e'er offers them
ill.
12 TOASTS AND
i Love without deceit and matrimony with
I out regret.
I Love's garlands: may they ever entwine
j the brows of every true-hearted lover.
Lovely woman—man's best and dearest
I gift of life.
I Love to one, friendship to a few, and
I good-will to all.
I Long life, pure love, and boundless liberty.
] May love and reason be friends, and
j beauty and prudence marry.
J May the lovers of the fair sex never want
j the means to defend them.
| May the sparks of love brighten into a
flame.
I May the joys of the fair give pleasure to
J the heart.
SENTIMJLN1S. 13
May we be loved by those whom we love.
May we kiss whom we please, and please
whom we kiss.
May the bud of affection be ripened by
the sunshine of sincerity.
May a virtuous offspring succeed to
mutual and honourable love.
May the presence of the fair curb the
licentious.
May the confidence of love be rewarded
with constancy in its object.
May the honourable lover attain the object
of his wishes.
May the lovers of the fair be modest,
faithful, and kind.
May the wings of love never lose a
feather.
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J May the blush of conscious innocence
J ever deck the faces of the British fair.
1 May the union of persons always be
1 founded on that of hearts.
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1 May the generous heart ever meet a
I chaste mate.
1 May the temper of our wives be suited to
I those of their husbands.
I May true passion never meet with a slight.
1 May every woman have a protector, but
I not a tyrant.
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SENTIMENTS. 15
BACCHANALIAN.
May we act witli reason when the bottle
circulates.
May good fortune resemble the bottle
and bowl,
And stand by the ma 1 who can't stand by
himself.
May we never want wine, nor a friend to
partake of it.
May our love of the glass never make us
forget decency.
May the juice of the grape enliven each
soul,
And good humour preside at the head of
each bowl.
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TOASTS AiSD
May mirth exalt the feast.
May we always get mellow with good
wine.
May the moments of mirth be regulated
by the dial of reason.
Champagne to our real friends, and real
pain to our sham friends.
Come, every man now give his toast—
Eill up the glass—I'll tell you mine:
Wine is the mistress I love most!
This is my toast—now give me thine.
Cheerfulness in our cups, content in our
minds, and competency in our pockets.
Come, fill the glass and drain the bowl:
May Love and Bacchus still agree ;
And every Briton warm his soul
With Cupid, Wine, and Liberty.
SENTIMENTS. If
Good-humour: and may it ever smile at
our board.
Full bags, a fresh bottle, and a beauty.
Good wine and good company to the lovers
of reasonable enjoyment.
A friend and a bottle to give him.
A hearty supper, a good bottle, and a
soft bed to every man who fights the
battles of his country.
A full purse, a fresh bottle, and beautiful
face.
A full bottle and a friend to partake of it.
A drop of good stuff and a snug social
party,
To spend a dull evening, gay, social, and
hearty.
A mirth-inspiring bowl.
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18 TOASTS AND
A full belly, a heavy purse, and a light
heart.
A bottle at night and business in the
morning.
Beauty, wit, and wine.
Clean glasses and old corks.
Wine: may it be our spur as we ride over
the bad roads of life.
While we enjoy ourselves over the bottle,
may we never drive prudence out of
the room.
Wine—for there's no medicine like it.,
Wine—the parent of friendship, composer
of strife^
The soother of sorrow, the blessing of life.
Wine : the bond that cements the warm
heart to a friend.
SENTIMENTS.
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COMIC.
May the tax-gatherer be forgiven in an-
other world.
To the early bird that catches the worm.
To the bird in the hand that is worth two
in the bush.
Our native land: may we never be law-
fully sent out of it.
Sound hearts, sound sovereigns, and sound
dispositions.
The Queen, and may true Britons never "be
without her likeness in their pockets.
The land we live in: may he who doesn't
like it leave it.
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20 TOASTS AND
The three great Generals in power—
General Peace, General Plenty, and
General Satisfaction.
The Bank of England's passport to travel
with, and the Queen's picture for a
companion.
May the parched pea never aump out of
the frying-pan into the fire.
The three UV. Reading, 'Riting, and
'Bithmetic.
May evil communications never corrupt
good manners.
May the celebrated pin a day, of which
we have heard so much, always make
the groat a year.
May the groat a year never be unwisely
invested in a Joint-Stock Company.
SENTIMENTS. 21
May that man never grow fat
Who carries two faces under one hat.
