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Toasts for Every Occasion: Warm,
Wise, and Witty Words Collected from around the World
Jennifer Rahel Conover
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Barnes and Noble Reviews:
From Our
Editors
Editor Jennifer Rahel Conover has
discovered hundreds of toasts that are superbly witty, wise, and unfamiliar. To this
nonpareil collection she's added a historical introduction with fascinating sidelights.
For example, did you know that the Romans appointed toastmasters to prevent guests from
drinking too much; or that during the Middle Ages, when poisoning was common, toasting
provided a polite way of proving to visitors that the wine was safe to drink? Sample
toasts: "The health of a salmon to you: A long life, a full heart, and a wet
mouth." And Dorothy Parker's immortal, "Three be the things I shall never
attain,/Envy, content, and sufficient champagne!"
From the Publisher
Toasts for Every Occasion is the book for all
occasions...
¥ Comprehensive and fully indexed by category, occasion, and contributor
¥ Includes more than 1,300 heartwarming, hilarious, cynical, sentimental, andexotic
toasts
¥ The perfect party companion-or the perfect gift
Featuring toasts, salutes, tributes, and all the right words from: Oscar Wilde ¥ Charles
Dickens ¥ Dorothy Parker ¥ Bette Davis ¥ Groucho Marx ¥ Ogden Nash ¥ Winston
Churchill ¥ Ingrid Bergman ¥ Miss Piggy ¥ Ralph Waldo Emerson ¥ Robert Frost ¥ John
Kennedy ¥ Mae West ¥ William Shakespeare ¥ Socrates ¥ Gloria Steinem ¥ and hundreds
of others
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