Generosity Flashcards
(9 cards)
‘Covetous old sinner! Hard and sharp as flint, to which no steel had ever stuck out generous fire’
Q1
‘I don’t make merry myself at Christmas, and I can’t afford to make idle people merry’
Q2
‘Hilli-ho!’ Cried old Fezziwig, skipping down from the high desk with wonderful agility. ‘Clear away, my lads and let’s have lots of room here! Hills-ho Dick!’
Q3
‘He has the power to render us happy or unhappy; to make our service light or burdensome…the happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune’
Q4
Heaped up on the floor, to form a kind of throne, we’re turkeys, geese, game, poultry… a jolly giant, glorious to see who bore a glowing torch, in shape not unlike plenty’s horn’
Q5
‘How the ghost exulted! How it bared its breadth of breast, and opened its capacious palm…outpouring with a generous hand it’s bright and harmless mirth’
Q6
‘Ungrateful not to drink his health. Here is a glass of mulled wine….Uncle Scrooge’
‘Mr Scrooge, the founder of the feast’
Q7
‘A splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs…quite a baby…‘Hallo!’
Q8
‘A merrier Christmas, Bob, my good fellow, than I have given you for many a year! I’ll raise your salary… assist your struggling family’
Q9