He then subsided, but was Grouty all the balance of the day.
"In and Out of Rebel Prisons"
Lieut. A. [Alonzo] Cooper
It had rained the night before and that made it dretful muddy, Josiah acted real Grouty about it and sot there mutterin' and complainin' about the mud till I got kinder wore out and sez: "For mercy sake!
"Samantha at the St. Louis Exposition"
Marietta Holley
The Hiller story of how Mendelssohn, Chopin, Liszt and Heller teased this Grouty old gentleman on the Boulevard des Italiens is capital reading, if not absolutely true.
"Chopin: The Man and His Music"
James Huneker