Here's to the best physicians—Dr. Diet,
Dr. Quiet, and Dr. Merryman.
Here's to the feast that has plenty of
meat and very little table-cloth.
Here's to the full purse that never lacks
friends.
May fools make feasts, and wise men eat
them.
Here's to the man who never lets his
tongue cut his own throat.
Here's to the man who never quarrels
with his bread and butter.
Here's to the man who never looks a gift
horse in the mouth.
Here's to the old bird that is not to be-
caught with chaff.
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CONSERVATIVE.
A health to those ladies who set ihe
example of wearing British productions.
May Her Majesty's Ministers ever have
wdsdom to plan our institutions, and
energy and firmness to support them.
Confusion to all demagogues.
May the productions of Britain's isle never
be invaded by foreigners.
May the throne and the altar never want
standing armies to back them.
Our old nobility.
The man who builds up rather than he
who pulls down.
SEX TIM EX TS. 23
The loyal adherents of the Queen and
the true friends of the people.
The equilibrium of State, may it always
be preserved.
The ancient ways.
Judicious reforms and reformers.
The universal advancement of the arts
and sciences.
All our independent nobles and noble
hearts.
May the dispensers of justice ever be
impartial.
May Erench principles never corrupt
English manners.
May the interests of the monarch and
monarchy never be thought distinct.
24i TOASTS AND
May the worth of the nation be ever in-
estimable.
May taxation be lessened annually.
May the Gallic cock be always clipped
by British valour if he crows too loud.
May the sword of justice be swayed by
the hand of mercy.
May the seeds of dissension never find
growth in the soil of Great Britain.
May the love of country be imprinted in
every Briton's breast.
May our statesmen ever possess the jus-
tice of a More and the wisdom of a
Bacon.
Queen and Country.
Liberty, not license.
SENTIMENTS.
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Confusion to all men who desert their
party.
Party ties before all other ties.
The Queen: may she outlive her Minis-
ters, and may they live long.
A lasting cement to all contending
powers.
The protectors of commerce and the pro-
moters of charity.
A revision of the code of criminal laws.
The Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne.
TOASTS i\KD
GASTRONOMIC.
Old England's roast beef: may it ever be
the standing disk of Britons.
Our constitutional friends : the Baron and
the Sir-loin.
lloast beef: may it always ennoble our
veins and enrich our blood.
The roast beef of old England.
The Union dish: English'beef, Scotch
kale, and Irish potatoes.
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ENGLISH.
England, home, and beauty.
English oak and British, valour.
England for ever: the land we live in.
England, Scotland, and Ireland: may
their union remain undisturbed by plots
or treachery to the end of time.
England, the queen of the isles and the
queen of the main.
May old England's sons, the Americans,
never forget their mother.
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IRISH.
A high post to the enemies of Ould Ire-
land.
Erin, the land of the brave and the bold.
Ireland: sympathy for her wrongs, and
a determination to redress them.
The country that gave St. Patrick birth,
the birthplace of wit, and hospitality's
home—dear Ould Ireland.
May Great Britain and Ireland be ever
equally distinguished by their love of
liberty and true patriotism.
May the enemies of Great Britain and
Ireland never meet a friend in either
country.
SENTIMENTS. 29
Justice to Ireland.
Ireland, Scotland, and England: may
their union be happier than it has been.
30 TOASTS AND
SCOTCH.
A health to the friends of Caledonia.
Caledonia, the nursery of learning and the
birthplace of heroes.
Scotland, and the productions of its soil.
Scottish heroes, and may their fame live
for ever.
Scotland, the birthplace of valour, the
country of worth.
The Queen and the Scottish Union.
The nobles of Caledonia and their ladies.
To the memory of Scottish heroines.
SENTIMENTS. 31
The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock: may
they flourish by the common graft of
union.
To the memory of Scotland's heroes.
To the memory of those who have glori-
ously fallen in the noble struggle for
independence.
32 TOASTS AND
LIBERAL.
Annihilation to the trade of corruption*.
An Englishman's birthright. trial by jury.
Addition to our trade, multiplication to
our manufactures, subtraction to taxes,
and reduction to places and pensions.
All the honest reformers of our country.
Britain: may the land of our nativity
ever be the abode of freedom, and the
birthplace of heroes.
Britain's annals: may they never suffer a
moral or political blot.
Confusion to those who barter the cause
of their country for sordid gain.
