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Gentleman a Bumper Published Dec. 11th 1806 by -- T. Hughes 35 Ludgate Street. THE TOAST MASTER'S GUIDE;
-------------------------------------- I'll toast Albion's daughters, let all fill their glasses, --------------------------------------- London: Printed for T. HUGHES, 35, Ludgate-Street
A lovely lass and a glorious opportunity. A generous heart and a miser's fortune. All true hearts and sound bottoms. A speedy peace for the sake of plenty. A halter to them that deserve it. Ability to serve a friend and honor to conceal it. All that love can give and sensibility enjoy. A fine girl, a plentiful fortune and a residence in the country of happiness. Abraham Newland's passport to travel with, and the King's picture for a companion. Annihilation to the trade of corruption. Adam's ale, and may so pure an element be always at hand. A speedy restoration of the rights of the people to a fair and equal representation in parliament. A bill of exclusion to those wh'd serve their own private end and neglect the public good. All our wants supplied, and our virtuous wishes satisfied. A heart to glow for others good. All the societies associated for promoting the peace, liberty and safety of the human race. A hearty supper, a good bottle, and a soft be to the man who fights the battles of his country. A mirth-inspiring bowl. A lasting cement to all contending powers. All that gives you pleasure. A head to earn and a heart to spend. All tales but tell-tales. As we are formed by nature, may we be refined by art. A Venus born from Ocean's Bed-- Britannia. A health to our sweethearts, our friends and our wives, A speedy union to every lad and lass. All the honest reformers of our country. As sensibility is the child of nature, may it ever be cherished. A cordial in grief -- Content. An attribute of heaven -- Mercy. As we bind so may we find. Ambitions's boasted wings -- Genius and heart. All we wish and all we want. A bottle at night and business in the morning. All who act fair, and the devil burn our enemies. All our odd wishes gratified. A period to the sorrows of an ingeious mind. A revision of the code of criminal laws. A good piece to every odd volunteer. All old maids well done, and all odd souls paired. Beauty without affectation, and virtue without parade. Beauty's best companion -- Modesty. Bonapart'es Check-string -- the British navy. Britons in Unity and Unity in Britions. Brunswick's glory, and may it last to the end of the world. Cork to the heels, cash to the pockets, courage to the hearts, and concord to the heads of all those who fight for Great Britain. Constancy in love, and sincerity in friendship. Comfort to the afflicted mind. Comical folks and comical things. Confusion to those, who, wearing the mask of patriotism, pull it off, and desert the cause of liberty in the day of trial. Community, unity, navigation and trade. Charitable institutions. Confidence and worth united. Change of mind with a change of fortune. Communty of goods, unity of hearts, nobility of sentiments, and truth of feeling to the real lovers of the fair sex. Cheerfulness in our cups, content in our minds, and competency in our pockets. Consciousness to the righteous, convictions to the doubtful, and contrition to the sinful. Confusion to the those who barter the cuase of their country for ostentation or sordid gain. Heaven to those who wish for it, repentance to those who do not. Here' a health to the maid who is constant and kind, Hastiness in doing good, and horror in doing evil. He that sees his neighbour's distress with an eye of compassion. He that guides the wanderer on his way. Honor in our breasts, and humanity in our hands. Hope and happiness in every state of life. Honor to Britons and disgrace to our enemies. Health, happiness, riches, and a good wife. Honest men and pretty women. Harmony all over the world. Health in freedom, and content in bondage. Health, joy , and mutual love. Humanity in prosperity, and fortitude in distress. Health of body, peace of mind, a clean shirt and a guinea. Health to the king, prosperity to the people, and may the ministry direct their endevors to the public good, rather than engage in party distinctions. Heaven's best gift. Health, rihno, and a snug birth to every British tar. Humanity to feel, and rhino to give. In every just pursuit may Providence ensure us success. Innocence in all our desires, and influence to obtain them. Improvements to the inventions of our country. Improvement to our arts, and invention to our artists. I'll toasts Albion's Daughters, let all fill their glasses, Independency and a genteel sufficiency. Innocence to the rising generation -- and may a good conscience be the compainon of their lives. Integrity in those who wear the robe of justice. In friendship and love may we never know vexation. In the comedy of life, may erros be excepted. Kindness to our domestics, and to our enemies a readiness to forgive. Laughing lovers to merry maids. Lasting freedom and prosperity to the United States of America. Liberty, property, security, and resistance of oppression. Love in every breast, liberty in every heart, and learning in every head. Love without licentiousness, and pleasure without excess. Love and opportunity. Let judgment calm the tempest of the mind. Love's slavery. Love, liberty, and length of blissful days. Long life, pure love, and boundless liberty. Lover without fear, and