| 1894 - 1020 sivua
...manner, the addition of a single word gives liveliness to the famous speech in which Johnson said, " No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy." Smiling was added in the revise. Though I have by no means come to the end of Boswell's corrections,... | |
| 1861 - 674 sivua
...contempt of claret. " A man would be drowned by it before it made him drunk," adding, " Poor stuff ! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys : port for men : but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy ! " Most toper sentiments ! But Ramsay did not stint his guests, and these were constantly... | |
| George John Whyte- Melville - 1861 - 376 sivua
...seemed to be much of old Doctor Johnson's opinion, as regarded fluids — " Claret is all very well for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero, sir (smiling), should drink brandy !" The usual toasts having been got through, and the company in... | |
| esq Henry Jenkins - 1864 - 800 sivua
...afterwards fool enough to expunge. " I do not love a man who is zealous for nothing." — Johnson. CLAHET is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who...the flavour of brandy is most grateful to the palate i and then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him. There are, indeed, few who... | |
| 1865 - 792 sivua
...recollection, which might be faint, but from immediate sensation. He shook hie head and said, "Poor stuff! No. sir, claret is the liquor for boys, port for men;...then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking con do for him. There are, indeed, few who are able to drink brandy. That is a power rather to bo wished... | |
| John Bartlett - 1865 - 504 sivua
...good intentions.* Boswell's Life of Johnson. Ibid. Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.f Ibid. Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. Ibid. If the man who turnips cries Cry not when his father dies, "T is a proof that... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1867 - 158 sivua
...is harmless, pleasure pure and unalloyed, is as great a power as man can possess. WINE AND BRANDY. 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... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 sivua
...good intentions.t Boswett's Life of Joknson. Ibbi. Who drives fat oxen should himself be fat.J ibid. Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ibid. If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, T is a proof that... | |
| Joe Miller - 1871 - 206 sivua
...and then you will cease to exist." Haranguing upon the qualities of liquors he said, ' ' Claret, sir, is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Talking of London, Johnson said, "London is nothing to some people ; but to a man... | |
| James Boswell, William Wallace - 1873 - 612 sivua
...might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff ! No, sir, elaret is the liquor for boys ; port for men : but he who...for a man what drinking can do for him. There are, indced, few who are able to drink brandy. That is a power rather to be wished for than attained. And... | |
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