...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...

...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...

...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...

...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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...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...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavour of brandy is most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do...

...Miss Abbott. — " Look down, you Gods, And on this couple drop a blessed crown." HH Bradley. — " Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; But he who aspires to be a hero, Must drink something stronger. ' ' JH Car/rey — ' ' Mine honors are my life ; "Take honors from me...

...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;...aspires to be a hero' (smiling) ' must drink brandy. In the first place the flavour of brandy is the most grateful to the palate, and then brandy will do...

...Cauliflower. " Why, here he comes, strutting like a turkey-cock." Mumm's Extra Dry. " Claret is good for boys, port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink champagne. " — Boswell's Johnson. Sorbet, Berks County Medical Society. Cigarettes. "...

...extenuate"; and the water, put nought in in malice. k. DOUGLAS JERROLD — Jerrold's Wit. Shakespeare Grog. . k. Romeo and Juliet. Act III. Sc. 3. must drink brandy. I. SAM'L JOHNSON — Boswclts Life of Johnson. 1779. But that which most doth take...