 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. Thomas Gradgrind, sir - peremptorily Thomas...  Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of 'eighty - Pągina 206per Charles Dickens - 1858Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | William S. Walsh - 1914 - 391 pągines
...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; Thomas Gradgrind,...Gradgrind; with a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication-table always in his pocket, sir, ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature,... | |
 | Martha Adelaide Holton, Charles Madison Curry - 1914 - 335 pągines
...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. Thomas Gradgrind,...Thomas — Thomas Gradgrind. With a rule and a pair of s scales, and the multiplication table always in his pocket, sir, ready to weigh and measure any parcel... | |
 | Howard Copeland Hill, Rollo La Verne Lyman - 1924
...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,...weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell exactly what it came to. It was a mere question of figures, a case of simple arithmetic. One might... | |
 | Thomas Levenson - 1995 - 352 pągines
...powerfully as any of its supporters. Thomas Gradgrind, the grim voice of reality in Hard Times, arrives "with a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication...always in his pocket, sir, ready to weigh and measure every parcel of human nature, and tell you exactly what it comes to." Gradgrind gets his comeuppance... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1995 - 229 pągines
...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. Thomas Gradgrind,...and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you exacdy what it comes to. It is a mere question of figures, a case of simple arithmetic. You might hope... | |
 | Charles Dickens - 1996 - 460 pągines
...to be talked into allowing for anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, sir—peremptorily Thomas—Thomas Gradgrind. With a rule and a pair of scales, and the...and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you exacdy what it comes to. It is a mere question of figures, a case of simple arithmetic. You might hope... | |
 | Katherine Kearns - 1996 - 308 pągines
...'They are always ready to sacrifice the happiness and comfort of any one to the general good.' "A° Mr. Gradgrind, "with a rule and a pair of scales, and the multiplication table always in his pocket, . . . ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you exactly what it comes to,"... | |
 | Donald Hawes, Former Head of Language and Literature Department Donald Hawes, David Parker - 1998 - 278 pągines
...the principle that two and two are four, and nothing over, and who is not to be talked into allowing anything over. Thomas Gradgrind, Sir - peremptorily...Sir, ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human natire, and tell you exactly what it comes to. It is a mere question of figures, a case of simple arithmetic.'... | |
 | Warwick Organizational Behaviour Staff, Warwick Organizational Behavior - 2001 - 513 pągines
...is at least as old as the industrial revolution. Dickens saw the emblem of Thomas Gradgrind 1"ready to weigh and measure any parcel of human nature. and tell you exactly what it comes to"l as the "deadly statistical clock" in his observatory. "which measured everv second with a beat... | |
 | James L. Hughes - 2001 - 332 pągines
...to statisties, and that "with his rule, and a pair of scales, and the multiplication table, he could weigh and measure any parcel of human nature, and tell you exactly what it romеs to." M'Choakumchild's preparation for the work of etimulating young life to larger, richer growth.... | |
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