1903 The Complete Buffet Guide or How to Mix All Kinds of Drinks by V.B. Lewis

Toasts and A fter Dinner Speeches

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Our Fire~ides-Few . can receive honors of the col– lege, but all are giaduates of the hearths

The Irish Heart-Quick and strong in its generous impulses, firm in its attachments, sound to the core. Daniel O'Connell-Athens boasted of a Solon, an Aristides and a Demosthenes, but Ireland beholds all their great qualities combined in her favorite Son. Justice to Ireland-A domestic legislature alone can confer it; to expect it from a London Parliament is an idle dream, and we Irishmen, on this side of the water, hope that full restitution will be made for past injustices. The Daughters of Ireland, entrenched within the fortress of parental affection: Ma,y they never sur– render the citadel of their hearts, except to those who wield the arms of · sincere love, chastened by morality and temperance. The Ladies-With assiduity we coµrt their smiles; with sorrow we receive their frowns ; but smiling or frowning, we love them. Hibernia-Steeped in her ov."11 tears, she never can get up:-soaking in whisky, she must go down;– but batQ.ing in "coult wather" she will get on "swim– mingly."