...— Life, p. 248. In the first place, the flavour of brandy is Brandy most g^gf^ to tne paiate . an(j then brandy will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him. And yet, as in all pleasure hope is a considerable part, I know not but fruition comes too quick by...

...manner in which it is bestowed. — Life, p. 248. In the first place, the flavour of brandy is "dT most grateful to the palate ; and then brandy will do soonest for a mm what drinking can do for him. And yet, as in all pleasure hope is a considerable part, I know not...

...other men's flowers, and nothing but the thread that binds them is mine own." — JV-les's notes. " Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." — Brothers B-rn-rd. ' Mere engines made by geometry." — Peabodynatnics. ' So...

...looked at it in a ftate like that of the fea-god Glaucus, whofe original nature can no longer be 1 " Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men : but he who afpires to be a hero " (fmiling) " muft drink brandy." (Bofwcll, vol. iii., p. 411, ed. 1816.) readily...

...eating is over the bottles go their round. Burke takes claret, and the Doctor ejaculates, " Poor stuff, sir. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy." Burke responds, " Then, sir, give me claret, for I like to be a boy, and partake...

...might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the...will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him3. There are, indeed, few who are able to drink brandy. That is a power rather to be wished for...

...might judge, not from recollection, which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, ' Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the...will do soonest for a man what drinking can do for him3. There are, indeed, few who are able to drink brandy. That is a power rather to be wished for...

...3. The man who has been beaten by a firebrand runs away at the sight of a fire-fly. Ctng. Brandy. 2. Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drirvk brandy. Boswell. Life of Johnson. Brave. 1. How sleep the brave who sink to rest ; By all...

...he might judge, not from recollection which might be dim, but from immediate sensation. He shook his head, and said, " Poor stuff! No, Sir, claret is the...aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy." ' Bosweii's Life ofjohnsm, iii. 381. Brentford : I ONCE reminded Johnson that when Dr. Adam Smith was...

...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...