 | Jehiel Keeler Hoyt - Quotations, English - 1882 - 914 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1884 - 348 pages
...induced by Reynolds to drink one glass of it; but he shook his head and exclaimed : " Poor stuff! No, sir ; 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... | |
 | James Hay - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1884 - 400 pages
...— Life, p. 248. In the first place, the flavour of brandy is Brandy most g^gf^ to tne paiate . an(j then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him. And yet, as in all pleasure hope is a considerable part, I know not but fruition comes too quick by... | |
 | James Hay - Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784 - 1884 - 376 pages
...manner in which it is bestowed. — Life, p. 248. In the first place, the flavour of brandy is "dT most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do soonest for a mm what drinking can do for him. And yet, as in all pleasure hope is a considerable part, I know not... | |
 | College yearbooks - 1895 - 454 pages
...other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own." — JV-les's notes. " Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." — Brothers B-rn-rd. ' Mere engines made by geometry." — Peabodynatnics. ' So... | |
 | Morgan George Watkins - Biology - 1885 - 296 pages
...looked at it in a ftate like that of the fea-god Glaucus, whofe original nature can no longer be 1 " Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men : but he who afpires to be a hero " (fmiling) " muft drink brandy." (Bofwcll, vol. iii., p. 411, ed. 1816.) readily... | |
 | Ability - 1886 - 218 pages
...eating is over the bottles go their round. Burke takes claret, and the Doctor ejaculates, " Poor stuff, sir. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Burke responds, " Then, sir, give me claret, for I like to be a boy, and partake... | |
 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - Authors, English - 1887 - 490 pages
...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...will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him3. There are, indeed, few who are able to drink brandy. That is a power rather to be wished for... | |
 | Maxims - 1887 - 1332 pages
...3. The man who has been beaten by a firebrand runs away at the sight of a fire-fly. Ctng. Brandy. 2. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drirvk brandy. Boswell. Life of Johnson. Brave. 1. How sleep the brave who sink to rest ; By all... | |
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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. 
