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THE QUAVER;
OR,
SONGSTER'S POCKET COMPANION.
CONTAINING UPWARDS OP
ONE THOUSAND
OF THE MOST POPULAR
SONGS, TOASTS, SENTIMENTS,
AND RECITATIONS. LONDON:
PRINTED FOR THE BOOKSELLERS.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
THE QUEEN, and may she always live in the hearts of her Subjects.
May the health of our Sovereign keep pace with the wishes of her people.
The Queen, and success to her arms by sea and land.
The Princess Royal.
All the Royal Family.
All our independent Nobles, and all noble hearts.
May the constitution of Great Britain and Ireland flourish and prosper to the
latest posterity.
Firmness in the senate, valour in the field, and fortitude on the waves.
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 meanest Briton scorn the highest slave.
Britons in unity, and unity in Britons.
A cobweb pair of breeches, a porcupine saddle, a hard-trotting horse, and a long
journey, to the enemies of Britain.
May the worth of the nation be ever inestimable.
May kings and subjects reign in each other's hearts by love.
May he who has neither wife, nor estate, in Britain, never have a share in the
government of it.
A speedy export t all the enemies of Britain without
a drawback.
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482 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
May British virtue shine when every other light is out. The commerce of Britain
and Ireland. The Rose, Thistle, and Shamrock, may they flourish united by the
common graft of Union.
The land of the Rose,
Where liberty glows.
The land of the Shamrock,
The Emerald Isle.
The land of the Thistle,
And heather so green.
May we never know any other difference between
England and Ireland than St. George's Channel. May the enemies of Great Britain
and Ireland never
meet a friend in either country. May every succeeding century maintain the
principles
of the glorious Revolution, enjoy the blessings of
them, and transmit them, unimpaired, to future ages. May the enemies of Great
Britain know the want of
beef and claret. May those who would revel in the ruin of Britain, or
her ladies, dance in a hempen neckcloth. May the annals of Great Britain never
suffer a moral
plot.
Annihilation to the trade of corruption. May the produce of Great Britain never
exceed her
consumption.
May every Briton be loyal and find a loyal protection. May loyalty flourish for
ever. May the rights of Great Britain never be invaded by
foreigners.
Success to our arms by sea and land. Short shoes and long corns to the enemies
of Great
Britain. May the hearts of our sons be modest and brave, and
our daughter modest and pure.
May the thorns of the Thistle, the thorns of the Rose, *
Be ever the portion of Great Britain's foes. Britain ; and may the land of our
nativity be ever the
abode of freedom, and the birth-place of heroes.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 483
May we ever honestly uphold our rights.
May the pleasures of Britons be as pure as their breezes, and their virtues firm
as their oaks.
Addition to our trade, multiplication to our manufactories, subtraction to our
taxes, and reduction to places and pensions.
May the rights of the people to a fair and equal representation in parliament
never again be dispersed.
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.
Confusion to those who, wearing the mask of patriotism, pull it off, and desert
the cause of liberty in the day of trial.
Disappointment to those who form expectations of places and pensions on the ruin
of their country.
improvement to the inventions of our country.
Improvement to our arts, and invention to our artists.
Liberty, prosperity, and security from oppression.
May truth and liberty prevail throughout the world.
May the protecting arm of the civil power always defend our rights.
May the tree of liberty flourish round the globe, and every human being partake
of its fruits.
The land of our forefathers, may it ever continue free.
May the weight of our taxes never bend the back of our credit.
May our enemies never touch the union dish—roast-beef, barley-cakes, puddings,
and potatoes.
May trade and manufactures be unrestrained by the fetters of monopoly.
May the skin of our foes be turned into parchment, and our rights written
thereon.
May he who plots the nation's downfall get what he deserves—a halter.
May we, as Christians, be zealous without uncharitableness—as subjects, loyal
without servility—and, as citizens, free without faction.
May the blossoms of liberty never be blighted.
484 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
The three great Generals in power—General Peace, General Plenty, and General
Satisfaction.
