...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...

...drink one glass of it, that he might judgenot from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, 'Poor stuff!...brandy. In the first place the flavour of brandy is the most grateful to the palate, and then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for...

...manner, the addition of a single word gives liveliness to the famous speech in whicli Johnson said, " No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for...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,...

...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...

...genius of Boswell, who by a single word added liveliness to the famous speech in which Johnson said ' No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' Smiling was added in the revise. Boswell died on May 19, 1/95, and Dr. Hill's rather too short Centenary...

...persuaded," says Boswell, "to drink one glass of it [claret]. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff I — No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boyS ; port for...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' " — Boswell's Life of Johnson, 1848, p. 627.] 3. [" While the ship . . . was in sight she steered...

...Strong wine and honey for his morning draught." Vol. 7, No. 10 October, 1907 NEW BOOKS. Boswell — "Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." By the time we have p1oeressed thus far in this fascinating book we are reeling...

...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...

...a quart; 64 in a gallon ; 2,016 in a barrel; 4,032 in a hogshead. proper Mines for Certain Courses Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. SAMUEL JOHNSON, Boswclfs Life. proper IJQUnes for Certain Courses Clams, raw . ....

...found that generally what was new was false." Life of Joknson (Boswell). Vol. tii. Chap. cm. 1779. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. ibid. A Frenchman must be always talking, whether he knows anything of the matter...