Routledge's Manual of Etiquette eBook

George Routledge
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 212 pages of information about Routledge's Manual of Etiquette.

Routledge's Manual of Etiquette eBook

George Routledge
This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 212 pages of information about Routledge's Manual of Etiquette.

    The three M’s: 
      Mirth, music, and moderation. 
        Mirth at every board. 
        Music in all instruments. 
        Moderation in our desires.

    The three golden balls of civilization: 
      Industry, commerce, and wealth.

    The three companions of beauty: 
      Modesty, love, and constancy.

    The three blessings of this life: 
      Health, wealth, and a good conscience.

    The four comforts of this life: 
      Love, liberty, health, and a contented mind.

    The three spirits that have no souls: 
      Brandy, rum, and gin.

    The three L’s;
      Love, loyalty, and length of days.

    The three M’s;
      Modesty, moderation, and mutuality. 
        Modesty in our discourse. 
        Moderation in our wishes. 
        Mutuality in our affection.

    THE MUSICIAN’S TOAST.—­May a crotchet in the head never bar
    the utterance of good notes.

    May the lovers of harmony never be in want of a note, and its
    enemies die in a common chord.

    THE SURGEON’S TOAST.—­The man that bleeds for his country.

    THE WAITER’S TOAST.—­The clever waiter who puts the cork in
    first and the liquor afterwards.

    THE GLAZIER’S TOAST.—­The praiseworthy glazier who takes
    panes to see his way through life.

THE GREENGROCER’S TOAST.—­May we spring up like vegetables, have turnip noses, radish cheeks, and carroty hair; and may our hearts never be hard like those of cabbages, nor may we be rotten at the core.

    THE PAINTER’S TOAST.—­When we work in the wet may we never
    want for driers.

    THE TALLOW CHANDLER’S TOAST.—­May we make light of our
    misfortunes, melt the fair when we press them, and make our
    foes wax warm in our favour.

    THE HATTER’S TOAST.—­When the rogue naps it, may the lesson
    be felt.

    THE TAILOR’S TOAST.—­May we always sheer out of a lawsuit,
    and by so doing cut bad company.

    THE BAKER’S TOAST.—­May we never be done so much as to make us
    crusty.

    THE LAWYER’S TOAST.—­May the depth of our potations never
    cause us to let judgment go by default.

* * * * *

LATIN.

    Ad finem esto fidelis.  Be faithful to the end.

    Amor patriae.  The love of our country.

    Dilige amicos.  Love your friends.

    Dum vivimus vivamus.  Let us live while we live.

    Esto perpetua.  Be thou perpetual.

    Palmam qid meruit ferate.  Let him who has won bear the palm.

    Pro aris et focis.  For our altars and fireside.

    Vox populi vox Dei.  The voice of the people is the voice of
    God.

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