...upheld the claims of brandy.— " He was persuaded," says Boswell, "to drink one glass of it [claret]. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff !— No,...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...

...The Doorstep, st, 12 a"Fill our bowls; once more," — according to differing versions, Brandy, — Claret is the liquor for boys : port for men : but he who aspires to be a hero must drmk brandy, , , , Brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him, SAMUEL JOHNSON,...

...vermouth. Add a two-pound lump of ice, and three oranges and one pineapple sliced. Serve in flat glasses. "Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Mode. — Pour three pints of boiling water over one and one-fourth pounds of loaf...

...by it before it made him drunk." He was persuaded to drink one glass of it, that he might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate...boys ; port for men : but he who aspires to be a hero 1 Mr. Mauritius Lowe, a painter.— MALONE. (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavour...

...and making fast the ripping sail till there was time to repair it properly. CHAPTER XX " Claret is a liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy."— SAMUEL JOHNSON. THAT the fatal rule of three holds good on board ship as well...

...Everyone knows the famous Johnsonian saying after being induced to taste a glass of claret, "Claret for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." I may mention that Johnson would not let Boswell drink the king's health in whisky,...

...with her and one or two others in a very sacred mosque ; a pious Moslem was prostrate before the • " No, sir ! Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Boswell, April 7th, 1779. tomb of a holy saint. She did not actually strike him...

...resemblance to the judgment in Work for Cutlers, etc., see Introduction, p. 15, note. Cf. Johnson's dictum: "Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." (Boswell's Life of Johnson, ed. Hill, III, 381). The apportionment of wine to the...

...with her and one or two others in a very sacred mosque; a pious Moslem was prostrate before the * " No, sir ! Claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he \\ Mo aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Boswell, April 7th, 1779. tomb of a holy saint. She...

...therefore, he elected for the port. "You are right, too," said Forbes. "You remember Dr. Johnson's dictum: 'Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy'? Tonight, not aspiring to the heroic, we'll stick to port." "It is a curious fact...