But I am sure I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round -- apart from the veneration due to its sacred name and origin, if anything belonging to it can be apart from that -- as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time: the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, 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, and not another race of creatures bound on other journeys. child" - makes us think of innocence , fragility and vulnerability, evoking the idea that the Ghost has good intentions. Nor was it more retentive of its ancient state, within; for entering the dreary hall, and glancing through the open doors of many rooms, they found them poorly furnished, cold, and vast. He was conscious of being exhausted, and overcome by an irresistible drowsiness; and, further, of being in his own bedroom. Its gentle touch, though it had been light and instantaneous, appeared still present to the old man’s sense of feeling.

com/teaching-resource/a-christmas-carol-quotes-revision-12938348 Tes paid licence How can I reuse this? in life my spirit never roved beyond the narrow limits of our money-changing hole; and weary journeys lie before me! Or would you know,’ pursued the Ghost, ` the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself?The terrible announcement that the baby had been taken in the act of putting a doll’s frying-pan into his mouth, and was more than suspected of having swallowed a fictitious turkey, glued on a wooden platter. All these boys were in great spirits, and shouted to each other, until the broad fields were so full of merry music, that the crisp air laughed to hear it. Its hair, which hung about its neck and down its back, was white as if with age; and yet the face had not a wrinkle in it, and the tenderest bloom was on the skin. a christmas carol charles dickenssummary, study guide, character list, themes etc are added as annotations. Scrooge expressed himself much obliged, but could not help thinking that a night of unbroken rest would have been more conducive to that end.

And therefore, uncle, though it has never put a scrap of gold or silver in my pocket, I believe that it has done me good, and will do me good; and I say, God bless it! It was a large house, but one of broken fortunes; for the spacious offices were little used, t heir walls were damp and mossy, their windows broken, and their gates decayed. Perhaps, Scrooge could not have told anybody why, if anybody could have asked him; but he had a special desire to see the Spirit in his cap; and begged him to be covered. It was not until now, when the bright faces of his former self and Dick were turned from them, that he remembered the Ghost, and became conscious that it was looking full upon him, while the light upon its head burnt very clear.He had been quite familiar with one old ghost, in a white waistcoat, with a monstrous iron safe attached to its ankle , who cried piteously at being unable to assist a wretched woman with an infant, whom it saw below, upon a door-step . Quite satisfied, he closed his door, and locked himself in; double-locked himself in, which was not his custom. S tries to make fun of Marley - he's scared and confused and doesn't like to feel inferior, used to people being afraid of him. begged" - contrasts the intimidating and bossy Scrooge we see in Stave 1 and emphasizes how desperate he is for the light to be covered.