 | James Boswell - 1858 - 482 страница
...Dictionary had condemned him to, would, no doubt, be executed con amore. 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." — And... | |
 | James Boswell - 1860 - 496 страница
...Dictionary had condemned him to, would, no doubt, be executed con amore. 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."—And the... | |
 | George Godfrey Cunningham - 1863 - 826 страница
...Warburton. When one of his friends expressed a hope that i it. 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... | |
 | Edward Tuckerman Mason - 1879 - 348 страница
...his Dictionary had condemned him to, would be executed con amofe. Ilia 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." — /Sir... | |
 | James Boswell - 1880 - 488 страница
...condemned him to, would, no doubt, be executed con a/more. His answer was, " I look upon this as I did npon 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." — And... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 248 страница
...Shakespeare, a work that suited his genius and would be executed con amore, Johnson's answer was : " 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,"1 and Johnson... | |
 | Johnson Club (London, England) - 1920 - 246 страница
...Shakespeare, a work that suited his genius and would be executed con amore, Johnson's answer was : " 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,"1 and Johnson... | |
 | Joanna Gondris - 1998 - 428 страница
...Johnson said (The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, 1787, 363), "I look upon this [editing of Shakespeare] 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" (quoted... | |
 | Norma Clarke - 2001 - 282 страница
...his genius.' Johnson's response was in keeping with the depressed mood of the poem: '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.' This gruff... | |
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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. 
