...— how they twinkled ! his dimples how merry ! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry ! secret and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster....blue ; and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. (3) Under a spreading chestnut tree The village smithy stands ; The smith, a mighty man is he, With...

...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 old 30 features, nipped his pointed nose, shriveled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his eyes red,...

...21. flung herself face forward on the turf OTO. 276. It takes two flints to make a fire ALW. II 225. Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire Dick., Chr. Car. 10. as the flint bears fire Shak., Cces. IV 3, 111. Is the celestial fire to change...

...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...

...murmurs rose. GOLDSMITH. 28. Who but the locksmith could have made such music? CHARLES DICKENS. 29. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped...blue, and spoke out shrewdly in his grating voice. DICKENS. 30. Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, "My dear Scrooge, how...

...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 b!ue; and spoke out shrewdly...

...he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ; a squeezing, 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...

...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 cheeks, stiffened his gait; made his eyes red,...

...grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as a flint from which no steel had ever struck out generous...made his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out very shrewdly in his grating voice. A frosty rime was on his head and on his eyebrows and on his wiry...

...the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous, old sinner! secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him freezes his old features, nips his pointed nose, shrivels his cheek, stiffens his gait; makes his eyes...