ch 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.
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