SEKTIMENTS. 33
Confusion to those who, wearing the mask
of patriotism, pull it off and desert the
cause of liberty in the hour of trial.
Confusion to those despots who combine
against the liberties of mankind.
Disappointment to all those who form ex-
pectations of places and pensions on
the ruin of their country.
Everlasting life to the man who gave the
death-blow to the slave trade.
.Community, unity, navigation, and trade.
Faith in every kind of commerce.
Freedom to the oppressed, and slavery to
the oppressors.
Freedom to all who dare contend for it.
Oblivion to all party rage.
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Humanity to all created beings, especially
to our own species, whether black or
white.
No party except mankind. *
May the meanest Briton scorn the highest
slave.
Old England: and may those who ill-use
her be speedily kicked off.
May Great Britain and Ireland be ever
equally distinguished by their love of
liberty and true patriotism.
May every succeeding century maintain
the principles of the glorious Revolution,
enjoy the blessings of them, and trans-
mit them to future ages unimpaired and
improved.
SENTIMENTS,
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May the whole universe be incorporated
in one city, and every inhabitant pre-
sented with the freedom.
May Britons share the triumphs of free-
dom, and ever contend for the rights
and liberties of mankind.
May freedom's fire take new birth at
the grave of liberty.
May our country be, as it has ever been,
a secure asylum to the unfortunate and
oppressed.
High wages, and sense to keep them.
May the freedom of election be preserved,
the trial by jury maintained, and the
liberty of the press secured to the
latest posterity.
36 TOASTS AND
May the tree of liberty flourish round the
globe, and every human being partake
of the fruits.
May truth and liberty prevail throughout
the world.
May all partial and. impolitic taxes be
abolished.
May Britons never have a tyrant to op-
pose either in Church or State.
May the sons of liberty marry the daugh-
ters of virtue.
May Britons never suffer invasion, nor
invade the rights of others.
May the miseries of war be banished from
all enlightened nations.
May our trade and manufactures be un-
restrained by the fetters of monopoly.
SENTIMENTS. 37
May the whole world become more en-
lightened and civilized.
May revolutions never cease while tyranny
exists.
Our constitution as settled at the Re vo-
lution.
May the people of England always op-
pose a bad Ministry, and give vigour to
a good one.
The British Lion: may he never rise in
anger nor lie down in fear.
The majesty of the people of England.
The memory of our brave ancestors who
brought about the lie volution, and may
a similar spirit actuate their descen-
dants.
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38 TOASTS AND
The sacred decree of heaven—Let all
mankind be free.
The British Constitution; and confusion
to those who dislike it.
The people—the only source of legitimate
power.
The subject of liberty and the liberty of
the subject.
The non-electors of Great Britain: may
they speedily be enfranchised.
The greatest happiness of the greatest
number.
May the nation that plots against an-
other's liberty or prosperity fall a vic-
tim to its own intrigues.
SENTIMENTS. 39
May every succeeding century maintain
the principles of the glorious Revolu-
tion, enjoy the blessings of them, and
transmit them to future ages unim-
paired and improved.
40 TOASTS AKD
LITERARY.
Toleration and liberty of the press.
The Fourth Estate.
The liberty of the press, and success to
its defenders.
The Press: the great bulwark of our
liberties, and may it ever remain un-
shackled.
The glorious literature of Scotland.
The gloiious literature of Ireland.
The glorious literature of England.
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SENTIMENTS. 41
LOYAL.
Queen Yictobia : and may her royal off-
spring adorn the position they are«des-
tined to fill.
All the royal family.
A speedy export to all the enemies of
Britain without a drawback.
A lasting peace or an honorable war.
A health to onr English patriots.
Agriculture and its improvers.
All the societies associated for promoting
the happiness of the human race.
All the charitable institutions of Great
Britain.
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TOASTS AND
An Englishman's castle—his house : may
it stand for ever.
Britons in unity, and unity in Britain.
British virtue : may it always find a pro-
tector, but never need one.
Great Britain's rising star: the Prince of
Wales.
Holy pastors, honest magistrates, and
humane rulers.
Improvement to the inventions of our
country:
Improvement to our arts, and invention
to our artists.
May the sword of Justice be swayed by
the hand of Mercy.
May the love of country always prevail.
SENTIMENTS. 43
May St. George's Channel be the only
difference ever known between England
and Ireland.
May the eagles of the Continent never
build their nests in this little island.
