A christmas carol quotes Flashcards
Tight fisted?
Tight-fisted hand at the grindstone.
oyster?
Solitary as an oyster.
surplus?
If they would rather die, they had rather do it, and decrease this surplus population.
darkness?
Darkness is cheap and scrooge liked it.
beef?
You may be an undigested bit of beef.
chain?
I wear the chain I forged in life.
mankind?
Mankind was my business.
clerk?
I should like to be able to say a word or two to my clerk just now. That’s all.
chosen?
May you be happy in the life you have chosen.
torture?
Why do you delight to torture me?
light?
Scrooge could not hide the light.
crutch?
I see a crutch without an owner.
spared?
Say he will be spared
ignorance?
This boy is ignorance. This girl is want.
shadows?
Are these the shadows of the things that will be, or are they shadows of the things that may be only?
was?
I am not the man I was.
honour?
I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.
sponge?
tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone.
salary?
I am about to raise your salary.
second
and to Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father.
bless?
God bless us, every one!