Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
Chapter 21
To the bird in the hand that is worth two in the bush.
Our native, land: may we never be lawfully 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.
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 jump out of the frying-pan into the fire.
The three R's: Reading, 'Riting, and 'Rithmetic.
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.
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 the example of wearing British productions.
May Her Majesty's Ministers ever have wisdom 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.
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 French principles never corrupt English manners.
May the interests of the monarch and monarchy never be thought distinct.
May the worth of the nation be ever inestimable.
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 justice of a More and the wisdom of a Bacon.
Queen and Country.
Liberty, not licence.
Confusion to all men who desert their party.
Party ties before all other ties.
The Queen: may she outlive her Ministers, and may they live long.
A lasting cement to all contending powers.
The protectors of commerce and the promoters of charity.
A revision of the code of criminal laws.
The Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne.
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GASTRONOMIC.
Old England's roast beef: may it ever be the standing dish of Britons.
Our constitutional friends--the Baron and the Sir-loin.
Roast 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 Ireland, 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.
Justice to Ireland.
Ireland, Scotland, and England: may their union be happier than it has been.
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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.
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 gloriously fallen in the noble struggle for independence.
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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.
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 expectations 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.
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 transmit them to future ages unimpaired and improved.
May the whole universe be incorporated in one city, and every inhabitant presented with the freedom.
May Britons share the triumphs of freedom, 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.
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 oppose either in Church or State.
May the sons of liberty marry the daughters 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 unrestrained by the fetters of monopoly.
May the whole world become more enlightened and civilized.
May revolutions never cease while tyranny exists.
Our constitution as settled at the Revolution.
May the people of England always oppose 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 Revolution, and may a similar spirit actuate their descendants.
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 another's liberty or prosperity fall a victim to its own intrigues.
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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 unshackled.
The glorious literature of Scotland.
The glorious literature of Ireland.
The glorious literature of England.
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LOYAL.
QUEEN VICTORIA: and may her royal offspring adorn the position they are destined to fill.
All the royal family.
A speedy export to all the enemies of Britain without a drawback.
A lasting peace or an honourable war.
A health to our 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.
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 protector, 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.
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 remarkable 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.
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 corruption.
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.
May the honours of our nobility be without 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 faction, and as subjects loyal without servility.
May loyalty flourish for ever.
May liberty ever find an altar in Britain surrounded by devoted worshippers.
May the British bull never be cowed.
May our hearts ever be possessed with the love of country.
May the British soil alone produce freedom'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 unflinching hand, Their throne, their altar, and their native land.
May the liberties of the people be immortal.
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 never 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.
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.
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 foreign 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 their 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.
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 distinguish 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 distinguished for love, peace, and harmony.
All noblemen and right worshipful brothers who have been grand masters.
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 cheerfully gives it to a worthy brother.
Every brother who maintains a consistency in love and sincerity in friendship.
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 goldfinches 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 regulate the conduct of every brother.
May the morning have no occasion to censure the night spent by freemasons.
May the hearts of freemasons agree, although their heads should differ.
May every mason participate in the happiness 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 freemasons.
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.
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 indigent.
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 freemason.
Prosperity to masons and masonry
Relief to all indigent brethren.
To the secret and silent.
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 all 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.
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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.
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.
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 warlike 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 fall in defence of their country.
The memory of a great general and splendid genius, though ambitious and tyrannic--Napoleon Bonaparte.
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NAVAL.
May our iron-clads do as much as out-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.
May no true son of Neptune ever flinch 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.
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 inspire 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.
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 France 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 sport, may they ever be fortune's care.
The flag of England: may it ever brave the battle and the breeze.
The sea, the rough sea, the open sea: may our lives be spent upon it.
The sea, the sleepless guardian of the world.
The memory of Lord Howe and the glorious 1st of June.
Safe arrivals to our homeward and outward-bound fleets.
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RELIGIOUS.
The friends of religion, liberty, and science 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 Establishment.
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SENTIMENTAL.
May we ever have a sufficiency for ourselves, 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 artifice to gain applause and fortune.
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 pretension 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 deceived.
May noise and nonsense be ever banished from social company.
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 we 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.
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 affections.
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 always an attendant.
May we never repine at our condition, nor be depressed by poverty.
May reality strengthen the joys of imagination.
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.
May genius and merit never want a friend.
Adam's ale: and may so pure an element be always 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.