life without care. Love in a cottage and envy to none. Liberty, property, and no excise. Long may we live, and happy may we be, Laurel water to the secret enemies of our glorious constitution. Love, fire, frolic, and a good opportunity. Life, love, liberty and true friendship. Love to one, friendship to a few, and good-will to all. Love for love. Long may every foe tremble and friend rejoice at the arrival of a British fleet. May the sun of liberty pierce the gloom of our prisons. May the cautious fair never be deceived by the appearances of love. May our love of the glass never make us forget decency. May the mind never find the decay of the body. May the hearts of our sons be both honest and brave, and those of our daughters both modest and pure. May the rich be charitable and the poor grateful. May fortune fill the cup where charity guides the hand. May the pilot of reason guide us to the harbour of rest. May distressed beauty meet liberality. May our commanders have the eye of a Hawke and the heart of a Wolfe. May merit be rewarded and industry encouraged. May all mankind make free to enjoy the blessings of liberty, but never take the liberty to subvert the principles of freedom. May the sword of justice be swayed by the hand of mercy. May the laws never be misconstrued. May love never contribute to its own deceit. May those that live longest know least of care. May the meanest Briton scorn the highest slave. May the miser's fear anticipate disgrace. May we ever avoid partiality in our judgment. May the trumpet of fame sound high through the air, May the tear of sensibility never cease to flow. May we be slaves to nothing but our duty. May we never feel want or ever want feeling. May we always look forward for better things, but never be discontented with the present. May hemp bind those whom honor cannot. May our happiness be sincere and our joy lasting. May he who has neither wife, mistress, nor estate, in England, never have any share in the government of it. May we have perseverance under difficulties. May rudders govern and ships obey. May we bury sorrows in the friendly draught. May we never give ambition an example. May we never be cursed with the wrong side of wit. May our talents never be prostituted to vice. May poverty never be the villain's prey. May prudence guide us and honor bind us. May punishment not extend beyond the crime. May we run the race of glory. May rapture never carry us above our reason. May ready-money command respect where it goes. May reason control our exorbitant desires. May temptation never conquer virtue. May we be rich in friends rather than money. May he who wants friendship also want friends. May we never know sorrow but by name. May fortune be always an attendant on virtue. May the votaries of Venus be united with Bacchus. May the devil never pay visits abroad nor receive company at home. May beauty never be stitched in sheets until properly bound. May the honey of rectitude sweeten the bitternes of sorrow. May the principles of Freemasonry be diffused thro' all mankind.. May the mare we ride be always well bitted. May we always conclude our evening with a monstrous good song. May the cheerful heart never want a companion. May we act the last scene with becoming fortitude. May he who leads by the head follow by the tail. May the tempers of our wives be suited to those of their husbands. May selfish parties never prey on our vitals. May we never sacrifice at the shrine of deceit. May we always be friends to rising merit. May we nvber masque but at a masquerade. May the law of humanity be put in force against the perpetrators of cruelty. May the spirit of the law direct its prcitse, so as to avoid its glaring abuses. May the rage of novelty never reach the confines of slander. May the prize of wisdom find many candidates. May the brow of the brave never want a wreath of laurel to adorrn it. May the heart never covet what the hand has no right to. May every British seamen fight bravely, and be rewarded hanorably. May our counsels be wise, and our commerce increase. May the understanding always curb the will. May the jolly huntress never want a belly-full of hare. May no true son of Neptune ever flinch from his gun. May the good sense of Britons always cultivate social harmony. May philosphy guide the passions and mend the heart. May poverty never stare us in the face, without presenting hope as her successor. May integritgy through life be the rudder. May the bitters of life be sweetened by happiness. May the fire of love never feel decay. May our cares decrease and our pleasures increase. May our wants be sown in so fruitful a soil as to produce immediate relief. May the weight of our taxes never ben the back of our credit. May Britons never have a tyrant to oppose. May our principles be upright and our morals pure. May the son of our king prove the sone of the people. May remissness in our duties never expose us to reproach. May no son of the ocean be ever devoured by his mother. May the love of foreign fashion May ever virtuous woman be happy, and every vicious one penitent. May the sons of liberty be entitled to the daughters of virtue. May the seeds of dissension never find growth in the soil of Great Britain. May British virue shine when every other light is out. May discerning eyes bestow charity, and deserving objects receive it. May we never envy those who are happy, but always strive to imitate them. May we direct our