 THOMAS GRADGRIND, sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeds upon the principle that two and two are four^ and nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over.  Hard Times for These Times - Pàgina 6per Charles Dickens - 1854 - 376 pàginesVisualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | Ernest Clark Hartwell - 1921 - 422 pàgines
...calculations. A man who proceeds upon the principle that two and two are four and nothing over, is and who is not to be talked into allowing for anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, sir, with a rule and a pair of scales and the multiplication table always in his pocket, sir, ready... | |
 | Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924 - 564 pàgines
...have imperial gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim. Thomas Gradgrind, Sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeded upon the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who was not to be talked... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1926 - 1078 pàgines
...sir. A man trf realities. A maB. of facts and calculations. A man who proceed"? upon the prifl^ ciple that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who...be talked into allowing for anything over. Thomas Qradgrind, sir — peremptorily Thomas ^|s Thomas Gradgrind. With a rule and a pair of scales, and... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1927 - 396 pàgines
...CHAPTER II MURDERING THE INNOCENTS , Sir. LA^man of realities;" Ajnan oi facts an3~caIcuIationsT~ A nym who proceeds upon the principle that two and two are...into allowing for anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, Sir — peremptorily Thomas — Thomas Gradgrind With a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication... | |
 | Leverett Samuel Lyon, A. Marie Butler - 1927 - 600 pàgines
...gallons of facts poured into them until they were full to the brim. The speaker was Thomas Gradgrind, Sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeded upon the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who was not to be talked... | |
 | Leverett Samuel Lyon, A. Marie Butler - 1927 - 628 pàgines
...was Thomas Gradgrind, Sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeded upon the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who was not to be talked into allowing for anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, Sir — Thomas Gradgrind. With... | |
 | John Beck - 1978 - 582 pàgines
...Hard Times, Chapman and Hall Edition - London, '891,353 -8. Murdering the Innocents Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations....into allowing for anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, sir - peremptorily Thomas Thomas Gradgrind. With a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication... | |
 | Jean Jacques Weber - 1992 - 200 pàgines
...ironically mimics Gradgrind's modulations : Thomas Gradgrind, sir. A man of realities. A man of fact and calculations. A man who proceeds upon the principle...is not to be talked into allowing for anything over — In such terms, no doubt, substituting the words " boys and girls ", for " sir ", Thomas Gradgrind... | |
 | Robert Bernard Williams - 1997 - 298 pàgines
...In his novel Hard Times, Charles Dickens [1989] described the manufacturer Thomas Gradgrind as ... (a) man of realities. A man of facts and calculations. A man who proceeds on the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing... | |
 | Donald Hawes - 1998 - 310 pàgines
...by Gradgrind (1962: 250-1). Dickens makes this clear in his opening description: 'Thomas Gradgrind, Sir. A man of realities. A man of facts and calculations....nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, Sir - peremptorily Thomas - Thomas Gradgrind. With a rule and a pair... | |
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