 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 652 pages
...had condemned him to, I doubted not would be executed con amore. His anfwerwas, 'I look upon ' this as I did upon the dictionary : it is all work, and...* but the want of money, which is the only motive f to writing that I know of.' And the event was evidence to me, that in this fpeech he declared his... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 642 pages
...had condemned him to, I doubted not would be executed con amore. His anfwer was, 'I look upon ' this as I did upon the dictionary : it is all work, and...my inducement to it is not love or defire of fame, c but the want of money, which is the only motive « to writing that I know of.' And the event was... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 636 pages
...had condemned him to, I doubted not would be executed con amore. His anfwer was, * I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary : it is * all work, and my inducement to rt is not love or * defire of fame, but the want of money, which is the * only motive to writing that... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...condemned him to, I doubted not would be executed con amore.- His anfwer was, ' I look upon c this as I did upon the dictionary : it is all work, and ' my inducement to h is not love or defire of fame, ' but the want of money, which is the only motive ' to writing that... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...on his being now engaged in a work that suited his genius. His answer was : — " I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary ; it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of." ' * They... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...him on his being now engaged in a work that suited his genius. His answer was: — " I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary; it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of." ' ' They... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...Warburton. When one of his friends expressed a hope that this employment would furnish him with amusement and add to his fame, he replied, " I look upon it...is all work; and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money which is the only motive to writing that I know of." He issued... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816 - 810 pages
...commended by Warburton. When one of his-friends exprerted a hope, that this employment would furnith him with amufement and add to his fame, he replied,...is all work; and my inducement to it is not love or delire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of." He iflued... | |
 | 1816 - 764 pages
...employment would t'urnifh him wilh amufcinent and add to Lis fame, he replied, " I look upon it as 1 did upon the Dictionary ; it is all work; and my inducement to it is not lo.v or deliie of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of."... | |
 | 1823 - 862 pages
...Warburton. When one of his friends expressed a hope that this employment would furnUh him with amusement and add to his fame, he replied, " I look upon it...all work ; and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of." He issued... | |
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I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of. 
