 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 страници
...Epistle to Hogarth. Brains — Beard was never the true standard of BRAINS. — T. FULLEH. Brandy. — Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink BRANDY. — BOSWELL. Life of Johnson. Brave, — How sleep the BRAVE who sink to rest, By... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 346 страници
...might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, "Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the...(smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavor of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 страници
...might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, " Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men : hut he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavor of brandy... | |
 | 1880 - 96 страници
...COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS. — Haranguing upon the qualities of liquors, Dr. Johnson said, " Claret, sir, is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." TAKING WINE.— The difficulty of getting a glass of wine in the regular way has... | |
 | Edmund Yates, E. M. (Abdy-Williams) Whgishaw, Walter Sichel, Ernest Belfort Bax - 1882 - 758 страници
...POOR stuff, sir," exclaimed Doctor Johnson, when he saw Edmund Burke filling his glass with claret ; " claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." This was before the Fleet Street Philosopher made his famous "border raid" with... | |
 | Edmund Yates, E. M. (Abdy-Williams) Whgishaw, Walter Sichel, Ernest Belfort Bax - 1882 - 762 страници
...POOR stuff, sir," exclaimed Doctor Johnson, when he saw Edmund Burke filling his glass with claret; " claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." This was before the Fleet Street Philosopher made his famous " border raid " with... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 страници
...churlishly replied, " Yes, sir, if he sat next you." said claret, which he called " poor stuff," was " the liquor for boys, port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." What I gained by being in France was learning to be better satisfied with my own... | |
 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - 1882 - 914 страници
...thought? Even in th' oppressive grasp of poverty It can enlarge, and bid the soul be free. (j. HORACE. Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires tu be a hero must drink brandy. A. SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswdts Life of Julinson. There is a devil in... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 страници
...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 страници
...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... | |
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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. 
