 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 pagina’s
...by a good tavern or inn. An. 177G. All this (wealth) excludes but one evil, — poverty. An. 1777. Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. An. 1779. 1 St. Francis de Sales writes to Mad. de Chantal (1605): Do not be troubled... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pagina’s
...matter, he was induced by Reynolds to drink one glass of it; but he shook his head and exclaimed : " Poor stuff! No, sir ; 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 flavour of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; and then... | |
 | James Boswell - 1885 - 436 pagina’s
...by it before it made him drunk." He was persuaded to drink one glass of it, that he might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate...He shook his head, and said, " Poor stuff! No, Sir, ctaret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink... | |
 | 1895 - 454 pagina’s
...other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own." — JV-les's notes. " Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." — Brothers B-rn-rd. ' Mere engines made by geometry." — Peabodynatnics. ' So... | |
 | Morgan George Watkins - 1885 - 296 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." (Bofwcll, vol. iii., p. 411, ed. 1816.) readily... | |
 | 1887 - 216 pagina’s
...eating is over the bottles go their round. Burke takes claret, and the Doctor ejaculates, " Poor stuff, sir. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Burke responds, " Then, sir, give me claret, for I like to be a boy, and partake... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 pagina’s
...3. The man who has been beaten by a firebrand runs away at the sight of a fire-fly. Ctng. Brandy. 2. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drirvk brandy. Boswell. Life of Johnson. Brave. 1. How sleep the brave who sink to rest ; By all... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 360 pagina’s
...by it before it made him drunk." He was persuaded to drink one glass of it, that he might judge, not from recollection which might be dim, but from immediate...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy." ' Bosweil'* Life o/johnsm, iii. 38r. Brentford : I ONCE reminded Johnson that when Dr. Adam Smith was... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1888 - 842 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... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1888 - 846 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... | |
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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. 
