 | Henry Thomas Burgess - 1878 - 152 หน้า
...drink one glass that he might refresh his recollection, he shook his head and said—" Poor stufl'! No, sir ; claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Having seen the important position occupied by alcohol as a constituent of wine... | |
 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 หน้า
...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 หน้า
...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...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavor of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do soonest... | |
 | 1880 - 96 หน้า
...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 - 762 หน้า
...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 - 758 หน้า
...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 หน้า
...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 หน้า
...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 หน้า
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1884 - 626 หน้า
...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;...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavour of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do... | |
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. 
