grateful-tempered

Updated: July 25, 2026

When they had feasted, as two grateful-tempered giants might have done, they stirred the fire, drew back the glowing curtain from the window, and making each a sofa for himself, by union of the great unwieldy chairs, gazed blissfully into the street. Even the street was made a fairy street, by being half hidden in an atmosphere of steak, and strong, stout, stand-up English beer.

Charles Dickens - Martin Chuzzlewit