Identifier: christmascarol00dick2 (find matches)
Title: A Christmas carol
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Coburn, Frederick Simpson
Subjects: Christmas stories Misers
Publisher: New York : Putnam
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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/« half a minute Mrs. Cratchit en-tered—flushed^ but smiling proudly— with the pudding^ 91 H Cbristmas Carol
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so. Any Cratchit would have blushed to hintat such a thing. At last the dinner was all done, the clothwas cleared, the hearth swept, and the firemade up. The compound in the jug beingtasted, and considered perfect, apples andoranges were put upon the table, and ashovel-full of chestnuts on the fire. Then allthe Cratchit family drew round the hearth, inwhat Bob Cratchit called a circle, meaninghalf a one ; and at Bob Cratchits elbow stoodthe family display of glass. Two tumblers,and a custard-cup without a handle. These held the hot stuff from the jug, how-ever, as well as golden goblets would havedone ; and Bob served it out with beam-ing looks, while the chestnuts on the firesputtered and cracked noisily. Then Bobproposed : A Merry Christmas to us all, my dears.God bless us ! Which all the family re-echoed. God bless us every one ! said Tiny Tim, the last of all. He sat very close to his fathers side uponhis little stool. Bob held his withered littlehand in his, as if he loved the ch

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