thoughts to justice, benevolence, and virtue. May we never murmur without a cause, nor ever have cause to murmur. May Britons never invade the rights of others. May the miseries of war never more have existence among enlightioned nations. May our enemies never taste the union dish -- roast beef, cakes, and potatoes. May we derive amusement from business, and improvement from pleasure. May the bright sun of prosperity ever shine on the sons of industry. May we never make a sword of our tongues to wound the character of good men. May trade and manufacturers be unrestrained by the fetters of monopoly. May the whole world become more and more enlightened and civilized. May every civil government be founded on the natural rights of man. May religion and civil liberty always go hand in hand. may private grief never effect the public walfare. May all civil distinctions among men be founded upon public utility. May neither prcedent nor antiquity be a scanction to errors pernicious to mankind. May the dawn of liberty on the continent be soon followed by its meridian splendor. May bigotry, superstition, and all manner of religious tyranny soon come to an end. May the walls of the inquisition be speeditly reduced to the level of those of the bastile. May the free constitution of Grewat Britain and Ireland florish and prosper to the latest posterity. May the sins of our fathers descend upon our foes. May we never know any other difference between England and Ireland than St. George's Channe. May the poor merit esteem and the rich veneration. May fortune fill the lap where charity guides the hand. May every future king of England be as virtuous as George the Third. May our love for our kings have no bounds, nor our fear of them need any. May all our desires be just and successful. May honesty never want a competency. May the hand of lenity heal the sores of calamity. May the liberties of the people be immortal. May the enemies of Great Britain and Ireland never meet a friend in either country. May friendship, love, and truth unite. May British seamen always prove victorious. May the honeest trader never be shipwrecked in his undertakings. May the lovers of hte fair sex never want means to support and to defend them. May the friends of liberty never want the comforts of life. May we be always as merry as wise, and as wise as merry. May our commodities of all kinds be fairly and honorably entered. May our lives never seem so heavy as that we should wish to throw them off. May our conduct be such as to bear the strictest scrutiny. May we never, by overleaping the bounds of prudence, trespass upon the bosom of friendship. May industry be always rewarded as the favourite of fortune. May we live during life. May we never want Jervice to keep the Dons at a distance. May the tars of old England still keep their timbers together, and the rotten planks of mutiny never disgrace the rudder of their understanding. May we never want a friend to cheer us, or a bottle to cheer him. May the Dutch always find a Duncan to oppose them. May the law subsist by power. May length of days be crowned with prudence. May the same that is lessened be always regained. May we always be in possession of the power to please. May our minds be formed with instruction, so that our conduct may please. May we live long and enjoy the providence of Heaven. May our look never be at variance with our thoughts. may the good name that is lost be always retrived. May we never be invited to dissembled joys. May we always delight to please. May we give way to that which unbends the force of thought --- Love. May we never be fed only by expectation. may we never experience the ingratitude of love. May our pleasures be free from the strings of remorse. May vanquished malice heighten virtue's praise. May the maxims we adhere to be drawn from truth. May morning. May we never be of that description who vice may make scandalously great. May we never mistake our talents. May mirth exalt the feast. may the miser live unfriended and die unlamented. May misfortunes make us wise. May the extremities of modes be only imitated by fools. May modest dulness be always preferred to learned arrogance. May the monarch's only son found his greatness on his subjects' love. May those who are not of humble birth be of an humble mind. May the body be as active as the mind. May we never suffer for principles which we do not hold. May we exist only to subdue tyrants. May we be neat in small fortune, which will produce plenty. May the new year help to make us old. May naught be vain which gratitude inspires. May the prison gloom be cheared by the rays of hope, and liberty fetter the arms of oppression. May a joke never be forestalled by a laugh. May vanity be punished with inattention, and merit be rewarded with respect. May we ever be attentive to the boundless influence of Jove. May obscure merit raise its crest. May the mind be free from envy, and to charity inclinded. May paper-credit never lend to corruption wings to soar. May might never overcome right. May we not vainly glitter in the sphere of change. May we always be bomb-proof against villainy. May we never be stranded at Cuckold's Point. May we never swear a man out of a just debt, nor a credulous girl of her virtue. May we never want courage when put to the shift. May the end of the chase prove the beginning of happiness. May British cuckolds never want horns. May we strive to avoid law as we do