 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
 | 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... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1867 - 290 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his ol4 features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red,... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 638 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... | |
 | 1868 - 808 pages
...covetous old sinner. . . The cold within him from his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red,...blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice." The good old traditional miser all over. And the Pope and Jesuits of our old volume of Sermons —... | |
 | 1868 - 820 pages
...covetous old sinner. . . The cold within him from his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red,...blue, and spoke out . shrewdly in his grating voice." The good old traditional miser all over. And the Pope and Jesuits of our old volume of Sermons —... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1869 - 488 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...steel had ever struck out generous fire ; secret, and Helf-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1872 - 472 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Sorooge ! 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... | |
 | 1872 - 514 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... | |
 | Gilbert Ashville Pierce, William Adolphus Wheeler - 1872 - 652 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! — a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, elutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiIfened his gait, made his eyes red, his thin lips blue, and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1872 - 610 pages
...no iteel had ever .struck oat generous fire ; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an ouster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made hb eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
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