Little Classics, Volume 5Rossiter Johnson Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 - Literature |
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... cried a cheerful voice . It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew , who came upon him so quickly that this was the first in- timation Scrooge had of his approach . " Bah ! " said Scrooge ; " humbug ! " " Christmas a humbug , uncle ! You don ...
... cried a cheerful voice . It was the voice of Scrooge's nephew , who came upon him so quickly that this was the first in- timation Scrooge had of his approach . " Bah ! " said Scrooge ; " humbug ! " " Christmas a humbug , uncle ! You don ...
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... indeed he did . He went the whole length of the expression , and said that he would see him in that extremity first . " But why ? " cried Scrooge's nephew . " Why ? " " Why did you get married ? " " Because 10 LITTLE CLASSICS .
... indeed he did . He went the whole length of the expression , and said that he would see him in that extremity first . " But why ? " cried Scrooge's nephew . " Why ? " " Why did you get married ? " " Because 10 LITTLE CLASSICS .
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... And upon its coming in , the dying flame leaped up , as though it cried , " I know him ! Marley's ghost ! " The same face , the very same . Marley in his pigtail , usual waistcoat , tights , and boots . His body A CHRISTMAS CAROL . 15.
... And upon its coming in , the dying flame leaped up , as though it cried , " I know him ! Marley's ghost ! " The same face , the very same . Marley in his pigtail , usual waistcoat , tights , and boots . His body A CHRISTMAS CAROL . 15.
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... cried the Ghost , wringing its hands again . " Mankind was my business . The common welfare was my business ; charity , mercy , forbearance , benevolence , were all my business . The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the ...
... cried the Ghost , wringing its hands again . " Mankind was my business . The common welfare was my business ; charity , mercy , forbearance , benevolence , were all my business . The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the ...
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... Welsh wig , sitting behind such a high desk that , if he had been two inches taller , he must have knocked his head against the ceiling , Scrooge cried in great excite ment , " Why , it's old Fezziwig ! Bless A CHRISTMAS CAROL . 21.
... Welsh wig , sitting behind such a high desk that , if he had been two inches taller , he must have knocked his head against the ceiling , Scrooge cried in great excite ment , " Why , it's old Fezziwig ! Bless A CHRISTMAS CAROL . 21.
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asked began bless Bo-bo Bob Cratchit boots called candle Christmas day Christmas eve cried crust Dan Harroway dark dear door exclaimed eyes face father fellow felt fire Gadshill-in-the-Fields Geoffrey Gunn Ghost girl hand happy Harroway head hear heard heart Inmate Jacob Marley Jerry Rouse Jerry's Kenmare knees knew Lafarge laughed live looked Marley marriage master Mercy merry Christmas mind misery Miss Moriarty morning Nance Nash Navity Neal Malone Neal's never night O'Connor passed Pickersgill plase your honor poor round towers schoolmaster Scrooge Scrooge's nephew seemed shake singin Smilish Spirit stairs stood story sure sure as fate tailor tell there's thing thought Tibbot O'Leary Tiny Tiny Tim told Tom Nash took total depravity turned Uncle Scrooge Varuna walked wife woman word young Cratchits
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Page 7 - 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 91 - See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood ? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal — wallowing in all manner of filthy conversation — from these sins he is happily snatched away — lt Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care...
Page 35 - There was nothing of high mark in this. They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being waterproof; their clothes were scanty; and Peter might have known, and very likely did, the inside of a pawnbrokers.
Page 9 - ... not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my will...
Page 33 - I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope he'd have a good appetite for it.
Page 32 - A smell like a washing-day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating-house and a pastry cook's next door to each other, with a laundress's next door to that!
Page 32 - Oh, a wonderful pudding ! Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs. Cratchit since their marriage.
Page 87 - You graceless whelp, what have you got there devouring ? Is it not enough that you have burnt me down three houses with your dog's tricks, and be hanged to you ! but you must be eating fire, and I know not what ? What have you got there, I say F " " O father, the pig, the pig ! do come and taste how nice the burnt pig eats.
Page 28 - 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 37 - After a while they played at forfeits; for it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.