 | Morgan George Watkins - 1896 - 280 pagina’s
...looked at it in a ftate like that of the fea-god Glaucus, whofe original nature can no longer be 1 " Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men : but he who afpires to be a hero " (fmiling) " muft drink brandy." (Bofwell, vol. iii., p. 411, ed. 1816.) Natural... | |
 | Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1900 - 548 pagina’s
...genius of Boswell, who by a single word added liveliness to the famous speech in which Johnson said ' No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' Smiling was added in the revise. Boswell died on May 19, 1/95, and Dr. Hill's rather too short Centenary... | |
 | George John Whyte-Melville - 1900 - 378 pagina’s
...seemed to be much of old Doctor Johnson's opinion, as regarded fluids — " Claret is all very well for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero, sir (smiling), should drink brandy ! " The usual toasts having been got through, and the company in... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1901 - 694 pagina’s
...persuaded," says Boswell, "to drink one glass of it [claret]. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff I — No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boyS ; port for...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' " — Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1848, p. 627.] 3. [" While the ship . . . was in sight she steered... | |
 | 1907 - 544 pagina’s
...Strong wine and honey for his morning draught." Vol. 7, No. 10 October, 1907 NEW BOOKS. Boswell — "Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." By the time we have p1oeressed thus far in this fascinating book we are reeling... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 pagina’s
...found that generally what was new was false." Life of Joknson (Boswell). Vol. tii. Chap. cm. 1779. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ibid. A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - 1902 - 504 pagina’s
...a quart; 64 in a gallon ; 2,016 in a barrel; 4,032 in a hogshead. proper Mines for Certain Courses Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswclfs Life. proper IJQUnes for Certain Courses Clams, raw . .... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 850 pagina’s
...expressed great contempt for claret, saying, "a man would be drowned by it before it made him drunk. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavor of brandy is most grateful to the palate, and then... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1924 - 684 pagina’s
...upheld the claims of brandy.— " He was persuaded," says Boswell, "to drink one glass of it [claret]. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff !— No,...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' " — Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1848, p. 627.] 3. [" While the ship . . . was in sight she steered... | |
 | 1906 - 810 pagina’s
...The Doorstep, st, 12 a"Fill our bowls; once more," — according to differing versions, Brandy, — Claret is the liquor for boys : port for men : but he who aspires to be a hero must drmk brandy, , , , Brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him, SAMUEL JOHNSON,... | |
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Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. 
