christmas carol Flashcards
“As ______ as an ______.”
“As solitary as an oyster.”
“External ______ and ______ had little ______ on Scrooge.”
“External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge.”
“If they would rather ______,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and ______ the ______ ______.”
“If they would rather die,” said Scrooge, “they had better do it, and decrease the surplus population.”
“______ is ______, and ______ liked it.”
“Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge liked it.”
Marley’s Ghost: “______ was my ______.”
Marley’s Ghost: “Mankind was my business.”
“I am here to-night to _____ you, that you have yet a _____ and hope of ______ my fate.”
“I am here to-night to warn you, that you have yet a chance and hope of escaping my fate.”
“There was a boy _____ a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I _____ like to have given him _____: that’s all.”
“There was a boy singing a Christmas Carol at my door last night. I should like to have given him something: that’s all.”
“The _____ he gives, is quite as _____ as if it costs a _____.”
“The happiness he gives, is quite as great as if it costs a fortune.”
“Another _____ has _____ me.”
“Another idol has displaced me.”
“I have seen your _____ aspirations fall off one by one, until the master _____, Gain, _____ you.”
“I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master passion, Gain, engrosses you.”
Quite _____ in the world, I do _____.”
Quite alone in the world, I do believe.”
“Sprinkled _____ on their _____ from his torch.”
“Sprinkled incense on their dinners from his torch.”
“There never was such a _____. Bob said he didn’t _____ there ever was such a _____ cooked.”
“There never was such a goose. Bob said he didn’t believe there ever was such a goose cooked.”
“If these _____ remain _____ by the Future, the child will _____.”
“If these shadows remain unaltered by the Future, the child will die.”
This boy is _____. This girl is _____. Beware them both, and all of their _____, but most of all beware this _____.”
This boy is Ignorance. This girl is Want. Beware them both, and all of their degree, but most of all beware this boy.”