May surrounding nations admire, and prefer the excellence of our arts and
manufactures. Success to our army, success to our fleet ; And our foes be
compell'd to bend at our feet.
May the laurels of Great Britain never be blighted.
May the liberties of man never be clipped by the sheers of bad economy.
May our country ever be, as it always has been, a secure asylum to the
unfortunate and oppressed.
The English rose—may it never be grafted on any foreign stock.
The Sea, and may it always bring a spring tide of joy to Great Britain.
May the tar who loses one eye in defence of his country, never see distress with
the other.
The tar that sticks like pitch to his duty.
The foe well tarred, and tars well feathered.
Britain's sheet anchor, her tars, and the wooden walls of Old England.
Should the French come to Dover, may they miss Deal in their landing.
May our brave tars never be in the Fleet (prison).
England's bull-dogs—may they be ever ready to receive the enemy in good stile.
Long may the foe tremble, and every friend rejoice, at the arrival of the
British fleet.
Lots of beef and oceans of grog.
May the tars of Old England triumphantly sail,
And over its enemies ever prevail.
May the Navy of Great Britain never know defeat but by name.
The world's wonder, and Great Britain's pride—her
Navy. May the boat of Pleasure always be steered by the
pilot of Reason.
May we never want a Nelson, to show an enemy that we can beat them with one
hand.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 485
May our enemies be pickled in the brine that preserves Old England.
An army that will stand ; but no standing army.
Days of ease, and nights of pleasure.
The roses of Love without the thorns.
Laughing lovers to merry maids.
May we kiss whom we please, and please whom we kiss.
May the wings of Love lose every feather.
The single married, and the married happy.
A Friend, and a bottle to give him.
May we never want wine, nor a friend to partake of it. A drop of good stuff, and
a snug party, To spend the evening social and hearty.
Cheerfulness in our cups, content in our minds, and competency in our pockets.
Old wine and young women.
Friendly may we part, and quickly meet again.
May the evening's amusement always bear the morning's reflection.
May the hinges of friendship never rust.
May the lamp of friendship be lighted with the oil of sincerity.
May we always have a friend, and know his value.
Ability to serve a friend, and honour to conceal it.
May we never see an old friend with a new face.
May merit never be compelled to beg for reward.
May we never break a joke to crack a reputation.
Our injuries written in sand, and our friendship in marble.
May our endeavours to please be always crowned with success.
May the heart that sympathizes in the distresses of others, never sorrow over
its own misfortunes alone.
May the morning of prosperity shine on the evening of adversity.
May we never want a bait when we fish for content.
All Fortune's daughters except the eldest, Mis fortune.
Good luck till we are tired of it.
Good trade and well paid.
486 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
Blest with content, and from misfortunes free, Long may we live, and happy may
we be.
May we never know sorrow but by name.
May we never make a sword of our tongues to wound the character of a good man.
May we be always merry as wise, and wise as merry.
May we always delight to please.
May our pleasures be free from the stings of remorse.
May misfortunes make us wise.
May the desires of our hearts be virtuous, and those desires gratified.
May poverty ever remain a day's march behind us.
May the women we love be honest, and the land we live in free.
May every day bring more happiness than yesterday.
May real merit meet reward, and its counterfeit punishment.
May we always be able to resist the assaults of prosperity and adversity.
May the gates of consolation be ever open to the children of affliction.
May prosperity never make us arrogant, nor adversity mean.
Plenty to the poor, and feeling to the rich.
The grey-headed man, whose actions have secured the approbation of all good men.
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May we cease to blame the ways of Providence.
May the tongue speak the sentiments of the heart.
May we look forward with pleasure, and backward with content.
May casual mistakes never be construed into wilful crimes.
Sprightliness in youth, stability in manhood, and serenity in old age.
May we always see our neighbour's distresses with an eye of compassion.
May temptation never conquer virtue.
Life's best pilot, wisdom and discretion.
May appetite attend on good living, and health wait on both.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 487
May our love for our Queen have no bounds, nor our fear of her need any.
