A CHRISTMAS CAROL STAVE 4 QUOTES

“The phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached. When it came near him, Scrooge bent down upon his knee; for in the very air through which this Spirit moved it seemed to scatter gloom and mystery.”

“But though Scrooge had repented, and seen his errors, he struggled with the Ghost. He was resolved to flirt with it and tell it anything it liked. ‘Spirit!’ said Scrooge, clutching at its robe.”

“The Spirit touched him on the arm, and pointed to his younger self, intent upon his reading. Suddenly a man in foreign garments stood before him.”

“A churchyard! Here, then the wretched man whose name he had now equalled, in death, lay underneath the ground.”

“Scrooge hung his head to hear his own words quoted by the Spirit, and was overcome with penitence and grief.”

“He left the room, and went to his former clock-room, where he had just seen the Spirit of Christmas Present: not thinking how he went, but only that he went.”

“A man, was singing to himself, and roaring, hoarsely, as he puffed through his nose, and this boy was singing over his work.”

“The spirit gazed upon him mildly. Its gentle touch, though it had been light and instantaneous, appeared still present to the old man’s sense of feeling.”

“I don’t know what to do!’ cried Scrooge, laughing and crying in the same breath; and making a perfect Laocoön of himself with his stockings.”

“Scrooge entered timidly, and hung his head before this Spirit. He was not the dogged Scrooge he had been, and, though the Spirit’s eyes were clear and kind, he did not like to meet them.”

“She laid her finger on her lip. The good lady plied her fan, and Scrooge and she were left the last two in the hall.”

“Tell me I may sponge away the writing on this stone!”

“Scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the spectre going on at this rate, and began to quake exceedingly.”

“The colour hurts my eyes. It’s harsh and coarse; and I want to change it for another day.”

“I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future! The Spirits of all Three shall strive within me.”

“Scrooge then remembered to have heard that ghosts in haunted houses were described as dragging chains.” MAMA BHANJA QUOTES IN ENGLISH

“Can you sit there day after day and see the pass unwatched? And think that any good thing could come of the hut?”

“His neighbour nodded, and sat down with his legs spread out and his hands rubbed his knees.”

“It was not until now, when the bright faces of his former self and Dick were turned from them, that he remembered the Ghost.”

“Will you take the chance of that child’s being free to lead a new and better life?”

“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 Spirit was immovable as ever.”

“Scrooge hopped upon his stool and trotted as hard as he could towards the window as fast as you might have thought it takes him to hop downstairs.”

“I am afraid I have to pass away with you, and the night is closing in.”

“The Spirit answered not, but pointed onward with its hand.”

“Would they already have torn him down? Or gorged upon him?”

“Spirit, this is a fearful place. In leaving it, I would not leave its lesson, trust me. Let us go!”

“Doomed to wander through the world—oh, woe is me!—and witness what I cannot share, but might have shared on earth, and turned to happiness!”

“He commenced by expressing his wish that the Ghost had given him small time for making arrangements.”

“When the clock struck eleven, this domestic ball broke up.”