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[a] [christmas] [carol] 

[by] [charles] [dickens] 

[illustrated] [by] [george] [alfred] [williams] 

[new] [york] [the] [platt] [&] [peck] [co] [.] 

[copyright] [,] [@number@] [by] [the] [baker] [&] [taylor] [company] 

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [he] [had] [been] [tim] ['s] [blood] [horse] [all] [the] [way] [from] [church] [.] ["] []] 

[introduction] 

the success of the book was immediate [.] 
1 the 2 success
2 success 3 of
2 success 6 was
3 of 5 book
4 the 5 book
6 was 7 immediate

thackeray wrote [of] it [:] ["] [who] [can] [listen] [to] [objections] [regarding] [such] [a] [book] [as] [this] [?] 
1 thackeray 2 wrote
2 wrote 4 it

it seems to me [a] national [benefit] , [and] to every man or woman who reads it , [a] personal kindness [.] ["] 
1 it 2 seems
2 seems 3 to
2 seems 6 national
3 to 4 me
6 national 10 to
8 , 10 to
10 to 13 or
10 to 18 ,
11 every 12 man
12 man 13 or
13 or 14 woman
13 or 15 who
13 or 16 reads
15 who 16 reads
16 reads 17 it
18 , 21 kindness
20 personal 21 kindness

[the] [five] [are] [known] [to-day] [as] [the] ["] [christmas] [books] [.] ["] 

dickens seems to have put his whole self into these glowing little stories [.] 
1 dickens 2 seems
2 seems 3 to
2 seems 5 put
3 to 4 have
4 have 5 put
5 put 8 self
5 put 9 into
6 his 8 self
7 whole 8 self
9 into 13 stories
10 these 13 stories
11 glowing 13 stories
12 little 13 stories

a new life is brought to [scrooge] [when] [he] , " [running] to [his] [window] , [opened] [it] and put out his head [.] 
1 a 3 life
2 new 3 life
3 life 4 is
4 is 19 and
5 brought 6 to
5 brought 19 and
6 to 16 ,
10 , 11 "
10 , 13 to
13 to 16 ,
19 and 20 put
19 and 21 out
19 and 23 head
22 his 23 head

oh , [glorious] [!] 
1 oh 2 ,

[glorious] [!] ["] 

" [the] [cricket] [on] [the] [hearth] " [strikes] [a] [different] [note] [.] 
1 " 7 "

dickens 's greatest gift [was] [characterization] [,] [and] [no] [english] [writer] [,] [save] [shakespeare] [,] [has] [drawn] [so] [many] [and] [so] [varied] [characters] [.] 
1 dickens 2 's
2 's 3 greatest
2 's 4 gift

it would be [as] absurd [to] [interpret] [all] [of] [these] [as] [caricatures] [as] [to] [deny] [dickens] [his] [great] [and] [varied] [powers] [of] [creation] [.] 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 5 absurd

but there remains a host of characters marked by humour and pathos [.] 
1 but 3 remains
1 but 7 characters
2 there 3 remains
4 a 5 host
5 host 6 of
5 host 7 characters
6 of 7 characters
7 characters 8 marked
8 marked 9 by
8 marked 11 and
10 humour 11 and
11 and 12 pathos

[yet] [the] [pictorial] [presentation] [of] [dickens] ['s] [characters] [has] [ever] [tended] [toward] [the] [grotesque] [.] 

the interpretations in this volume aim to eliminate the grosser phases of the caricature in favour of the [more] human [.] 
1 the 2 interpretations
2 interpretations 3 in
2 interpretations 6 aim
3 in 5 volume
4 this 5 volume
6 aim 7 to
6 aim 8 eliminate
7 to 8 eliminate
8 eliminate 11 phases
8 eliminate 15 in
9 the 11 phases
10 grosser 11 phases
11 phases 12 of
12 of 14 caricature
13 the 14 caricature
14 caricature 15 in
15 in 16 favour
16 favour 17 of
17 of 20 human
18 the 20 human

it has been the illustrator 's whole aim to make these people live in some form more fully consistent with their types [.] 
1 it 2 has
2 has 3 been
3 been 8 aim
3 been 9 to
3 been 20 with
4 the 5 illustrator
5 illustrator 6 's
6 's 8 aim
7 whole 8 aim
9 to 10 make
10 make 12 people
10 make 18 fully
10 make 19 consistent
11 these 12 people
12 people 13 live
13 live 14 in
14 in 16 form
15 some 16 form
17 more 18 fully
20 with 22 types
21 their 22 types

[george] [alfred] [williams] [.] 

