 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
 | Charles Dickens - 1873 - 584 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, ," say the seers to the enchanted, in the wise Arabian..." Changeless and hopeless, the tumbrils roll along shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1875 - 490 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 J. Fox - 1876 - 478 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 rod, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Henry J. Fox - 1876 - 476 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 - 1876 - 472 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 aa an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed noise, shrivelled his... | |
 | John Swett - 1879 - 176 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from...stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, his thin lips hlue ; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and on his eyebrows,... | |
 | 1879 - 760 pages
...Scrooge is introduced in the beginning — ' a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint from...self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheeks, stiffened his gait, made his... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1880 - 878 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... | |
 | George Walter Baynham - 1881 - 152 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... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1882 - 486 pages
...grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner 1 Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever...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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