A Christmas Carol Quotes Flashcards
‘a solitary…’
‘a solitary child neglected by his friends, is left there still’ Scrooge said he knew. And he sobbed’
‘Are there…’
‘Are there no prisons?… The Treadmill and The Poor Law are in full vigour then?
‘Darkness was…’
‘Darkness was cheap and Scrooge liked it’
‘I dont make…’
‘I don’t make merry myself at christmas, I cant afford to make the idle poor merry’
‘Another idol has…’
’ Another idol has displaced me… a golden one’
‘If they would…’
‘If they would rather die, they better do it and decrease the surplus population’
‘who feels…’
‘who feels emotion caused by this man’s death’
‘a weeks delay’
'’a great…’
‘a great many back-payments are included in it, I assure you.’
‘I am as light…’
‘I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel. I am as merry as a schoolboy. I am as giddy as a drunken man’
‘I will honour…’
‘I will honour christmas in my heart and try to keep it all year’
‘God bless…’
‘God bless us everyone!’
- Tiny Tim
‘And how did…’
‘And how did little Tim behave… As good as gold’
‘Merry christmas…’
‘Merry christmas to us all, my dears…'’God bless us everyone!’
‘They were a boy…’
‘They were a boy and a girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish…’
‘Spirit…’
‘Spirit, are they yours?’…‘They are Man’s’
‘He became as good…’
‘He became as good a friend, as good a master, as good a man’
‘what reason…’
‘what reason of you to be merry you’re poor enough’
‘what’s christmas…’
‘what’s christmas time to you but a time for paying bills without money; a time for finding yourself a year older but not a penny richer’
‘my little…’
‘my little, little child!’ cried Bob ‘my little child!’
‘At Bob…’
‘At Bob Cratchit’s elbow stood the family display of glass; two tumblers; a custard-cup without a handle’
‘a tight-fisted…’
‘a tight-fisted hand at the grindstone’
‘a covetous…’
‘a covetous old sinner as hard and sharp as a flint’
‘no warmth…’
‘no warmth could warm and no wintery weather chill’
‘dismal…’
‘dismal little cell’
‘It was shrouded…’
‘It was shrouded in a deep black garment, which concealed its head, its face, its form and left nothing visible’
‘Scrooge feared…’
‘Scrooge feared the silent shape so much that his legs trembled beneath him’
‘But you…’
‘But you were always a good man of business… Mankind was my business’
‘A jolly…’
‘A jolly giant who bore a glowing torch with a cheery voice and a joyful air’
‘Spirit hear me…’
‘Spirit hear me, I am not the man I was’
‘This boy…’
‘This boy is ignorance and this girl is want. Beware them both…’
‘kind…’
‘kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time’
Your lip…’
‘Your lip is trembling and what is that upon your cheek’
‘Its I…’
‘Its I. Your uncle Scrooge. I have come to dinner. Will you let me in, Fred?’
‘I wish…’
‘I wish… but it’s too late now… There was a boy singing a christmas carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something, that’s all’
‘I have seen…’
‘I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you’
‘I want nothing…’
‘I want nothing from you; I ask nothing of you; why cannot we be friends’
‘It was a strange…’
‘It was a strange figure- like a child yet not so like a child as like an old man’
‘A churchyard…’
‘A churchyard overrun by weeds, the growth of vegetation’s death not life- a worthy place!’
‘If these shadows…’
‘If these shadows remain unaltered by the future, the child shall die’
‘a merry…’
‘a merry christmas to you uncle! god save you!’
‘Every idiot…’
‘Every idiot who goes about with ‘merry christmas’ on his lips should be boiled in his own pudding and burried with a stake on holly through his heart!’
‘Father is…’
‘Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that home’s like heaven!’
‘in the dark…’
‘in the dark house, with not a man, a woman , or a child, to say that he was kind.’
‘what reason…’
‘what reason have you to be dismal? what reason have you to be morose, you’re rich enough’
