 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1833 - 388 páginas
...persuaded," says Boswell, " to take one glass of claret. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor* stuff'! — No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' " See CHOKER'S Boswell, vol. iv. p. 252. — K] And such the new-born heroes found it here, And drain'd... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1833 - 382 páginas
...persuaded," says Boswell, " to take one glass of claret. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor"* stuff! — No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' " See CROKER'£ Boswell, vol. iv. p. 252. — , E.] And such the new-born heroes found it here, And... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1836 - 384 páginas
...claret He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff! — No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port fur men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.' " See CROKER'J BosweU, voL iv. p. 252. — EJ And such the new-born heroes found it here, And drain'd... | |
 | John William Carleton - 1852 - 518 páginas
...seemed to be much of old Doctor Johnson's opinion, as regarded fluids — " Claret is all very well for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero, sir (smiling), should drink brandy !" The usual toasts having been got through, and the company in... | |
 | George Gordon Byron Baron Byron, Thomas Moore - 1847 - 390 páginas
...persuaded," says Boswell, " to take one glass of claret. He shook his head, and said, * Poor stuff! — No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) mufit drink brandy.' " See CROK£U'£ Boswell, vol. iv. p. 252: — H3 And such the new-born heroes... | |
 | 1847 - 1262 páginas
...stuff." This last paragraph is a notable illustration of Samuel Johnson's splendid aphorism, " claret for boys ; port for men ; — but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy" Dr. MacGregor says, that liunjit delighted in liquor even stronger than brandy.... | |
 | 1847 - 644 páginas
...stuff." This last paragraph is a notable illustration of Samuel Johnson's splendid aphorism, " claret for boys ; port for men ; — but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Dr. MacGregor says, that Runjit delighted in liquor even stronger than brandy.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1863 - 352 páginas
...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 he who aspires to be a hero Mr. Mauritius Love, a painter.— MALOXB (smiling) must drink brandy. In the first place, the flavour... | |
 | George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1855 - 410 páginas
...persuaded," says Boswell, "to take one glass of claret. He shook his head, and said, 'Poor stuff ! — No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.'"] And such the new-boru heroes found it here, And drain' d the draught with an applauding cheer. " Huzza... | |
 | 1894 - 1020 páginas
...manner, the addition of a single word gives 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. Though I have by no means come to the end of Boswell's corrections,... | |
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No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy. 
