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.