May British valour shine when every
other light is out.
May Britons, when they do strike, strike
home.
May the populace of our country be re-
markable for their loyalty and domestic
happiness.
May our sons be honest and fair, and our
daughters modest and fair.
May every Briton's hand be ever hostile
to tyranny.
44 TOASTS AND
May the annals of Great Britain's history
be unstained with crime and unpolluted
with bloody deeds.
May our jurors ever possess sufficient
courage to uphold their verdict.
May every Briton manfully withstand cor-
ruption.
May we never be afraid to die for our
country.
Our wives, homes, country, and Queen.
May the health of our sovereign keep
pace with the wishes of her people.
May every Briton manfully withstand
tyranny.
May the glory of Britain never cease to
shine.
SENTIMENTS. 45
May the honours of our nobility be with-
out stain.
May Britons be invincible by united
force.
May the olive of peace renovate the
sinking fund of the British nation.
May the throne and the altar never want
standing armies to back them.
May Britons secure their conquests by
clemency.
May we as citizens be free without fac-
tion, and as subjects loyal without ser-
vility.
May loyalty flourish for ever.
May liberty ever find an altar in Britain
surrounded by devoted worshippers.
46 TOASTS AND
May the British bull never be cowed.
May our hearts ever be possessed with
the love of country.
May the British soil alone produce free-
dom's sons.
May the brave never want protection.
May sovereigns and subjects reign in
each other's hearts by love.
May we ever honestly uphold our rights.
May we never cease to deserve well of
country.
May Britons ever defend, with bold un-
flinching hand,
Their throne, their altar, and their native
land.
SENTIME-KTS. 47
May the liberties of the people be im-
mortal.
May the heart of an Englishman ever be
Liberty Hall.
May the brow of the brave be adorned
by the hand of beauty.
May we never find danger lurking on the
borders of security.
May the laurels of Great Britain nevet
be blighted.
May all mankind make free\to enjoy the
blessings of liberty, but never take the
liberty to subvert the principles of
freedom.
May Britannia's hand ever be armed with
the bolts of Jove.
48 TOASTS AND
May the ensign of loyalty float over us—
the jack of pure patriotism lead us—
and may the pendant of every British
man-of-war serve as a cat o' nine tails
to whip our enemies with.
May England's name and England's fame
stand for ever pure, great and free.
May every true Briton be possessed of
peace, plenty, and content.
May every Briton leave his native land
at honour's call,
To fight, to conquer, or like Wolfe, to
fall.
May every Briton act the patriot's part.
May victory spin the robe of glory for
the brave, and fame enrol his deeds.
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SENTIMENTS.
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May the laws never be misconstrued.
May the weight of our taxes never bend
the back of our credit.
May increasing success crown the island
of traders,
And Its shores prove the grave of all
foreiern invaders.
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MASONIC.
May every worthy brother who is willing
to work and labour through the day,
be happy at night with his friend, his
love, and a cheerful glass.
May all freemasons be enabled to act in
a strict conformity to the rules of then-
order.
May our actions as masons-be properly
squared.
May masonry flourish until nature expire,
And its glories ne'er fade till the world is
on fire.
The female friends of freemasons.
SENTIMENTS. 51
May the brethren of our glorious craft be
ever distinguished in the world by their
regular lives, more than by their gloves
and aprons.
May concord, peace, and harmony subsist
in all regular lodges, and always dis-
tinguish freemasons.
May masonry prove as universal as it is
honourable and useful
May every brother learn to live within
the compass, and watch upon the
square.
May the lodges in -this place be distin-
guished for love, peace, and harmony.
All noblemen andright worshipful brothers
who have been grand masters.
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52 TOASTS AtfD
May peace, harmony, and concord subsist
among freemasons, and may every idle
dispute and frivolous distinction be
buried in oblivion.
All regular lodges.
All the friends of the craft.
As we meet upon the level, may we part
upon the square.
All faithful and true brothers.
All brothers who have been grand masters.
Every brother who keeps the key of
knowledge from intruders, but cheer-
fully gives it to a worthy brother.
Every brother who maintains a consistency
in love and sincerity in friendship.
SENTIMENTS. 53
Every worthy brother who was at first
duly prepared, and whose heart still
retains an awful regard to the three
great lights of masonry.
Golden eggs to every brother, and gold-
finches to our lodges.
Honour and influence to every public-
spirited brother.
All freeborn sons of the ancient and
honourable craft.