May sprigs of liberty adorn the fire-side of John Bull.
May the whole universe be incorporated into one city, and every inhabitant be
presented with the freedom.
May all the governments of the world speak the will, and promote the happiness
of the governed.
Everlasting happiness to the man who gave the deathblow to the slave-trade.
All the societies associated for promoting the happiness of the human race.
May revolutions never cease while tyranny exists.
May the freedom of election be preserved, the trial by jury maintained, and the
liberty of the press secured, to the latest posterity.
May all mankind make free to enjoy the blessings of liberty, but never take the
liberty to subvert the principles of freedom.
May our councils be wise, and our commerce increase.
May the miseries of war never more have existence among enlightened nations.
Confusion to those despots who combine themselves against the liberties of
mankind.
May the frowns of avarice never disfigure the face of a Briton.
Health to the Queen ; prosperity to the people ; and may her ministry ever
direct their endeavours to the public good.
May the whole world become more and more enlightened and civilized.
May every civil government be founded on the natural rights of man.
May civil and religious liberty always go hand in hand.
May civil distinctions among men be founded upon public utility.
May the halt of our enemies always betray the lameness of their designs.
To all honest reformers of our country.
May British virtue always find a protector, but never need one.
488 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
May the laws of the land be always consonant to those of nature.
The liberty of the press, and success to its defenders.
May equity govern every branch of the law.
May the glorious liberties of the people be immortal.
May religion and politics flow from upright and liberal principles.
Our country, may it continue to be the land of liberty to the end of the world.
The inside of a house, and the outside of a prison.
The pleasure of pleasing.
The resurrection of friendship, and the funeral of animosity,
May we strive to avoid law as we do the devil.
A merry heart and a full purse.
An upright judge, and a downright jury.
Fair days, fair times, and fair ladies.
No magic but the magic of bright eyes.
May big wigs cover wise heads.
May the devil never show his cloven foot.
Success to that government which prefers armed citizens to armed slaves.
The abolition of domestic slavery throughout the world.
Success to the industrious peasantry of Great Britain and Ireland, and may they
profit by their industry.
Religion without priestcraft, and politics without party.
May the brow of the brave never want a wreath to adorn it.
The Queen, and may true Britons never be without her likeness in their pockets.
Holiness to our pastors, honesty to our magistrates, and humanity to our rulers.
May those who delight in war, share its calamities. May Peace o'er Britain
spread her wings, And commerce fill her ports with gold.
May the smiles of peace disperse the frowns of war.
May neither precedent nor antiquity be a sanction to errors.
May taxation be lessened annually.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 489
May the nation that plots against another's liberty or prosperity, fall a victim
to its own intrigues.
May he who betrays his country, know the want of a country to shelter in.
May those who root up the tree of liberty be crushed by its fall.
Honour and affluence to the patrons of trade, liberty, and property.
May the love of country be imprinted in every Briton's breast.
A lasting peace, or an honourable war.
May the brave heart never want protection.
An Englishman's birthright, trial by jury.
May our seamen, from the captain to the cabin-boy, be like our ships, hearts of
oak.
May the ensigns of the British Navy always prove the harbingers of dismay and
defeat to their enemies, and of confidence and security to the allies of their
country.
May the tar who has lost a leg, an arm, or any of his members in the defence of
his country, be re-membered by his Brave countrymen.
May the gale of prosperity waft us into the port of happiness.
More hard ships to Britain, and less to her enemies.
Riches to seamen's widows and orphans.
A broadside of comfort to every distressed heart.
May no true son of Neptune ever flinch from his gun.
Girls for sailors, and sailors well stored for girls.
Grape-shot to our friends, and chain-shot to our enemies.
A round dozen to all pirates.
The immortal memory of Lord Nelson, and may every British Admiral follow his
example.
Our naval affairs well managed.
Neptune's favourites, British sailors.
A British seaman's toast : success to every young cockboat who ventures on the
sea in defence of Great Britain.
490 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
May British tars be, like their ships, hearts of oak.
Old England's wooden walls.
