 | Sir John Hawkins - 1787 - 634 pages
...did upon the dictionary : it is all work, and ' my inducement to it is not love or defire of fame, ' but the want of money, which is the only motive '...editions of his author, old plays, tranflations of hiflories, and of the daffies, and other materials neceflTary for his purpofe, nor could he be prevailed... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 652 pages
...inducement to it is not love or defire of fame, * but the want of money, which is the only motive f to writing that I know of.' And the event was evidence...author, old plays, tranflations of hiftories, and of the claffics, and other materials neceflary for his purpofe, nor could he be prevailed on to enter into... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 640 pages
...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 '...for neither in the firft place did he fet himfelf to colled early editions of his author, old plays, tranflations of hiftories, and of the daflies and other... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 632 pages
...did upon the dictionary : it is all work, and ' my inducement to it is not love or defire of fame, ' but the want of money, which is the only motive '...to me, that in this fpeech he declared his genuine fentimente; for neither in the firft place did he fet himfelf to collect early editions of his author,... | |
 | John Hawkins - 1787 - 636 pages
...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 I know of ' Andthe event was evidence to me, that in this fpeech he declared his genuine fentiments ; for neither... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
...I did upon the Dictionary ; it is all work ; and my inducement to it is not love or defire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of." He iflued propofals, however, of confiderable length ; in which he ihowcd that he knew perfectly what... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1797 - 278 pages
...I did upon the Dictionary ; it is all work ; and my inducement to it is not love or defire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of." He iffued propo*fals, however, of confiderable length ; in which he ihowed that he knew perfedtly what... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 pages
...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 have been reprinted by Mr. Malone, in the Preface to his edition of Shakspeare. BOSWELL. 1... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 pages
...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 have been reprinted by Mr. Malone, in the Preface to his edition of Shakspeare. BOSWELL. '... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 322 pages
...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." He issued proposals, however, of considerable length, in which he showed that he knew perfectly what... | |
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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. 
