Little Classics, Τόμος 5Rossiter Johnson Houghton, Mifflin, 1874 |
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Σελίδα 8
... woman ever once in all his life in- quired the way to such and such a place , of Scrooge . Even the blind men's dogs appeared to know him ; and when they saw him coming on , would tug their owners into doorways and up courts ; and then ...
... woman ever once in all his life in- quired the way to such and such a place , of Scrooge . Even the blind men's dogs appeared to know him ; and when they saw him coming on , would tug their owners into doorways and up courts ; and then ...
Σελίδα 21
... woman's hand , was not to be resisted . He rose ; but , finding that the Spirit made towards the win- dow , clasped its robe in supplication . " I am a mortal , and liable to fall . " " Bear but a touch of my hand there , " said the ...
... woman's hand , was not to be resisted . He rose ; but , finding that the Spirit made towards the win- dow , clasped its robe in supplication . " I am a mortal , and liable to fall . " " Bear but a touch of my hand there , " said the ...
Σελίδα 41
... woman with a heavy bundle slunk into the shop . But she had scarcely entered , when another woman , similarly laden , came in too ; and she was closely followed by a man in faded black . After a short period of blank astonishment , in ...
... woman with a heavy bundle slunk into the shop . But she had scarcely entered , when another woman , similarly laden , came in too ; and she was closely followed by a man in faded black . After a short period of blank astonishment , in ...
Σελίδα 42
... woman . of themselves . He always did ! Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these ? Not a dead man , I suppose . " Mrs. Dilber , whose manner was remarkable for gen- eral propitiation , said , " No , indeed , ma'am ...
... woman . of themselves . He always did ! Who's the worse for the loss of a few things like these ? Not a dead man , I suppose . " Mrs. Dilber , whose manner was remarkable for gen- eral propitiation , said , " No , indeed , ma'am ...
Σελίδα 52
... woman , that if Jerry had n't had her , nobody else would . She set her cap at me once , did Nance ; but there ! what kind of cap was it ? so black you would n't have picked it up in the street . However , Jerry had a kind heart , you ...
... woman , that if Jerry had n't had her , nobody else would . She set her cap at me once , did Nance ; but there ! what kind of cap was it ? so black you would n't have picked it up in the street . However , Jerry had a kind heart , you ...
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asked began bless Bo-bo Bob Cratchit boots called candle Christmas day Christmas eve cried crust Dan Harroway dark dear door exclaimed eyes face father fellow felt fire Gadshill-in-the-Fields Geoffrey Gunn Ghost girl hand happy Harroway head hear heard heart Inmate Jacob Marley Jerry Rouse Jerry's Kenmare knees knew Lafarge laughed live looked Marley marriage master Mercy merry Christmas mind misery Miss Moriarty morning Nance Nash Navity Neal Malone Neal's never night O'Connor passed Pickersgill plase your honor poor round towers schoolmaster Scrooge Scrooge's nephew seemed shake singin Smilish Spirit stairs stood story sure sure as fate tailor tell there's thing thought Tibbot O'Leary Tiny Tiny Tim told Tom Nash took total depravity turned Uncle Scrooge Varuna walked wife woman word young Cratchits
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Σελίδα 7 - MARLEY was dead: to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that. The register of his burial was signed by the clergyman, the clerk, the undertaker, and the chief mourner. Scrooge signed it: and Scrooge's name was good upon 'Change, for anything he chose to put his hand to.
Σελίδα 91 - See him in the dish, his second cradle, how meek he lieth ! — wouldst thou have had this innocent grow up to the grossness and indocility which too often accompany maturer swinehood ? Ten to one he would have proved a glutton, a sloven, an obstinate, disagreeable animal — wallowing in all manner of filthy conversation — from these sins he is happily snatched away — lt Ere sin could blight, or sorrow fade, Death came with timely care...
Σελίδα 35 - There was nothing of high mark in this. They were not a handsome family; they were not well dressed; their shoes were far from being waterproof; their clothes were scanty; and Peter might have known, and very likely did, the inside of a pawnbrokers.
Σελίδα 9 - ... not an hour richer; a time for balancing your books and having every item in 'em through a round dozen of months presented dead against you? If I could work my will...
Σελίδα 33 - I wish I had him here. I'd give him a piece of my mind to feast upon, and I hope he'd have a good appetite for it.
Σελίδα 32 - A smell like a washing-day! That was the cloth. A smell like an eating-house and a pastry cook's next door to each other, with a laundress's next door to that!
Σελίδα 32 - Oh, a wonderful pudding ! Bob Cratchit said, and calmly too, that he regarded it as the greatest success achieved by Mrs. Cratchit since their marriage.
Σελίδα 87 - You graceless whelp, what have you got there devouring ? Is it not enough that you have burnt me down three houses with your dog's tricks, and be hanged to you ! but you must be eating fire, and I know not what ? What have you got there, I say F " " O father, the pig, the pig ! do come and taste how nice the burnt pig eats.
Σελίδα 28 - And now two smaller Cratchits, boy and girl, came tearing in, screaming that outside the baker's they had smelt the goose, and known it for their own ; and, basking in luxurious thoughts of sage and onion, these young Cratchits danced about the table, and exalted Master Peter Cratchit to the skies', while he (not proud, although his...
Σελίδα 37 - After a while they played at forfeits; for it is good to be children sometimes, and never better than at Christmas, when its mighty Founder was a child himself.