 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1902 - 850 페이지
...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... | |
 | Cuyler Reynolds - 1902 - 504 페이지
...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 . .... | |
 | 1903 - 1186 페이지
...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... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1924 - 684 페이지
...persuaded," says Boswell, "to drink one glass of it [claret]. 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.' " — Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1848, p. 627.] 3. [" While the ship . . . was in sight she steered... | |
 | 1906 - 120 페이지
...vermouth. Add a two-pound lump of ice, and three oranges and one pineapple sliced. Serve in flat glasses. "Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Mode. — Pour three pints of boiling water over one and one-fourth pounds of loaf... | |
 | 1906 - 810 페이지
...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,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1907 - 730 페이지
...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...grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do soonest fora man what drinking can do for him. There are, indeed, few who are able to drink brandy. That is... | |
 | James Boswell - 1852
...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 he who aspires to be a hero 1 Mr. Mauritius Lowe, a painter.— MALONE. (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavour... | |
 | Elinor Mordaunt - 1911 - 338 페이지
...and making fast the ripping sail till there was time to repair it properly. CHAPTER XX " Claret is a liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy."— SAMUEL JOHNSON. THAT the fatal rule of three holds good on board ship as well... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Hughes - 1911 - 788 페이지
...Everyone knows the famous Johnsonian saying after being induced to taste a glass of claret, "Claret for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." I may mention that Johnson would not let Boswell drink the king's health in whisky,... | |
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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. 