All ships at sea, and all sea-ships.
Success to the fair for manning the Navy.
May the offspring of the brave tar, who falls in the defence of his country,
never want a protector or home.
The British Army. May its distinguishing characteristics be, fortitude in the
hour of disaster, courage in the hour of danger, and mercy in the hour of
victory.
When honour is to be decided by the sword, may it never find its way to the
heart.
May the army of Great Britain never feel dismay at its enemies.
May the soldier never fall a sacrifice but to glory.
The Waterloo heroes, and may the widows and children of those who fell in that
memorable battle, never feel distress through their death.
May the brave soldier, who never turned his back to the enemy, never have a
friend turn his back to him.
The soldier's boast, an unsullied honour.
May the arms borne by a soldier never be used in a bad cause.
May the soldier's orphan never want a protector.
Beauty without affectation, and virtue without deceit.
Love without licentiousness, and pleasure without parade.
May the cautious fair one never be deceived by the appearance of Love.
May Love and Reason be friends, and Beauty and Prudence marry.
May " Lovers' Vows" never end in " Lover's Quarrels."
Her I love best.
Sincerity before marriage, and fidelity afterwards.
A speedy union to every lad and lass.
Beauty's best companion, Modesty.
Charms to strike the sight, and merit to win the heart,
May the honourable lover never be deceived in the object of his affections.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 491
Love and opportunity.
Love in every breast, liberty in every heart, and learning in every head.
Long life, pure love, and boundless liberty. Love without fear, and life without
care. Life, love, liberty, and true friendship. May the lovers of the fair sex
never want means to
support and defend them. May we give way to that which unbends the force of
thought, Love.
May the villain who robs a modest female of her virtue, outlive every friend.
May the joys of the fair give pleasure to the heart. May the sparks of love
brighten into a flame. May we be beloved by those we love. May the fair
daughters of Britain be resplendent in
beauty, virtue, and honour. May the confidence of love be rewarded with
constancy
to its object. May the honourable lover be blessed with the object
of his wishes.
The lass we love, and the friend we can trust. The charming companions of
beauty, Modesty and
virtue.
The greatest blessing Heaven can send, a good wife. The pillars of Love,
Kindness and Constancy. The face that Nature paints, and the heart that knows
no deception.
May the generous heart ever meet a chaste mate. When Love attacks the heart, may
honour be the pro»
poser of a truce. May the union of persons be always founded on that
of hearts.
Constancy in love, and sincerity in friendship. Sense to win a heart, and merit
to keep it. May the blush of conscious innocence ever deck the
faces of the British fair.
May our joys with the fair give pleasure to the heart. May the tempers of wives
be suited to those of their
husbands.
492 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
May those we love truly be ever believ'd, And those who deceive us be ever
deceiv'd.
The love of liberty, and the liberty of love.
May those who enter the rosy paths of matrimony never meet with thorns.
May matrimony and domestic bliss go hand in hand.
May we never overleap the bounds of prudence, nor trespass on the bosom of
friendship.
Love to one, friendship to a few, and good-will to all.
May our love of the glass never make us forget decency.
May Fortune resemble the bottle and bowl, and stand by the man who can't stand
by himself.
May we act with reason when the bottle circulates.
When wine enlivens the heart, may friendship surround the bottle.
May the moments of mirth be regulated by the dial of reason.
A bottle at night and business in the morning.
A hearty supper, a full bottle, and a soft bed, to the man who fights the
battles of his country.
Good wine and good company, to the lovers of reasonable enjoyment.
May the juice of the rich grape enliven each soul. And good-humour preside at
the head of each bowl. We meet to be merry, then let us part wise, Nor suffer
the bottle to blind Reason's eyes.
Friendship without interest, and love without deceit.
Fidelity to our friends, and grace to our enemies.
Gratitude to preserve old friends, and good behaviour to procure new ones.
Heaven's best gift—a friend.
May friendship draw the cork, and love the curtain.
May the bark of friendship never stike on the rock of deceit.
May we be rich in friends rather than money.