May the square, plumb-line, and level re-
gulate the conduct of every brother.
May the morning have no occasion to
censure the night spent by freemasons.
May the heart of freemasons agree, al-
though their heads should differ.
54 TOASTS AND
May every mason participate in the happi-
ness of a brother.
May every brother have a heart to feel
and a hand to give.
May discord, party rage, and insolence be
for ever rooted out from among masons.
May covetous cares be unknown to free-
masons.
May all freemasons go hand in hand in the
road of virtue.
May we be more ready to correct our own
faults than to publish the errors of a
brother.
May the prospect of riches never induce
a mason to do that which is repugnant
to virtue.
SENTIMENTS. 55
May unity and love be ever stamped upon
the mason's mind.
May no freemason desire plenty but with
the benevolent view to relieve the in-
digent.
May no freemason wish for more liberty
than constitutes happiness, nor more
freedom than tends to the public good.
May the deformity of vice in other men
teach a mason to abhor it in himself.
May the cares which haunt the heart of
the covetous be unknown to the free-
mason.
Prosperity to masons and masonry.
Relief to all indigent brethren.
To the secret and silent.
56 TOASTS AND
The great lodge of England.
The great lodge of Scotland.
To the memory of him who first planted
the vine.
To the perpetual honour of freemasons.
The masters and wardens of all regular
lodges.
To all masons who walk by the line.
To the memory of the Tyrian artist.
May al. freemasons live in love and die in
peace.
May love animate the heart of every
mason.
May all freemasons ever taste and relish
the sweets of freedom.
SENTIMENTS. 57
MILITARY.
May our commanders have the eye of a
Hawke, and the heart of a Wolfe.
To the memory of Wellington and all like
him.
Chelsea Hospital and its supporters.
To the memory of Sir Thomas Picton,
and all our brave countrymen who fell
at Waterloo.
May every British officer possess Wolfe's
conduct and courage, but not meet with
his fate.
May the enemy's flag be surmounted by
the British standard.
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TOASTS AND
May the arms borne by a soldier never be
used in a bad cause.
May British soldiers fight to protect, and
conquer to save.
May the gifts of fortune never cause us
to steer out of our latitude.
May the brow of the brave never want a
wreath of laurel to adorn it.
May the army of Great Britain never feel
dismayed at its enemies.
May the brave soldier who never turned
his back to the enemy never have a
friend turn his back to him.
May bronze and medals not be the only
reward of the brave.
SENTIMENTS. 59
May no rotten members infect the whole
corps.
May the laurels of Great Britain never be
blighted.
May all weapons of war be used for war-
like purposes only.
May the soldier never fall a sacrifice but
to glory.
To the memory of Sir John Moore, and
all the brave fellows who fell with him
in the action of Corunna; and may
their gallant conduct stimulate every
British soldier in the hour of danger.
To the memory of all brave soldiers who
who fall in defence of their country
CO TOASTS AND
The memory of a great general and splen-
did genius, though ambitious and ty-
rannic—Napoleon Bonaparte.
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SENTIMENTS. 61
.'NAVAL.
May our iron-clads do as much as our
brave old oaks.
May John Bull ever be commander-in-
chief of the ocean.
May Old England, a world within herself,
reign safe for ever in her floating towers.
To the memory of Nelson, and all like
him.
Greenwich Hospital and its supporters.
May every British seaman fight bravely
and be rewarded honourably.
May rudders govern and ships obey.
62 TOASTS AND
May no true son of Neptune ever flinca
from his gun.
May no son of the ocean ever be devoured
by his mother.
May our navy never know defeat but by
name.
May our sailors for ever prove lords of
the main.
May the deeds never be forgot that were
done at Trafalgar and "Waterloo.
May the cause of British liberty ever be
defended by her hearts of oak.
May our officers and tars be valiant and
brave.
Success to the fair for manning the navy.
SENTIMENTS. . 63
May gales of prosperity waft us to the
port of happiness.
May our seamen, from the captain to the
cabin-boy, be like our ships, hearts of
oak.
More hard ships for Britain, and less to
her enemies.
May the pilot of reason guide us to the
harbour of rest.
May the memory of the noble Nelson in-
spire every seaman to do his duty.
May the tar who loses one eye in defence
of his country never see distress with
the other.
Should the French come to Dover, may
they mis-Deal in their landing.