the devil. may the thirst after blood never disgrace a British sportsman. May the villain who robs my daughter of her virtue outlive every friend. May we live in pleasure and die out of debt. May French principles never corrupt English manners. May we ever triumph over jealousy and envy. May every sport prove as innocent as those of the field. May the welth of rogues devolve upon hones men. May our joy be lasting and our happiness sincere. May the joys of the fair give pleasure to the heart. May love and reason be friends, and beauty and prudence marry. May the navy of Great Britain never know defeat but by name. May those who delight in war share in its calamities. May Lover's Vows never end in Lovers Quarrels. May those who find the Way to get Married, find A Cure for the Heart Ache. May old friends never be forgot for new ones. May the endeavours of industry and honesty flourish. May we never want a Nelson to show the French we can beat them with one hand. May we always run the game breast high. May the horns of a buck never disgrace the sportman's brows. May our hounds, horses and hearts never fail us. May every fox hunter be well mounted. May we never want a bait when we fish for content. May the laurels of old England never be blighted. May all inconstant wives be sent to Coventry. May Briton's hearts be like their ships, heart of Oak. may Briton's he friends to forget and forgive. May we never cease to deserve well of our country. May we always experience friendship without interest, and love without deceit. May the streams of rapture meet each other, and seize life in the middle current. May friendship be enlivened by good humour, but never wounded by wit. May those who love a crack of the whip never want a brush to pursue. May our laws gaurd our liberties, and nver be depraved by oppression. May we cease to live when honesty forsakes us. May we never insult the misfortunes of others. May the journey through life be as sweet as its short. May the benevolent never know poverty. May we never want wine nor a friend to partake of it. May the enemies of Britain never eat the bread thereof, or if they do, be choaked with the first morsel. May wealth and beauty less than virtue please. May the sparks of love brighten into flame. May our friends have no burthen, and futurity no terrors. May justice overtake oppression. May the moments of mirth be regulated by the dial of reason. May the necccessity of parliamentary reforem triumph over all the opposition of corrupt convenience. May the principles of liberty be disseminated through the armies of tyrants, and may every soldier become a citizen. May those who are persecuted for their attachment to the cause of freedom, be supported by those who wish to be free. May the monument erected in France to liberty, serve as a lesson to the oppressors, and an example to the oppressed. Mercy to the vanquished, and punishment to the rebelious. May pleasure tempt and virtue move. May we consult impartial friends. May we never dread the crime of being poor. May the grammar of life be construed with the accidents. May the turnpike road to happiness be free from toll bars, and bye-ways furnished with guide-posts. May the examples of evil produce good conduct -- and may reward effect that reformation to which punishment has proved ineffectual. May every succeeding century maintain the principles of the glorious revolution, enjoy the blessings of them, and transmit them to future ages unimpaired. May the sharp scythe of the law mow down all monopolizers. May our admirals always act admirably. May the gallic cock never tread among the British poultry. May the English Mars ever subdue the French Hercules. May the navy of England meet the army of England half seas over. May the prude never prevail, nor the coquet have power to conquer. May car be a stranger to the honest heart. May the king never want health, nor his subjects never want obediaence. May we be always attached to those who persevere in generous endeavours to promote the welfare of their country. May every aim be atchieved by labor and art. May we never ush intrepid into vice. May our language be pure, so as to give profit and delight. May we in powers distinct excel. May the rich be charitable and the poor grateful. May the faults of our neighbors be hid, and their virtues glaring. May we always detest the malice of those who attempt to disunite the interest of our king and country, which are ever inseparable. May our friendship continue as long as the sun. May we never want spirit and resolution to protect and defend our independency against the powerful attack of unbridled ambition. May those who give pleasure never fail to enjoy it. May the soldier never fall a sacrifice but to glory. May we anchor safe on reason's peaceful coast. May we do as we would be done by. May morality serve our turn in prosperity. May the names of Russel and Cavendish be ever united in the defense of the liberties of their country. May the desires of our hearts be virtuous and those desires gratified. May Britions never Feel want, nor ever want the sense of feeling. May the lamp of friendship be lighted with the oil of sincerity. May health paint hte cheek and sincerity the heart. May we always command success by deserving it. may we breakfast with health, dine with friendship, crack a blttle with mirth , and sup with goddess Contentment. May we always have a friend and know his value. May they never