[chatham] [,] [n] 

[contents] 

[a] [christmas] [carol] 

[stave] [page] 

[illustrations] 

[a] [christmas] [carol] 

" [he] [had] [been] [tim] ['s] [blood] [horse] [all] [the] [way] [from] [church] [.] " [frontispiece] 
1 " 15 "

["] [a] [merry] [christmas] [,] [uncle] [!] 

god save you [!] ["] [cried] [a] [cheerful] [voice] [.] [@number@] 
1 god 2 save
2 save 3 you

" [you] [recollect] [the] [way] [?] " [inquired] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [remember] it [!] ["] cried [scrooge] [,] [with] [fervour] [;] ["] [i] [could] [walk] [it] [blindfold] [.] ["] [@number@] 
1 " 6 cried
3 it 6 cried

" [why] [,] [it] ['s] [ali] [baba] [!] " 
1 " 9 "

scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy [.] 
1 scrooge 2 exclaimed
2 exclaimed 3 in
3 in 4 ecstasy

" [it] ['s] [dear] [old] [honest] [ali] [baba] [!] " [@number@] 
1 " 10 "

[a] [christmas] [carol] 

[in] [prose] 

[being] [a] [ghost] [story] [of] [christmas] 

[stave] [one] 

[marley's] [ghost] 

marley was dead [,] [to] [begin] [with] [.] 
1 marley 2 was
2 was 3 dead

there is no doubt [whatever] about that [.] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 4 doubt
2 is 6 about
3 no 4 doubt
4 doubt 6 about
6 about 7 that

the register of his burial was signed by the clergyman , the clerk , the undertaker , and the chief mourner [.] 
1 the 2 register
2 register 3 of
2 register 6 was
3 of 5 burial
4 his 5 burial
6 was 7 signed
7 signed 8 by
8 by 18 and
9 the 10 clergyman
10 clergyman 11 ,
11 , 13 clerk
11 , 14 ,
12 the 13 clerk
14 , 16 undertaker
14 , 18 and
15 the 16 undertaker
17 , 18 and
18 and 21 mourner
19 the 21 mourner
20 chief 21 mourner

scrooge signed it [.] 
1 scrooge 2 signed
2 signed 3 it

and [scrooge] ['s] name was good [upon] ['] [change] for anything he chose to [put] his hand to [.] 
1 and 4 name
1 and 5 was
5 was 6 good
6 good 10 for
10 for 11 anything
11 anything 12 he
11 anything 18 to
12 he 13 chose
13 chose 14 to
13 chose 18 to
14 to 17 hand
16 his 17 hand

[old] [marley] [was] [as] [dead] [as] [a] [door-nail] [.] 

[mind] [!] 

i don't [mean] [to] [say] [that] [i] know , of my own knowledge , what [there] is particularly dead about a door-nail [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 8 know
8 know 15 what
9 , 10 of
10 of 13 knowledge
10 of 14 ,
10 of 15 what
11 my 12 own
11 my 13 knowledge
15 what 17 is
17 is 19 dead
18 particularly 19 dead
19 dead 20 about
20 about 22 door-nail
21 a 22 door-nail

i might have been inclined , myself [,] to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the trade [.] 
1 i 6 ,
2 might 3 have
2 might 6 ,
3 have 4 been
4 been 5 inclined
6 , 9 to
6 , 10 regard
6 , 19 in
7 myself 9 to
9 to 10 regard
10 regard 12 coffin-nail
10 regard 13 as
11 a 12 coffin-nail
13 as 16 piece
14 the 15 deadest
14 the 16 piece
16 piece 17 of
17 of 18 ironmongery
18 ironmongery 19 in
19 in 21 trade
20 the 21 trade

but the wisdom of our ancestors is in [the] [simile] [;] [and] [my] [unhallowed] [hands] [shall] [not] [disturb] it [,] [or] [the] [country] 's done for [.] 
1 but 3 wisdom
1 but 7 is
2 the 3 wisdom
3 wisdom 4 of
3 wisdom 7 is
4 of 6 ancestors
5 our 6 ancestors
7 is 8 in
8 in 19 it
19 it 24 's
24 's 26 for
25 done 26 for

you will , [therefore] [,] [permit] [me] [to] [repeat] [,] [emphatically] [,] [that] [marley] [was] [as] [dead] [as] [a] [door-nail] [.] 
1 you 2 will
2 will 3 ,

scrooge knew he was dead [?] 
1 scrooge 2 knew
2 knew 3 he
2 knew 4 was
3 he 4 was
4 was 5 dead

of course he did [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 he
3 he 4 did

how could it be otherwise [?] 
1 how 2 could
2 could 3 it
2 could 4 be
4 be 5 otherwise

