 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
 | 1899 - 790 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 ... He carried his own low temperature always about with him... | |
 | Charles Raymond Barrett - 1900 - 274 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 Raymond Barrett - 1900 - 268 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 101 SHORT STORY as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose,... | |
 | 1900 - 348 pages
...fortune will be mine. 13. The cold within him froze 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. SECTION 435. FOR STUDY. THE OBJECT OF THE VERB. Some verbs which express action are followed by a noun... | |
 | Gilbert Ashville Pierce - 1900 - 796 pages
...sharp •s flint, from which no steel had erer struck out generous fire ; secret and self contained and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his old fea i iin- <, nipped Ills pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait, made his eyes red,... | |
 | Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge - 1900 - 336 pages
...the lea. 11. Ye were little at the first, but mighty at the last. 12. The fortune will be mine. 13. 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... | |
 | 1900 - 336 pages
...the lea. 11. Ye were little at the first, but mighty at the last. 12. The fortune will be mine. 13. 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 - 1902 - 194 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... | |
 | Sherman Williams - 1902 - 504 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 little features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red,... | |
 | 1902 - 364 pages
...names. It was all the same to him. 4. Oh! but he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened... | |
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