64
TOASTS AND
To Nelson's memory here's a health,
And to his gallant tars,
And may our British seamen bold
Despise both wounds and scars;
Make Prance and Spain,
And all the main,
And all their foes to know,
Britons reign o'er the main
While the stormy winds do blow.
The British navy, the world's check-
string.
The heart of a sailor: may it be like,
heart of oak.
Though our bold tars are fortune's s^ort,
may they ever be fortune's care.
The flag of England: may it ever brave
the battle and the breeze.
SENTIMENTS.
65
The sea, the rough sea, the open sea:
may our lives be spent upon it.
The sea, the sleepless gnardian of the
world.
The memory of Lord Howe and the glo-
rious 1st of June.
Safe arrivals to our homeward and out-
ward-bound fleets.
1
CO TOASTS AND
RELIGIOUS.
The friends of religion, liberty, and sci-
ence in every part of the globe.
The honest reformers of our laws and
religion.
The clergy of the United Kingdom who
have always supported the good cause:
may they continue to do so.
The Pulpit, the Bar, and the Throne.
The friends of religious toleration, whether
they are within or without the Estab-
lishment.
SENTIMENTS. 7
SENTIMENTAL.
May we ever have a sufficiency for our-
selves, and a trifle to spare for our
friends.
May we always look forward to better
times, but never be discontented with
the present.
May the miseries of war never more have
existence in the world.
May the wing of friendship never moult a
feather.
May our artists never be forced into arti-
fice to gain applause and fortune.
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<33 TOASTS AND
May solid honour soon take place of
seeming religion.
May our thoughts never mislead our
judgment.
May filial piety ever be the result of a
religious education.
May real merit meet reward, and pre-
tension its punishment.
May prosperity never make us arrogant,
nor adversity mean.
May we live happy and die in peace with
all mankind.
May the unsuspecting man never be de-
ceived.
May noise and nonsense be ever banished
from social company.
SENTIMENTS 69'
May the faults of our neighbours be dim
and their virtues glaring.
May industry always be the favourite of
Fortune.
May the rich be charitable and the poor
grateful.
May the misfortunes of others be always-
examined at the chart of our own
conduct.
May we never be so base as to envy the
happiness of another.
May Ave live to learn, and learn to live
well.
May we be more ready to correct our
own faults than to publish the faults of
others.
70 TOASTS AND
May we never hurt our neighbour's peace
by the desire of appearing witty.
Modesty in our discourses, moderation in
our wishes, and mutuality in our affec-
tions.
May we never envy those who are happy,
but strive to imitate them.
May we derive amusement from business
and improvement from pleasure.
May our faults be written on the sea-
shore, and every good action prove a
wave to wash them out.
May virtue find fortune aways an atten-
dant.
May we never repine at our condition, nor
be depressed by poverty.
SENTIMENTS. 71
May reality strengthen the joys of imagi-
nation.
May we never make a sword of our tongue
to wound a good man's reputation.
May our distinguishing mark be merit
rather than money.
A total abolition of the slave trade.
A heart to glow for others' good.
A heart to feel and a heart to give.
A period to the sorrows of an ingenuous
mind.
A health to our sweethearts,-our friends,
and our wives:
May fortune smile on them the rest of
their lives.
72 TOASTS AND
May genius and merit never want a friend.
Adam's ale : and may so pure an element
always be at hand.
All that gives us pleasure.
All our wants and wishes.
All our absent friends on land and sea.
An honest guide and a good pilot.
As we bind so may we find.
As we travel through life may we live-
well on the road.
May truth and liberty prevail throughout
the world.
May we never engage in a bad cause, and
never fly from a good one.
SENTIMENTS.
73
May domestic slavery be abolished
throughout the world.
May the fruits of England's soil never
be denied to her "children.
n
TOASTS AND
SPORTING.
May the lovers of the chase never want
the comforts of life.
May every fox-hunter be well mounted.
May we always enjoy the pleasures of
shooting', and succeed with foul and
fair.
The staunch hound that never spends
tongue but where he ought.
The gallant huntsman that plunges into
the deep in pursuit of his game.
The clear-sighted sportsman that sees his c
game with one eye.
SENTIMENTS. 75
The steady sportsman that always brings
down his game.
The beagle that runs by nose and not by
sight.
The jolly sportsman that never beats about
the bush.
The huntsman's pleasures—the field in
the morning and the bottle at night.
The joys of angling.
The jolly sportsman who enters the covert
without being bit by the fox.
