 People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame, or of profit, as a motive of writing, I think the only pleasure is in the actual exertion and research, and I would no more write upon any other terms than I would hunt merely to dine upon hare soup....  Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart - Стр. 143авторы: John Gibson Lockhart - 1839Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1845 - Страниц: 662
...things. In a letter to Ellis, written soon after the publication of " The Minstrelsy," he observes, " People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame,...other terms than I would hunt merely to dine upon hare soup. At the same time, if credit and profit came unlocked for, I would no more quarrel with them... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1845 - Страниц: 836
...have yet much before me ; and as the beginning of letting out ink is like the letting out of water, I daresay I shall go on scribbling one nonsense or another...of the chapter. People may say this and that of the ?leasure of fame or of profit as a motive of writing, think the only pleasure is in the actual exertion... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - Страниц: 612
...daresay I shall fío on scribbling one nonsense ur another to tho end of the chapter. People may eay this and that of the pleasure of fame or of profit as а motivo of writing. I think the only pleasure is in the actual exertion and research, and 1 would... | |
 | J. D. Bell - 1850 - Страниц: 486
...ineffable bliss of many years had wrought in his mind, when he wrote the words, " People may say this or that of the pleasure of fame or of profit, as a motive...exertion and research ; and I would no more write on any other terms, than I would hunt merely to dine on hare-soup." Readers do not often enough consider... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1856 - Страниц: 754
...things. In a letter to Ellis, written soon after the publication of " The Minstrelsy," he observes, " People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame,...or of profit, as a motive of writing, I think the onlv pleasure is in the actual exertion and research, and I would no more write upon any other terms... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1857 - Страниц: 758
...things. In a letter to Ellis, written soon after the publication of " The Minstrelsy," he observes, " People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame,...or of profit, as a motive of writing, I think the onlv pleasure is in the actual exertion and research, and I would no more write upon any other terms... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1858 - Страниц: 754
...things. In a letter to Ellis, written soon after the publication of " The Minstrelsy," he observes, " People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame,...actual exertion and research, and I would no more \vritc upon any other terms than I would hunt merely to dine upon hare soup. At the same time, it credit... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1864 - Страниц: 780
...things. In a letter to Ellis, written soon after the publication of " The Minstrelsy," he observes, " People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame,...other terms than I would hunt merely to dine upon hare soup. At the same time, if credit and profit came unlocked for, I would no more quarrel with them... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1864 - Страниц: 758
...things. In a letter to Ellis, written soon after the publication of " The Minstrelsy," he observes, " People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame,...other terms than I would hunt merely to dine upon hare soup. At the same time, if credit and profit came unlooked for, I would no more quarrel with them... | |
 | William Hickling Prescott - 1875 - Страниц: 708
...things. In a letter to Kllis, written soon after the publication of "The Minstrelsy," he observes, " People may say this and that of the pleasure of fame,...actual exertion and research, and I would no more write on any other terms than I would hunt merely to dine upon hare soup. At the same time, if credit and... | |
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