 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1888 - 846 หน้า
...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 - 842 หน้า
...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... | |
 | 1889 - 934 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 to be a hero must drink brandy. n. ' SAM'L JOHNSON— gasmen's Life of Johnson. There is a devil in every berry... | |
 | Anna Lydia Ward - 1889 - 720 หน้า
...name; ask for a glass of liquid fire and distilled damnation. 1210 Robert Hall : Gregory's Life of. Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. 1211 Johnson: BusweW s Life of Johnson. 1779. Vol. iii. Ch. 14. (lioutledge edition.)... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 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 ; but le who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. In tho first place, the flavour of brandy... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 หน้า
...recollection, which might be dim. but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, " Poor stuff 1 No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for...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... | |
 | 1891 - 406 หน้า
...Miss Abbott. — " Look down, you Gods, And on this couple drop a blessed crown." HH Bradley. — " Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; But he who aspires to be a hero, Must drink something stronger. ' ' JH Car/rey — ' ' Mine honors are my life ; "Take honors from me... | |
 | James Mew, John Ashton - 1892 - 382 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 the most grateful to the palate, and then brandy will do... | |
 | 1895 - 500 หน้า
...Cauliflower. " Why, here he comes, strutting like a turkey-cock." Mumm's Extra Dry. " Claret is good for boys, port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink champagne. " — Boswell's Johnson. Sorbet, Berks County Medical Society. Cigarettes. "... | |
 | 1896 - 1224 หน้า
...extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice. k. DOUGLAS JERROLD — Jerrold's Wit. Shakespeare Grog. . k. Romeo and Juliet. Act III. Sc. 3. must drink brandy. I. SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswclts Life of Johnson. 1779. But that which most doth take... | |
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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. 
