All 4 Uses of
sanguine
in
Oliver Twist
- Mr. Gamfield's most sanguine estimate of his finances could not raise them within full five pounds of the desired amount; and, in a species of arithmetical desperation, he was alternately cudgelling his brains and his donkey, when passing the workhouse, his eyes encountered the bill on the gate.†
Chpt 3
- The success of Mr. Sowerberry's ingenious speculation, exceeded even his most sanguine hopes.†
Chpt 6 *
- …he made; and it was the more singular in his case, because, even admitting for the sake of argument, the possibility of scientific improvements being brought to that pass which will enable a gentleman to eat his own head in the event of his being so disposed, Mr. Grimwig's head was such a particularly large one, that the most sanguine man alive could hardly entertain a hope of being able to get through it at a sitting—to put entirely out of the question, a very thick coating of powder.†
Chpt 14
- 'And—and—good?' asked Fagin, hesitating as though he feared to vex the other man by being too sanguine.†
Chpt 39
Definition:
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(sanguine) confidently optimistic and cheerful