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abbey town black eyes bless Bob Cratchit bright CAMDEN TOWN cheerful child Christmas Day church churchyard coachman cold comfort corner cried Scrooge dark dear delight dinner door dress Ebenezer Scrooge exclaimed face fat boy father fire friends Gabriel Grub Ghost of Christmas girl glass goblin grandmamma grandpapa grave Hallo hands happy head hear heard heart heartily Jacob Marley kissed knees knew laugh legs light Marley's Merry Christmas mistletoe mother never night old Fezziwig old lady once passed Peter Phantom Pickwick plump sister poor relations pudding replied returned Robin Crusoe round Scrooge looked Scrooge's nephew Scrooge's niece sexton shadows sitting smile Snodgrass sound spectre Spirit stood stopped street thing thought Tiny Tiny Tim trembling Tupman turkey turned uncle George Uncle Scrooge voice walked Wardle Weller window Winkle young Cratchits young lady
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Page 64 - At last the dinner was all done, the cloth was cleared, the hearth swept, and the fire made up. The compound in the jug being tasted and considered perfect, apples and oranges were put upon the table, and a shovelful of chestnuts on the fire.
Page 59 - ... of the day) into his mouth, rejoiced to find himself so gallantly attired, and yearned to show his linen in the fashionable Parks. And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own; and basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies, while he (not proud, although his...
Page 10 - Scrooge never painted out Old Marley's name. There it stood, years afterwards, above the warehouse door: Scrooge and Marley. The firm was known as Scrooge and Marley. Sometimes people new to the business called Scrooge Scrooge, and sometimes Marley, but he answered to both names.
Page 9 - Marley was dead, to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it. And Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.
Page 62 - Miss Belinda sweetened up the apple-sauce; Martha dusted the hot plates; Bob took Tiny Tim beside him in a tiny corner at the table; the two young Cratchits set chairs for everybody, not forgetting themselves, and mounting guard upon their posts, crammed spoons...
Page 62 - ... spoons into their mouths, lest they should shriek for goose before their turn came to be helped. At last the dishes were set on, and grace was said. It was succeeded by a breathless pause, as Mrs. Cratchit, looking slowly all along the...
Page 45 - In came the six young followers whose hearts they broke. In came all the young men and women employed in the business. In came the housemaid, with her cousin, the baker.
Page 11 - No warmth could warm, nor wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. Foul weather didn't know where to have him. The heaviest rain, and snow, and hail, and sleet could boast of the advantage over him in only one respect. They often " came down " handsomely, and Scrooge never did.
Page 11 - Nobody ever stopped him in the street to say, with gladsome looks, "My dear Scrooge, how are you? When will you come to see me?" No beggars implored him to bestow a trifle, no children asked him what it was o'clock, no man or woman ever once in all his life inquired the way to such and such a place, of Scrooge. Even the...
Page 60 - ... his threadbare clothes darned up and brushed, to look seasonable; and Tiny Tim upon his shoulder. Alas for Tiny Tim, he bore a little crutch, and had his limbs supported by an iron frame! "Why, where's our Martha?" cried Bob Cratchit, looking round. "Not coming,