 Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and...  The Sentence and Word Book: A Guide to Writing, Spelling, and Composition by ... - Page 148de James Johonnot - 1885 - 184 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, 15 clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his 20 eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 pages
...was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, • from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire;...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his 20 eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out... | |
 | John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 pages
...wrenching, grasping, scraping, 15 clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from which jio steel had ever struck out generous fire ; secret,...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his 20 eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 348 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 352 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1846 - 306 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from...generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary asan oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek,... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...crooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutchng, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as a flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire ; secret and elf-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him roze his old features, nipped his pointed... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1856 - 192 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1859 - 582 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed noise, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - 1859 - 312 pages
...the grindstone, Scrooge. A squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
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