 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
 | William Franklin Webster - 1903 - 346 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... | |
 | William Teignmouth Shore - 1904 - 162 pages
...Scrooge! a squeezing, crunching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as a flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous...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... | |
 | Louis François Cazamian - 1904 - 590 pages
...froideur d'âme chez Dombey, (1) Chap. x (2) Chap. xix. (3) Chap. xxvi. (4) « Hard and sharp as ftint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and âelf-contained, and solitary as an oyster. » (Stave one). le type inoubliable de l'orgueil bourgeois,... | |
 | Elizabeth Hill Spalding - 1905 - 296 pages
...THE METAPHOR I. He laughed a pitiful mawkish laugh, like the sound of rinsing a bottle. II. He was as hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever...secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. III. I was physician enough to know, that unless the wounds of his bleeding honor were stanched, the... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1906 - 276 pages
...grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner I 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... | |
 | Carolyn M. Robbins, Robert Keable Row - 1907 - 366 pages
...tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, from...made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out very shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rim was on his head, and on his eyebrows, and his wiry... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1907 - 244 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 - 1907 - 232 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 Edward Watson - 1910 - 628 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 a generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him froze his... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1868 - 598 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... | |
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