 | Samuel Johnson - 1888 - 424 pages
...recalling in this connection :—" Grub Street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems, whence any mean production is called Grub Street." XIII. (Page 150.)—"Sir, you know courage is reckoned the greatest of all virtues, because,... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 574 pages
...own laborious task. Thus : " Grub Street, the name of a street in 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." At the time when... | |
 | James Boswell - 1889 - 566 pages
...own laborious task. Thus : " Grub Street, the name of a street in 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." At the time when he... | |
 | James Boswell - 1890 - 568 pages
...own laborious task. Thus: " Grub-street, the name of a street in London, much inhabited by writers ighly pleased with his Majesty's conversation, and gracious behaviour. He said to Mr. Barnard, " — ' ' Lexicographer, a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." At the time when he was concluding... | |
 | Richard Lovett - 1890 - 244 pages
...and defined by Dr. Johnson : ' Grub Street, the name of a street in London much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called " Grub Street." Fox is also said to have held the living of St. Giles', and is buried in the church,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1891 - 232 pages
...Tempest. See Idler, No. 10. P. 68. "Grub Street, the name of a street in London much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries and temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub street." — Johnson's Dictionary. Warburton. See in the Life of Pope a characteristic sketch... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1891 - 72 pages
...Tempest. See Idler, No. 10. P. 68. " Grub Street, the name of a street in London much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub street." — Johnson's Dictionary. Warburton. See in the Life of Pope a characteristic sketch... | |
 | Henry Benjamin Wheatley - 1891 - 646 pages
...changed in 1830 to MILTON STREET. Grub Street, the name of a street in London much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called Grub Street.—Dr. Johnson's Dictionary, under "Grub Street." In the east end of Fore Street, is More... | |
 | Gilbert Milligan Tucker - 1895 - 252 pages
...verging on the side of pathos, as where Grub Street is defined as " a street much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries and temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called 'Grub Street,'" — and lexicographer as "a writer of dictionaries, a harmless drudge." The pathos... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1895 - 80 pages
...firmness, wisdom, 1 " Originally the name of a street in Moorfields in London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems; whence any mean production is called grubstreet."—JOHNSON: Dictionary. Grubstreet authors were satirized by Pope in the Dunciad. 2 William... | |
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London, much inhabited by writers of small histories, dictionaries, and temporary poems ; whence any mean production is called Grub-street. 
