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@christman Apr 12, 2026, 5:08 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #15/41

I have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one, until the master-passion, Gain, engrosses you. Have I not?’‘What then?’ he retorted. ‘Even if I have grown so much wiser, what then? I am not…

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@christman Apr 1, 2026, 2:04 PM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #14/41

But if they had been twice as many: ah, four times: old Fezziwig would have been a match for them, and so would Mrs Fezziwig. As to her, she was worthy to be his partner in every sense of the term. I…

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@christman Mar 17, 2026, 11:03 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #13/41

At sight of an old gentleman in a Welch wig, sitting behind such a high desk, that if he had been two inches taller he must have knocked his head against the ceiling, Scrooge cried in great excitemen…

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@christman Mar 7, 2026, 7:52 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #12/41

‘I wish,’ Scrooge muttered, putting his hand in his pocket, and looking about him, after drying his eyes with his cuff: ‘but it’s too late now.’‘What is the matter?’ asked the Spirit.‘Nothing,’ said…

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@christman Feb 22, 2026, 10:21 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #11/41

Some shaggy ponies now were seen trotting towards them with boys upon their backs, who called to other boys in country gigs and carts, driven by farmers. All these boys were in great spirits, and sho…

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@christman Feb 12, 2026, 12:25 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #10/41

It held a branch of fresh green holly in its hand; and, in singular contradiction of that wintry emblem, had its dress trimmed with summer flowers. But the strangest thing about it was, that from the…

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@christman Feb 8, 2026, 11:51 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #9/41

2The First of the Three SpiritsWhen Scrooge awoke, it was so dark, that looking out of bed, he could scarcely distinguish the transparent window from the opaque walls of his chamber. He was endeavour…

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@christman Jan 28, 2026, 12:50 PM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #8/41

captive, bound, and double-ironed,’ cried the phantom, ‘not to know, that ages of incessant labour by immortal creatures, for this earth must pass into eternity before the good of which it is suscept…

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@christman Jan 19, 2026, 2:04 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #7/41

The truth is, that he tried to be smart, as a means of distracting his own attention, and keeping down his terror; for the spectre’s voice disturbed the very marrow in his bones.To sit, staring at th…

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@christman Jan 9, 2026, 10:41 AM UTC

[Literature] Charles Dickens: A Christmas Carol #6/41

There were Cains and Abels; Pharaoh’s daughters, Queens of Sheba, Angelic messengers descending through the air on clouds like feather-beds, Abrahams, Belshazzars, Apostles putting off to sea in butt…

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