 | James Boswell - 1799 - 648 Seiten
...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,...temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street*.' — Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge*.' ' ' There have been... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 640 Seiten
...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,...temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street''.' — Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a Jiarmless drudge'.' 1 ' There have been... | |
 | James Boswell - 1799 - 496 Seiten
...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,...temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street.'' — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge" At the time when he... | |
 | John Walker - 1807 - 1108 Seiten
...GRUB-sTREET,grub'str6et.s. Thename ; — me, mdt ; — pine, pin ; — of a street in London, formerly much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries,...temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street. To GRUDGE, grfidje. va To envy, to see am advantage of'another with discontent; to gheortake... | |
 | James Boswell - 1807 - 514 Seiten
...notions com- 40. monly entertained of his own laborious task. Thus ; " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by writers of small histories,...temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub-street."—" Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." At the time when he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1820 - 442 Seiten
...notions commonly entertained of his own laborions task. Thns; s' Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by writers of small histories,...temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street." — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." At the time when he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1821 - 388 Seiten
...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,...temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street." — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." At the time when he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1822 - 508 Seiten
...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,...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 - 514 Seiten
...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,...temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street." — " Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge" be legally obtained.... | |
 | John Walker - 1822 - 710 Seiten
...dark. GRUB-STREET, grubUtr££t, *. Tlie name of a street In London, formerly much inhabited by wriiers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems ^ whence any mean production is called Grub-street. To GRUDGE, gt'udjc, va To envy, to see any advantage of another with discontent ; to give... | |
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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. 
