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... Analytical Fifth Reader: Containing an Introductory Article on the General ... - Seite 108von Richard Edwards - 1867 - 360 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 Seiten
...was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, 15 clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; made his 20 eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 444 Seiten
...was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, • from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire;...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his 20 eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out... | |
| John Goldsbury, William Russell - 1844 - 440 Seiten
...wrenching, grasping, scraping, 15 clutching, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from which jio steel had ever struck out generous fire ; secret,...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait; made his 20 eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1846 - 352 Seiten
...both names. It was all the same to him. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,...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 - 1846 - 348 Seiten
...both names. It was all the same to him. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,...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 - 1846 - 306 Seiten
...both names:'it was all the same to him. Oh! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,...generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary asan oyster. The cold within him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek,... | |
| 1855 - 424 Seiten
...crooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutchng, covetous old sinner ! Hard and sharp as a flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire ; secret and elf-contained, and solitary as an oyster. The cold within him roze his old features, nipped his pointed... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1856 - 192 Seiten
...names : it was all the same to him. Oh ! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,...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 - 804 Seiten
...hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! * squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching, covetous eld sinner ! Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel...him froze his old features, nipped his pointed nose, shrivelled his cheek, stiffened his gait ; ..iade his eyes red, his thin lips blue ; and spoke out... | |
| Charles Dickens - 1859 - 582 Seiten
...names. It was all the same to him. Oh ! But he was a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge ! a squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scraping, clutching,...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... | |
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