want who have spirit to spend. May he that made a devil take us all. May prudence, moderation, and an invariable attention to the public good, cement the people of England. May every day be happier than the last. May every honest man turn out a roge. May we fly from the temptation we cannot resist. May fortune recover her eye-sight, and be just in distributioon of her favors. May our wants be sown in so fruitful a soil as to produce immediat relief. May bashful merit rise to favor, and daring ignorance sink to contempt. May Britons never have a tyrant to oppose. May our principles be upright, and our morals pure. May we never be lost to hop. May the intercourse of love never give occasion for the doctor. May our wealth or our wit never be thrown away upon undeservers. May calumny fall a sleep, and that sleep prove eternal. May we be loved by those whom we love. May poverty be ever a day's march behind us. May genius and merit never want a friend. May we kiss whom we please, and please whom we kiss. [pg.22] May we always mean well and act accordingly. May hope enlarge the prosepect of misery. May we be kind-- but not in words alone. May interst never pervert the mind. May the tar that loses one eye in defence of his country never see distress with the other. May the blessings of freedom be equally bestowed. May we love all mankind and flatter none. May the social manners ever distinguish us as men. May gold bestow what nature wants. May good nature and good sense ever be united. May goodness prevail when beauty fails. May we shine in genius, science, and in arts. Merit to gain a heart and sense to keep it. May generosity never be overtaken by poverty. May our pleasures continue and our sorrows be distant. may the fiery trials of adversity lead us to the scenes of bliss. May we never affect that which nature denies us. May our afflictions throw our virtues into practice. May the enemies of Great Britain be destitute of beef and claret. May we be silent on the follies of others, which, at a certain period of life, we were guilty of ourselves. May we a Christians be zealous without uncharitableness -- as subjects loyal without servility -- and as citizens free without faction. May all honest souls find a friend in need. May those who love truly be always believed, May we be always able to distinguish those who by steady and uniform adherence to their duty distinguish themselves. May we never have cause to put on mourning. May our pleasures be boundless while we have time to enjoy them. May we succeed in all our undertakings. May the fair daughters of Britain be resplendent in beauty, virtue and honor. May a virtuous offspring succeed to mutual and honorable love. May we be happy and our enemies know it. [pg. 24] May mirth and good fellowship be always in fashion. May the blossoms of liberty never be blighted. May the men leave roving and the women deceit. May the man we love be hones-- and the land we live in free. May the confidence of love be rewarded with constancy in its object. May a polished heart make amends for a rough counteance. May every smooth face proclaim a smoother heart. May the judgment of our benches never be biased. May the poor man merit esteem, and the rich veneration. May our passions be governed with reason, and our wishes by moderation. May every day bring more happiness than its yesterday. May the love of money never make us foret the Christain duties. May the presence of the fair, curb the wish of the licentious/ May the interst of the king and kngdom never be thought distinct. May we look forward with pleasure and back without remorse. May our fears prove goundless and our hopes certain. May the trade of this country increase, and be supported by unity, peace and concord. May we always part with regret, but meet again with pleasure. May those who would revel in the ruin of Britian or her ladies, dance in a hempen neckcloth. May perjuers lose their ears. May real merit meet reward, and its counterfeit punishment. May merit never be compelled to be for reward. May loyalty flourish for ever. May those who fall by msifortune be lifted up by the hand of friendship. May the bankrupt laws soon become needless in Great Britian. May the laws of the land be always consonant to those of nature. May artificial coloring be always perceived through every veil of disguise. May the annals of Great Britain never suffer a moral or political plot. May the frown of avarice never disfigue the face of a Briton. May good examples find many imitators, butr bad one few to notice them. May filial piety be ever the result of a religious education. May solid honor soon take place of seeming religion. May each soldier of England a bright aegis bear, May the appearance of sorrows always direct us to adopt consolation. May we take reason a patience in the right hand, and hope in the left. May honesty as well as policy attend on the government of the nation. May we live happy and die in peace with all mankind. May an honest passion always find a steady return of its favors. May noise and nonsense be ever banished from social company. May the unsuspecting man never be deceived. May the honorable lover be blessed with object of his wishes. May the rich consider the distress of the needy. May a happy opportunity never be neglected. May the favored lover never be ungrateful. May we never make matrimony a matter of money. May all our pleasures bear reflection. May the wings of love never