 | Robert Andrews - 1997 - 625 ページ
...I. 19 (performed 1598, published 1616). Repr. in The Complete Plays, vol. 1 , ed. GA WMkes(1981). 17 Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. SAMUEL JOHNSON, (1709-1784) British author, lexicographer. Quoted in )ames Boswell,... | |
 | Salvatore Calabrese - 1997 - 191 ページ
...TO-MORROW SEAGER, EVANS & CO., LTD. LONDON, SE8. Opposite . Napoleons brandy, hero of the cocktail hour - "Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. " Samuel Johnson. couRVoI; , IER COGNAC ,LM VEUVE JOYEU5E BUCK'S Fizz Mr McGarry,... | |
 | Mark Pollman - 1998 - 170 ページ
...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;...the palate; and then brandy will do soonest for a what drinking can do for him. There are, indeed, few who are able to drink brandy. That is a power... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 381 ページ
...imagination, Sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a Duchess. 2127 Boswell - Life Claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men; but...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. 2128 Boswell - Life A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 669 ページ
...imagination, Sir, a man would be as happy in the arms of a chambermaid as of a Duchess. 5099 Boswell - Life t dead of `e 5100 Boswell - Life A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.... | |
 | Catherine Coulter - 1998 - 412 ページ
...nineteen years. Doris, who had baked her wedding cake, was dabbing her eyes with the corner of her apron. Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; But he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. —SAMUEL JOHNSON Hawk raised his silver flask of brandy and drank deep. Instant... | |
 | Jon Beckmann - 1999 - 118 ページ
...absolutely must try So sink into your club chair, lift your glass, and heed the words of Samuel Johnson: "(Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. " •. 'rh±s One HNC3-XXE-AP24 rm1 Choosing, Serving, JON BECK MANN CHRONICLE BOOKS... | |
 | Ambrose Bierce - 2010 - 440 ページ
.... . . Johnson harangued upon the qualities of different liquors; . . . [he] said, 'Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men;...aspires to be a hero (smiling,) must drink brandy'" (Boswell, Life of Johnson [1791; rpt. London: Oxford University Press, 1970], 1016). AB attributes... | |
 | Rodney Dale - 2000 - 208 ページ
...Nelson was sent back in brandy, as befitted a national hero presumably according to Johnson's dictum: 'claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy'. Henry VI died of dysentery on an inconveniently hot August afternoon. The only... | |
 | Suzanne Von Drachenfels - 2000 - 592 ページ
...Today, both Jacobite and amen glasses can be seen in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Claret ui the liquor for boys; Port for men; But he who aspires to be a hero drink brandy. JAMES B osw ELL , LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON, 1791 The brandy snifter, also known as a branth/... | |
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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. 
