 | Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Baron Redesdale - 1915 - 454 페이지
...with her and one or two others in a very sacred mosque ; a pious Moslem was prostrate before the • " No, sir ! Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Boswell, April 7th, 1779. tomb of a holy saint. She did not actually strike him... | |
 | Gallobelgicus - 1915 - 68 페이지
...resemblance to the judgment in Work for Cutlers, etc., see Introduction, p. 15, note. Cf. Johnson's dictum: "Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." (Boswell's Life of Johnson, ed. Hill, III, 381). The apportionment of wine to the... | |
 | Lord Redesdale - 1916 - 452 페이지
...with her and one or two others in a very sacred mosque; a pious Moslem was prostrate before the * " No, sir ! Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he \\ Mo aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Boswell, April 7th, 1779. tomb of a holy saint. She... | |
 | Louis Tracy - 1919 - 328 페이지
...take a pull at this!" And the decanter was pushed across the table. " Didn't Dr. Johnson once say that claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero should drink brandy? And you must be a hero to-night. Get onto the Bureau and use the soft pedal. Then... | |
 | Louis Tracy - 1919 - 348 페이지
...therefore, he elected for the port. "You are right, too," said Forbes. "You remember Dr. Johnson's dictum: 'Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy'? Tonight, not aspiring to the heroic, we'll stick to port." "It is a curious fact... | |
 | Frederic Gordon Roe - 1927 - 172 페이지
...night, very likely he had to ride home to preach a sermon next morning. As Dr. Johnson once observed, " Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Certainly those were no days for weaklings, but when we marvel at the prodigious... | |
 | Logan Pearsall Smith - 1928 - 280 페이지
...Ibid. To make a man pleased with himself, let me tell you, is doing a very great thing. Ibid., 328. SIR, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. Ibid.) 381. GLORY not in making others drunk. Dr. Fuller, II, 22. YOUTH AND AGE... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 페이지
...morning, would have proved a coward. Lord Chesterfield (1694-1773) English statesman, man of letters Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. Dr. Samuel Johnson (1709-17984) English author, lexicographer The more characteristic... | |
 | Ashton Applewhite, Tripp Evans, Andrew Frothingham - 1992 - 552 페이지
...sport. Eventually the whole family gets to play. — Joyce Rebeta-Burditt Claret is the liquor foi boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. — Samuel Johnson I don't drink any more — just the same amount. — Joe E. Lewis... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 페이지
...philosopher. The Varieties of Religious Experience, Lectures 14-15, "The Value of Saintliness" (1 902). 32 \ ] 5! must drink brandy. SAMUEL JOHNSON (1 709-841, English author, lexicographer. Quoted in: Boswell, Life... | |
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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. 