receive a molting through the means of a severe reprimand. May honesty never be ashamed of an unfashionable garment. May honor and honesty make the grand tour uncontaminated. May he who has a spirit to resent a wrong, have a heart to forgive it. May the bud of affection be ripened by the sunshine of sincerity. May our pleasant thoughts be gilt with modest expressions. May our hearts never meditate that which our tongues should not disclose. May our girls always prove chaste, and British wives faithful. May depressed merit soon be exalted. May our friends always possess the three H's -- health, honor and happiness. May philosophy guide the passions and mend the heart. May we never seek other persons lives by venturing our own. May conquest crown, and mercy sanctify the sword of justice. May the bark of friendship never founder on the rock of deceit. May every mirror we look at cast an honest reflection. May reason be the pilot when passion blows the gale. May the law never be abused by strife. May we be social to all. May the mind be absent in expedients for inquitude. [sp correct!] May fortune resemble the bottle and bowl, and stand by the man that can't stand by himself. May reason be enthroned a supreme monarch, and our passions subject to his laws. May virtue increase her exports and imports, and vice become a bankrupt. May no sanguinary motives stimulate to any pursuit. May wisdom be the umpire when pleasure give the prize. May the sports of the field, May good hearts never want sweethearts. May we never want a bottle to convince us that wine does wonders. May we never crack a joke to crack a reputation. May the difference of creeds be ever left at the house of prayer. May the road of discretion lead us the way to tranquil repose. May poverty of spirit ever prohibit the miserly accumulation of riches from the sweets of social life. May the constant heart meet with a faithful companion. May May the misfortunes of others be always carefully examined as the chart of our conduct. May honor always allow honesty the duty due to a parent. May policy be the badge of prudence, so as to guard the avenues of discretion. May the deformity of other men's vice teach us to abhor our own. May we be more ready to correct our own faults than to publish the faults of others. May we never condemn by hear-say, nor applaud by fashion. May we never be so base as t envy the happiness of others. May we always be attached to those who persevere in generous endeavors to promote the welfare of their country. May the British sword ever be successful in a good cause but never unsheathed in a bad one. May we never speak to deceive, nor listen to betray. May prosperity ever be the attendant of a humane and benevolent heart. May he who wishes to deceive ever be deceived. May our endeavors be always successful, when engaged under the banner of justice. May we be always able to resist the assaults of prosperity and adversity. May those who flatter to betray May industry always be rewarded as the favorite of fortune. May the halt of our enemies always betray the lameness of their designs. May humility lead the uninspiring to the mount of laurell'd honors. Mirth, wine and love. May the ascent of innocence shew clearly the descent of infamy. May the gates of consolation be ever open to the children of affliction. May our wants never proceed from negligence of our own creating. May the unsuspecting female never be deceived by the guile of deception. May kings and subjects reign in each others hearts by love. may real merit never go unrewarded. may religion never be personated by the fraudulent purveyors of piety. May the factors of virtue never barter her consignments for sordid emoluments. May the heart of a sportsman never know affliction but by name. May the love of the chace never interrupt our attention to the welfare of our country. May the lovers of the chace never want the comforts of life. May the morality of individuals become the policy of nations. Modesty in our discourses, moderation in our wishes, and mutuality in our affection. May the money expended on charity feasts be converted to the use of the poor. May the pilot, reason, guide us safely to the harbor of perpetual rest. May the blush of conscious innocence ever deck the faces of the British fair. May the worth of the nation be ever inestimable. May the actors of vice sink in the first scene. May our joys with the fair give pleasure to the heart. May British virtue always find a protector, and never need one. May the generous heart ever meet a chaste mate. May the union of persons be always founded on that of hearts. may the friendly bosom never want a faithful friend. May the sighs fof sorrow never be lost in air. May the friendship smile in our cups, and content on our loves. May bad examples never corrupt the morals of our youth. May the works of our nights never fear the day-light. May every admiral in the British fleet imitate the actions of Nelson. May we never hurt our neighbor's peace by the desire of appearing witty. May prosperity never make us arrogant, nor adversity mean. May our thoughts never mislead our judgment. may our wars be just when forced to them, and our success brilliant and solid. May poverty never be looked on with contempt, nor wealth as a mark of merit. May the charms of music harmonize our hearts. May the produce of Britain ever exceed her consumption. May a quick consumption encourage our arts and