May the pleasures of sportsmen never
know an end.
May the jolly fox-hunter never want free-
dom of soul nor liberality of heart.
70 TOASTS AND
May we always gain fresh vigour from
the joys of the chase.
May the sportsman's day be spent in
pleasure.
May strength the sportsman's nerves in
vigour brace;
May cruelty ne'er stain with foul disgrace
The well-earned pleasures of the chase.
May the love of the chase never interrupt
our attention to the welfare of our
country.
May every sport prove as innocent as
that of the field.
May the bows of all British bowmen be
strong, their strings sound, and may
their arrows ily straight to the mark.
SENTIMENTS. 77
May we always run the game breast high.
May those who love the crack of the
. whip never want a brush to pursue.
May the heart of a sportsman never know
affliction but by name.
78 TOASTS AND
MISCELLANEOUS.
The three A's:
Abundance, abstinence, and annihila-
tion.
Abundance to the poor.
Abstinence to the intemperate.
Annihilation to the wicked.
The three B's:
Bachelors, banns, and buns.
Bachelors for the maidens.
Banns for the bachelors.
Buns after the consummation of the
banns.
SENTIMENTS. 79
The three C's : I
Cheerfulness, content, and competency. [
Cheerfulness in our cups. [
Content in our minds. [
Competency in our pockets.
The three Fs: !
Firmness, freedom, and fortitude.
Firmness in the senate. f-
Freedom on the land.
Fortitude on the waves. i
The three Fs: I
Friendship, feeling, and fidelity. I
Friendship without interest. | "
Feeling to our enemies. t
Fidelity to our friends. I
#0 TOASTS AND
The three E's : Fat, fair, and forty. . j
The three generals in peace: j
General peace. |
General plenty. 1
General satisfaction. I
The three generals in power: |
General employment. f
General industry. f
General comfort. |
I
The three Ii's:
Health, honour, and happiness.
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Honour to those who seek for it.
Happiness in our homes.
SENTIMENTS. 81
The three L's:
Love, life, and liberty.
Love pure.
Life long.
Liberty boundless.
" The three M's :
Mirth, music, and moderation.
Mirth at every board.
Music in all instruments.
Moderation in our desires.
The three golden balls of civilization:
Industry, commerce, and wealth.
The three companions of beauty:
Modesty, love, and constancy.
The three blessings of this life :
Health, wealth, and a good conscience.
TOASTS AXD
The four comforts of this life:
Love, liberty, health, and a contented
mind.
The three spirits that have no souls:
Brandy, rum, and gin.
The three L's:
Love, loyalty, and length of days.
The three M's :
Modesty, moderation, and mutuality.
Modesty in our discourse.
Moderation in our wishes.
Mutuality in our affection.
The Musician's Toast.—May a crotchet
in the head never bar the utterance of
good notes.
SENTIMENTS. 83
May the lovers of harmony never be in
want of a note, and its enemies die in
a common chord.
The Surgeon's Toast.—The man that
bleeds for his country.
The Waiter's Toast. — The clever
waiter who puts the cork in first and
the liquor afterwards.
The Glazier's Toast. — The praise-
worthy glazier who takes panes to see
his way through life.
The Greengrocer's Toast.—May we
spring up like vegetables, have turnip
noses, radish cheeks, and carroty hair;
and may our hearts never be hard like
those of cabbages, nor may we be rotten
at the core.
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u
TOASTS AND
The Painter's Toast.—When we work
in the wet may we never want for
driers.
The Tallow Chandler's Toast.—May
we make light of our misfortunes, melt
the fair when we press them, and make
our foes wax warm in our favour.
The Hatter's Toast.—When the rogue
naps it, may the lesson he felt.
The Tailor's Toast.—May we always
sheer out of a law suit, and by so doing
cut bad company.
The Baker's Toast.—May we never be-
done so much as to make us crusty.
The Lawyer's Toast.—May the depth
of our potations never cause us to let
judgment go by default.
SENTIMENTS. S5
LATIN.
Ad fuiem esto fidelis. Be faithful to the
end.
Amor pat rise. The love of our country.
Dllige amicos. Love your friends.
Dion, vivimus vivamiis. Let us live while
we live.
Esto perpetua. Be thou perpetual.
Palmam qui meruit ferat.
Let him who has won bear the pttlm.
Pro aris etfocis. Tor our altars and fire-
side.
Vox popitli vox Dei.
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