A Christmas Carol - revision of key quotes! Flashcards
‘But how much greater was his horror when….
‘But how much greater was his horror when the phantom taking off the bandage round its head, as if it were too warm to wear indoors, its lower jaw dropped down upon its breast.’
‘I wear the chain…
‘I wear the chain I forged in life … I make it link by link, and yard by yard; I girded it of my own free will, and of my own free will I wore it.’
‘From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children; …
‘From the foldings of its robe, it brought two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable. ‘
‘The phantom slowly,
‘The phantom slowly, gravely, silently, approached.’
‘… the Spirit neither
‘… the Spirit neither spoke nor moved.’
‘It was a strange figure –
‘It was a strange figure – like a child: yet not so like a child as like an old man,
‘Solitary…
‘Solitary as an Oyster’
‘Squeezing,
‘Squeezing, wrenching, grasping, scrap[ing, covetous old sinner’
As hard and…
‘As hard and sharp as flint’
‘The very air through which…
‘The very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.’
A solitary child…
‘A solitary child, neglected by his friends, is left there still’
‘”Your lip is…
‘”Your lip is trembling,” said the Ghost. “And what is
that upon your cheek?”’
‘”Father is so…
‘”Father is so much kinder than he used to be, that
home’s like Heaven!’
‘He called out in a ….’
Fezziwig
‘He called out in a comfortable, oily, rich, fat, jovial
voice.’ (Fezziwig)
‘Heaped up on the floor, to form…’
‘Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, were
turkeys, geese, game, poultry…’
‘Then up rose …
‘Then up rose Mrs Cratchit, Cratchit’s wife… brave in
ribbons.’
- ‘”What then? If he be like to die…
- ‘”What then? If he be like to die, he had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”’
‘They were a boy and girl. Yellow…
‘They were a boy and girl. Yellow, meagre, ragged,
scowling, wolfish: but prostrate, too, in their humility.
‘”They are Man’s,” said the Spirit, looking down upon
them. “And they…
‘”They are Man’s,” said the Spirit, looking down upon
them. “And they cling to me, appealing from their
fathers. This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware
them both, and all of their degree, but most of all
beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom.”’
‘”Hear me! I am not…
‘”Hear me! I am not the man I was. I will
not be the man I must have been but for
this intercourse. Why show me this, if I am past all
hope?”’
“’I will honour…
“’I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it
all the year. I will live in the Past, Present, and the
Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me’
And so, as Tiny Tim observed…
And so, as Tiny Tim observed, God bless Us, Every
One!’
“’I’ll raise your salary,…
“’I’ll raise your salary, and endeavour to assist your
struggling family, and we will discuss your affairs this
very afternoon.”’
‘”I am as light as a feather…
‘”I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an
angel, I am as merry as a school-boy.”’