manufactories. May ever Briton be loyal, and find a loyal protection. May vice never find entrance to the breast of a Briton. May hope never elude our grasp, nor fear appal our imagination. May religion and politics flow from upright and liberal principles. May equity govern each brach of the law, May the rights of Great Britain never be invaded by foreigners. May ever one be impatient to return to his home and family. May our artists never be forced into artifice to gain applause and fortune. May surrounding nations admire and prefer the exceellence of our arts and manufactures. May the voyage of life end in the haven of happiness. may the duties of social life never give way to selfishness. May all men of base principles be abandoned by their principles. May the eye that drops for the misfortune of others never shed a tear for its own. May avarice lose his purse, and benevolence find it. May our prudence secure us friends, but enable us to live without their assistance. May hope be the physician, when calamity is the disease. May our conscience be sound, though our fortune be rotten. May the lovers of the fair sex be ever modes, faithful, and fond. May the passions of women be stronger than the prejudice of education. May the heart of the sportsman never know sorrow but by name. May our pleasures be boundless, while we have time to enjoy them. May the adjective victories be ever joined to the substantive Britain. May virtue be our armor when wickedness is our assailant. May our friendship be perpetual, and our enemies be not so. Neglect to those who deffuse poison in their praise. Our absent friends. Oblivion to party rage. Our constitution, as settled at the revolution. Old wine and young women. [pg. 31]. Our favorite friends and favorite girl. Of all mechanics, may we long be in want of an undertaker. Our country-- may it continue to be the land of liberty to the end of the world. Our laughing friends and their funny concerns. Our wooden walls and their supporters. Plenty to the poor and feeling to the rich. Paddy O'Blarney's Toast-- Arrah, may we live all the days of our lives. [Swift? this is page 31] Prudence and temperance with claret and champaigne. Protection and provision to the industrious. Palsy to the hand of the assassin. Plenty to the benevolent and poverty to the miser. Politeness without affection, and plain dealing without rudeness. Prosperity to the city of London and the trade thereof. Prosperity to the family of the well-dones. Peace, plenty, and content to every true Briton. Plenty to a generous mind. Peace and liberty to all the world. Prosperity to the lovers of liberty's rights. Plenty of rope and a full swing to the enemy of his country. Pleasures which please on reflection. Perpetual disappointment to the enemies of old England. Pleasant poverty as a balance to discontented riches. Poverty always in the rear and hope and power ready to assist. Riches and honor to the charitable and humane. Riches to the generous and power to the merciful. Riches without pride and poverty without meanness. Reconciliation to our friends. Religion without superstition and remorse without despair. Relief to all oppressed and distressed. Religion without priestcraft and politics without party. Reason, truth and eloquence resided. Reason in our actions, religion in our thoughts and reflection in our expressions. Sense and wit united. Success to those who fight for the freedom of their country. Sincerity before marriage and fidelity afterwards. Success to our army, success to our fleet! Sprightliness in youth, stability in manhood, serenity in old age. Safe arrivals to our homeward and outward bound fleets. Success to that government which prefers armed citizens to armed slaves. Success to our hopes and enjoyment ot our wishes. Success to the lover and joy to the beloved. Sense to wine a heart and merit to keep it. Sunshine and good humour all over the world. Success to the industrious peasantry of England and may they profit by their industry. Success to the beagle that stoops to take up. Success to the blind ranger of Bushy Park. Sweetbriars, and the agreeable rubs of life. [bawdy?] Success to the fair for manning the navy. Success the to the statesman who dares be honest. Success to the lover and honor to the brave. Success to the rovers in Maidenhead thicket. [bawdy?] Success to our arms by sea and land. Short shoes and long corns to the enemies of Great Britain. [pg.32] The abolition of domestic slavery throughout the world. The pleasures of agriculture. The pledges of peaceful times. The jolly sailor's Saturday-night's toast--"Sweethearts and wives." [Does this confirm the set toasts? pg 33] To the girls of our hearts here's a bumper, brave boys. The road to honor, through the pains of virtue. The jolly sportsman that never beats about the bush. The noblest spot in the female creation. [BAWDY! pg.33] The suffolk filly, that never threw her rider out of the saddle. [bawdy] The modest maid, who covered herself with her lover. [bawdy, pg.33] The female chymist that extracts the sweets. The jolly sportsman that enters the covert without being bit by the fox. The amusements of innocence. The tars of Old England. The welfare of all mankind. The blessings of a reign of peace, and the glories of a golden age. The man who feels for sorrows not his own. The D. of C., and success to his coat when crossing the Jordan. The commodity most thought of and least talk'd of. [bawdy, pg33.] The