toast

• Lawrence became aware of faithful service: that his toast was always done to a turn, that his daily paper was warmed, as John had seen the butler at home warm the Times_, that his pens were changed, his blotting-paper renewed, and so forth. —  The Hill A Romance of Friendship
• I heard President Grant--no mean judge--who had himself listened to so much of the best public speaking in all parts of the country, say that General Devens's response to this toast was the finest speech he ever heard in his life. —  Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2
• This toast is always so welcome and so highly appreciated that it needs no exordium from the chair. —  Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
• With the toast was associated the following sentiment from De Tocqueville: "The peace, the prosperity and the very existence of the Union are vested in Federal Judges MR. CHAIRMAN AND GENTLEMEN OF THE ASSOCIATION:--I perceive that in the meeting of this State Bar Association it has devolved upon me to inaugurate the talking on all occasions. —  Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O
• Added to the toast was the sentiment, "May his political equal his military victories." —  Toasts and Forms of Public Address for Those Who Wish to Say the Right Thing in the Right Way

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