May friendship, love, and truth, unite.
May all honest souls find a friend in need.
May we never, by overleaping the bounds of prudence, trespass upon the limits of
friendship.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 493
May old friends never be forgotten for new ones.
May friendship be enlivened by good-humour, but never wounded by wit.
May the difference of opinion never divide friends.
Our favourite friends and favourite girl.
The sunshine of the soul—a friend.
May our friendship continue as long as our lives,
May he that deserts his friend in the time of need, come to know the want of
one.
The soul of friendship, honour.
May our hounds, horses, and hearts, never fail us.
May every fox hunter be well mounted.
May the heart of the sportsman never know affliction hut by name.
The jolly sportsman that beats about the bush.
The huntress that never fails to start game.
May we always run the game breast high.
May opinion never float on the wave of ignorance.
May our actions ever evince the belief that honesty is the best policy.
May the pleasures of youth afford us consolation in age.
May health paint the cheek, and sincerity the mind.
May bashful merit rise to favour, and daring insolence sink into contempt.
May the wealth of rogues devolve on honest men.
Every virtuous woman happy, every vicious one penitent.
May fortune fill the cup where charity guides the hand.
May the devil never pay visits abroad, nor receive company at home.
Liberty, may it never degenerate into licentiousness.
May we look around with pleasure, and upward with gratitude.
Humanity in prosperity, and fortitude in distress.
May the sunshine of comfort dispel the cloud of care.
Poverty always at the rear, and hope and power ready to assist.
All our wants supplied, and our virtuous wishes satisfied.
494 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
All we wish and all we want, when we ask nothing unreasonable.
Desire and ability to do good.
Equal punishment to the ragged rascal and the rich villain.
Faith in every kind of commerce.
From discord may harmony arise.
Freedom to those who dare honourably to contend for it.
Frugality without meanness.
Freedom to the slave.
Great men honest, and honest men great.
However obscure we are by birth, may we never be renowned for crimes.
Hastiness in doing good, and horror in doing evil. A pot and a pipe, and a
good-natured wife, Just to make me feel happy the rest of my life,
Humanity in prosperity, and fortitude in distress.
Health of body, peace of mind, a clean shirt, and a guinea.
Integrity to those who wear the robe of justice.
May the mind never feel the decay of the body.
Honest men and bonny lasses.
May the best day we have seen be the worst in our lives.
May we learn to live well.
May harmony arise from the ashes of discord.
May the vicious thorn be eclipsed by the budding rose.
May each succeeding moment be as happy as the last.
May meanness never accompany riches.
May we never be blind to our own errors.
May we cherish hope and conquer fear.
May we be slaves to nothing but our duty.
Our happiness sincere, and our joys lasting.
May the cheerful heart never want a pleasant companion.
May Poverty never stare us in the face without presenting Hope as her successor.
May our principles be upright, and our morals pure.
May discerning eyes bestow chanty, and discerning objects receive it.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 495
May we derive amusement from business and improvement from pleasure.
May private grief never affect the public welfare.
May length of days be crowned with prudence.
May we always be in possession of the power to please.
May our looks never be at variance with our thoughts.
May the prison gloom be cheered by the rays of hope, and liberty fetter the arms
of oppression.
May we never want courage when put to the shift.
May we live in honest pleasure and die out of debt.
May the turnpike-road to happiness be free frem toll-bars and bye-ways, and
furnished with guide-posts.
May every honest man turn out a rogue.
May the juice of the grape never drive reason from her post.
May our own wants never proceed from negligence of our own creating.
May our thoughts never mislead our judgments.
May the duties of social life never give way to selfishness.
Palsy to the hand of the assassin.
Plenty to the benevolent, and poverty to the miser.
Riches and honour to the charitable and humane.
Riches to the generous, and power to the merciful. Gaiety in innocence.
May those who are first in sway be foremost in virtue.
The freedom of the press.
May happiness increase with length of years.
Health, happiness, riches, and a good wife.
Success to those who wish it to others.
The life we love, with those we love.
