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--_Byron._
"That man that hath a tongue I say is no man If with his tongue he cannot win a woman."
--_Shakespeare._
"A sweeter and a lovelier gentleman Fram'd in the prodigality of Nature, Young, valiant, wise and no doubt right royal; The s.p.a.cious world cannot again afford."
--_Shakespeare._
"Oh, he was all made up of love and charms, Whatever maid could wish or man admire."
--_Addison._
For the Soldier:
"They never fail who die in a great cause."--_Byron._
"The rascal hath good mettle in him."--_Shakespeare._
For the Young Girl:
"Blessings be about you dear, wherever you may go."--_Allingham._
"The mildest manners and the gentlest heart."--_Shakespeare._
"A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A jug of Wine, a loaf of bread--and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness.
O, Wilderness were Paradise enow."
--_Omar Khayyam._
"Grace was in her steps, heaven in her eyes; In every gesture dignity and love."
--_Milton._
"Bright as the sun her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun they s.h.i.+ne on all alike."
--_Pope._
"The clear blue eyes, the tender smile, The sovereign sweetness, the gentle grace, The woman's soul and the angel's face."
--_Anon._
Apt sentiments in connection with each course add much to the interest or amus.e.m.e.nt of guests, but they must be chosen intelligently.
THE DINNER.
If the dinner be to a guest of honor, have something like this at the head of the menu:
"I beseech you all be better known to this gentleman."--_Shakespeare._
SAUCE
"Come, gentlemen!! Here's sauce for the G.o.ds."
"Let hunger move thy appet.i.te, not savory sauce."
--_Babee's Book._
WELSH RAREBIT
"A man can die but once."--_Henry IV._
"Cowards die many times--the truly valiant never taste death but once."--_Shakespeare._
ROAST BEEF
"England's darling."--_Alfred Austin._
"Cut and come again."--_Crabbe._
"Our old and faithful friend, we're glad to see you."--_Shakespeare._
WITH THE OYSTER COURSE
"All the world is my oyster."--_Anon._
