 London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street" — , " lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge.  Satires and Epistles - Page 119by Alexander Pope - 1872 - 164 lehteFull view - About this book
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 lehte
...playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus : " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...whence any mean production is called Grub-street.'' — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge" At the time when he was concluding... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 lehte
...playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus : ' Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...whence any mean production is called Grub-street''.' — Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a Jiarmless drudge'.' 1 ' There have been great contests... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 lehte
...playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus : ' Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...whence any mean production is called Grub-street*.' — Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge*.' ' ' There have been great contests... | |
 | John Walker - 1807 - 1108 lehte
...GRUB-sTREET,grub'str6et.s. Thename ; — me, mdt ; — pine, pin ; — of a street in London, formerly much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries,...whence any mean production is called Grub-street. To GRUDGE, grfidje. va To envy, to see am advantage of'another with discontent; to gheortake unwillingly.... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 lehte
...allusion to the notions com- 40. monly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus ; " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...whence any mean production is called Grub-street."—" Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." At the time when he was concluding his... | |
 | James Boswell - 1817 - 466 lehte
...playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus; " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, ilictionarie.s.nn] temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street." — " Lexicographer,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 lehte
...playful allnsion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborions task. Thns; s' Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...whence any mean production is called Grub-street." — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." At the time when he was concluding... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 394 lehte
...playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus : " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...whence any mean production is called Grub-street." — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." At the time when he was concluding... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 514 lehte
...playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus ; " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...whence any mean production is called Grub-street." — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge" be legally obtained. I wished to... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 lehte
...playful allusion to the notions commonly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus ; " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by...temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub -street." — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge" be legally obtained.... | |
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