 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
 | George Walter Baynham - 1883 - 416 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 - 1884 - 876 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 - 1884 - 932 pages
...wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from which 110 steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and...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 out... | |
 | Jane Stoker - 1884 - 114 pages
...Dickens' Christmas Carol is a vivid picture of character : ' Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel ever struck out generous fire ; secret and self-contained,...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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - 752 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, at you have many friends, whose affections are founded...but the equality with which they are received, and shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red, his thin lips blue; and spoke out shrewdly... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1885 - 286 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 - 1886 - 168 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 - 1885 - 844 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... | |
 | 1889 - 236 pages
...him. ing, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from which nosteel had ever struckoutgenerous fire; secret and self-contained, and solitary as an...his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red, hia thin lips blue ; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head, and... | |
 | William Adolphus Wheeler - 1893 - 490 pages
...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 flre." He becomes finally a good and generous man. Shandon, Captain. See CAPTAIN SHANDOS. Shingle,... | |
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