“The British Lion, may he never rise in anger and sit down in fear.”
The next is brief:—
“Death or Liberty.”
A popular toast is as follows:—
“Here’s to England, the ruler and queen of the waves,
May she ever be found to give freedom to slaves.
May she always extend to the weak and oppressed,
Those blessings with which her own have been blessed.
Lastly, let us quote one that in our day might be taken to heart by those in office:—
“May Ministers while they are servants of the Crown never forget that they are representatives of the people.”
Next in order come sentimental toasts. Examples of these may almost be culled at random to represent the whole, for there is a great sameness about them:—
“May our great men be good and our good men great.”
“May goodness prevail where beauty fails.”