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 | James Boswell, Samuel Johnson - 1887 - 490 pagina’s
...might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the...then brandy 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... | |
 | 1887 - 1332 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 356 pagina’s
...he might judge, not from recollection which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, " Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy." ' Bosweii's Life ofjohnsm, iii. 381. Brentford : I ONCE reminded Johnson that when Dr. Adam Smith was... | |
 | Hubert Howe Bancroft - 1888 - 942 pagina’s
...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 - 846 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 460 pagina’s
...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...the flavour of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; aud then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him. There are, indeed, few who... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 578 pagina’s
...might judge, not from 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... | |
 | 1889 - 934 pagina’s
...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 pagina’s
...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.)... | |
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