A Christmas Cock Flashcards
No warmth ….
No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him
What reason …
“What reason have you to be merry, your poor enough”
“But though Scrooge pressed…
“But though Scrooge pressed it down with all his force, he could not hide the light.”
I am the ghost …
“I am the ghost of Christmas present […] look upon me”
“Who suffers …”
“Who suffers by his ill whims! himself, always”
“It was a worthy place”
Scrooges horrible nature echoes his celebration after death. Beloved bad people shouldn’t be mounted
People who hold onto their wealth
Miser
Miser
People who hold onto their wealth
“I will honour Christmas […] The Spirits of all Three …
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me. I will not shut out the lessons that they teach!”
“Reflect upon your …
“Reflect upon your present blessings—of which every man has many—not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”
when men and women seem…
when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely, and to think of people below them as if they really were fellow-passengers to the grave
though it has never…
(Fred Stave 1)
though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good
Mankind…
(Marley stave 1)
Mankind was my business. T
The dealings of my trade were…
(Marley stave 1)
The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!‘”
excellent man of business…
(About Scrooge opening Stave1
1)
excellent man of business on the very day of the funeral, and solemnised it with an undoubted bargain.”
They are Man’s . . .
(GOC present stave 3)
They are Man’s . . . And they cling to me, appealing from their fathers
beware this boy…
(GOC Present end of stave 3)
beware this boy, for on his brow I see that written which is Doom, unless the writing be erased.”
If these shadows…
(GOC Present tiny Tim)
If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.”
“I’ll give you…
( Bob cratchit stave 3 )
“I’ll give you Mr. Scrooge, the Founder of the Feast!”
“But if the courses…
( Scrooge stave 4)
“But if the courses be departed from, the ends will change. Say it is thus with what you show me!”
There’s more of…
(Scrooge Stave 1 to Marley)
There’s more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!”
There is nothing on…
(Scrooge towards the end about poverty and wealth )
There is nothing on which it is so hard as poverty; and there is nothing it professes to condemn with such severity as the pursuit of wealth!”