fox's brush over the thatched cabin. [bawdy] The huntsman's deer that does not wear horns. The huntress that never fails to start game. The beagle that runs by nose and not by sight. The man we prize and the maid we love. To the memory of our departed friends. The gallant huntsman that plunges into the deep in pursuit of his object. The brave sportsman that always erects his crest the moment he sees his game. [bawdy?] The reduction of our wants and the attainments of our wishes. The comforts of matrimony and the single happy. The fountain of love in all its purity. The friends of humanity throughout the globe. The man of pleasure who is the friend of virtue. The happy welcome and the kind reception. Taste to our pleasure and pleasure to our taste. The wise man's passion and the vain man's toast. The widow and her virgin sisters. The old oath of the Greeks -- Those who prefer liberty to life. The sailor's delight-- A kind lass, a can of flip and enemy in chace. The harvest of life -- Love, with and good humor. The charming Sally, the harbor of love, safe anchorage, strong cables, and distant from Cuckold Point. [Bawdy page 34]. The benevolent maid that generously lent her cargo to put poor Robin in. [Bawdy?] The dignity of a woman that makes a man stand uncovered. [bawdy] The universal freedom and interest of mankind. The life we love and those we love. The hand that gives and the heart that forgives. The union of two fond hearts. The union of friendship -- Love and wine. The Fishmonger's toast -- May those who live by crimping die by crimping. The mare with the scorched tail. The companions of beauty -- Modesty and love. The sportive huntress that would ride a stride before she would lose the game. [bawdy. page 34] The woman we love and the friend we dare trust. The rose of pleasure without the thorn. The pleasures of imagination realized. The sweets of sensibility without the bitters. The palace of enchantment under the fig leaf. [bawdy] The nation, the law and the king. The old clothsman that deals in women's things. The polite arts and may they flourish to eternity. The cause of liberty through out the world. The votaries of the muses -- Wit, humor and good-nature. The spring of life and fountain of enjoyment. [bawdy] The black spot in the Isle of Wight. [bawdy?] The resurrection of friendship, and the funeral of animosity. The hearts that sympathy unites, may Hymen join. The inside of a house and the outside of a prison. The heart that feels and the hand that gives. The nice housemaid and the losing gamester. The common mistress of us all -- Fortune. The greatest blessing heaven can send. The sunshine of the soul -- A Friend. The vital principle of life -- Health. The great prerogative of human kind -- Liberty. The universal advancement of arts and sciences. The pillar of love -- Kindness and Constancy. The hopes of all the years to come. The pearls which lay in muddy waters. The free purse and willing hand. The face that nature paints, and the heart that knows no deception. The magic power which can make even folly please-- Good-humor. The heart that grace to shadow gives -- Painting. The young who labor and the old who rest. The staunch pack that a sheet will cover The linen draper -- Yard in one hand and linen in the other. The small circle of our female friends widened. [bawdy. pg 35] The maiden's blush and the virgin of fifteen. The pleasing game of laugh and lay down. [Bawdy?] The female economist that saves what is expended. [Bawdy?] The honest butcher of our parish, with his rumps, buttocks and sticking pieces. [Bawdy?] The fig-leaf of Eve and the commodities of Britain. The sons of humor and the daughters of love. The two that makes a third. [bawdy pg. 35] The road to a christening. [bawdy] The miser's doom -- Abundance. The sex of queens. The winter of life, and may we glory in the company of its effects. The love of liberty, and the liberty of love. The cunning hare that always flatters when she beholds her pursuers. The memory of those who fall in defense of their king and country. The invigorating star that shines above the garter. [bawdy. page 36. compare with Merry Muses] The merry terrier, that never fails entering the earth. [Bawdy] The honest tar who ventures life and limb. The delightful prospect of Bush-Hill and the beautiful prospect under the brow. [bawdy?] The lovely maid of all work. [bawdy? reference to prostitution?] The staunch hound that never spends tongue but where he ought. Virtue for a guide and for an attendant. When anger clouds the brow, may forgiveness sit in the heart. Warmth to every heart in a good cause. What we cannot obtain may we never desire. We meet to be merry, then let us part wise, When wine enlivens the heart, may friendship surround the bottle. When men act fair, may their friends always burn with friendship to support them. [Homosexuality? men at fair ... fair is in reference to women. May their friends always burn... burn is in reference to "burn one for another" -- homosexuality -- ???] Wit without bitterness and mirth without noise. When the arm conquers may the heart forgive. When we hunt for a hart may we we never meet a stag. When we hunt the true pleasure of life may we always have our game in view. When precepts fail, may actions command. When we catch the eye may we convince the mind. When love attacks the heart may honor be the proposer of a truce.
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