The land we live in.
Short shoes and long corns to our enemies.
Reconciliation to our friends.
Lenity to the faults of others, and sense to discover our own.
Pretty frigates well rigged, and jolly boys to man them.
May our laws guard our liberty, and our liberty our laws.
496 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
May mirth exalt the feast.
May the polished heart make amends for a rough countenance.
May might never overcome right.
Champagne to our real friends, and real pain to our sham friends.
A fig for care.
The pleasures of imagination realized.
Envy in an air-pump without a passage to breathe through.
When we watch in a calm, may we be always prepared for a storm.
Church and Queen.
Charms to strike the sight, and merit to win the heart.
A Venus born from Ocean's bed—Britannia.
May British virtue shine when every other light is out.
The jolly sportsman that enters the covert without being bit by the fox.
The fox's brush over the thatched tavern.
Artless love, and disinterested friendship.
Here's to the mouth that can keep a secret.
May our friends always possess the three H's—Health, Honour, and Happiness.
Harmony all over the world.
May the journey through life be as sweet as it is short.
May we never be stranded on Cuckold's Point.
Friendship in marble, animosity in dust.
May we always be bomb-proof against villany.
May the streams of rapture meet each other, and seize life in the middle
current.
Our absent friends.
Caledonia ; may it ever be the abode of freedom, and the birth-place of heroes.
In the voyage of life, may content be our cabin passenger.
All tails but tell-tales.
Emulation in virtuous breasts.
Here's life dainty dressed with the sweet sauce of kisses.
TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS. 497
Gold to every lad distressed by misfortune's leaden hand.
Politeness without affectation, and plain dealing without rudeness.
Oblivion to party rage.
Faddy Ï'Blarney's toast—Arrah, may we live all the days of our lives.
May the coward never wear a red coat, nor the hypocrite a black one.
The complaisant door that opens before you knock.
The man that feels for sorrows not his own.
The beginning and end of love.
May paper-credit never lend to corruption wings to soar.
May we always detest the malice of those who attempt to disunite the interest of
our Queen and country, which should be ever inseparable.
Laurel water to the enemies of the constitution.
May our trade and manufactories be unrestrained by the fetters of monopoly.
May the laws never be misconstrued.
May Britons never have a tyrant to oppose.
May Britons never invade the rights of others.
A strong cord and a long cord to those who make discord.
May the hospitable hearts of the Sons of Blunder never be seduced from their
attachment to the constitution.
Greenwich Hospital, and health to its supporters.
May the adjective Victorious, be ever joined to the substantive Britain.
Every soldier his right, and every deserter a halter. Commerce universally
extended, And blood-stained war for ever ended.
May French principles never corrupt English manners.
May our commanders have the eye of a Hawke, and the heart of a Wolfe.
An elevated situation to the knave.
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498 TOASTS AND SENTIMENTS.
A hornpipe without shoes to him that betrays his friend.
May our friends have no burden, and futurity no terrors.
May friendship be the seed of kindness, and passion the sun that ripens into
love.
A pot and a whiff, and a good-natured wife.
As sensibility is the child of nature, may it ever be cherished.
Gratitude to remember, and sense to forget.
May the folly of those who ape the manners of the great be always held up to
ridicule.
May we always do unto others as we would they should do unto us.
The Glorious Revolution, which placed a William on the Throne—and when his
successors hazard another Revolution, may they be its first and only victims.
A lasting cement to all contending powers.
Brunswick's glory, and may it last till the end of time.
Friendship in a palace, and falsehood in a dungeon.
Gratitude to our friends, and grace to our foes.
Gratitude to preserve our friends, and good behaviour to procure new ones.
Home pleasant, and our friends at home.
In friendship and love may we never know vexation,
May the son of our friend live to be a better man than his father.
A good horse, a warm house, a snug estate, and agree« able wife, to every one
that deserves them.
Every thing of fortune but her instability.
Conscious innocence, and constant independence.
Fortune to the brave, and contentment to honesty,
END OF THE TOASTS.
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