[scrooge] [and] [he] [were] [partners] [for] [i] [don't] [know] [how] [many] [years] [.] 

the [mention] [of] [marley] ['s] funeral [brings] [me] [back] [to] [the] [point] [i] [started] [from] [.] 
1 the 6 funeral

there is no doubt that [marley] [was] [dead] [.] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 4 doubt
3 no 4 doubt
4 doubt 5 that

this must be [distinctly] [understood] [,] [or] [nothing] [wonderful] [can] [come] [of] [the] [story] [i] [am] going to relate [.] 
1 this 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 17 going
17 going 18 to
18 to 19 relate

scrooge [never] [painted] [out] [old] [marley] 's name [.] 
1 scrooge 7 's
7 's 8 name

there [it] [stood] , [years] [afterwards] [,] [above] [the] [warehouse] [door] [:] [scrooge] and [marley] [.] 
1 there 4 ,
4 , 14 and

[the] [firm] [was] [known] [as] [scrooge] [and] [marley] [.] 

sometimes [people] [new] [to] [the] [business] [called] [scrooge] [scrooge] , [and] [sometimes] [marley] [,] [but] he answered [to] [both] [names] [.] 
1 sometimes 10 ,
1 sometimes 16 he
16 he 17 answered

it was all the same to him [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 6 to
3 all 4 the
3 all 5 same
4 the 5 same
5 same 6 to
6 to 7 him

a frosty [rime] [was] on his head , and on his eyebrows , and his wiry chin [.] 
1 a 17 chin
2 frosty 9 and
2 frosty 14 and
5 on 9 and
6 his 7 head
7 head 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 on
10 on 12 eyebrows
11 his 12 eyebrows
13 , 14 and
14 and 16 wiry
14 and 17 chin
15 his 16 wiry

external heat and cold had little [influence] [on] [scrooge] [.] 
1 external 2 heat
2 heat 3 and
3 and 4 cold
3 and 5 had
5 had 6 little

no [warmth] [could] [warm] , no wintry weather chill [him] [.] 
1 no 5 ,
5 , 6 no
6 no 9 chill
7 wintry 8 weather
8 weather 9 chill

foul weather didn't know where to have him [.] 
1 foul 2 weather
2 weather 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 know
4 know 5 where
5 where 6 to
5 where 7 have
6 to 7 have
7 have 8 him

the heaviest rain , and snow , and hail , and sleet could boast [of] the advantage over him in only one respect [.] 
1 the 2 heaviest
2 heaviest 5 and
3 rain 5 and
4 , 5 and
5 and 8 and
5 and 20 in
6 snow 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 14 boast
9 hail 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 sleet
11 and 13 could
13 could 14 boast
14 boast 17 advantage
14 boast 18 over
16 the 17 advantage
17 advantage 18 over
18 over 19 him
20 in 23 respect
21 only 22 one
22 one 23 respect

they often " came down " handsomely [and] [scrooge] [never] [did] [.] 
1 they 4 came
2 often 3 "
2 often 4 came
4 came 5 down
5 down 6 "
5 down 7 handsomely

nobody ever stopped him in the street to say , [with] [gladsome] [looks] , " my dear [scrooge] , how are you [?] 
1 nobody 3 stopped
2 ever 3 stopped
3 stopped 4 him
3 stopped 5 in
3 stopped 8 to
5 in 7 street
6 the 7 street
8 to 9 say
9 say 10 ,
10 , 21 are
14 , 15 "
14 , 16 my
14 , 19 ,
16 my 17 dear
19 , 20 how
20 how 21 are
21 are 22 you

when will you come to see me [?] ["] 
1 when 2 will
2 will 3 you
2 will 4 come
4 come 5 to
5 to 6 see
6 see 7 me

but what did [scrooge] [care] [?] 
1 but 2 what
1 but 3 did

it was the very thing he liked [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 thing
3 the 4 very
3 the 5 thing
5 thing 6 he
5 thing 7 liked
6 he 7 liked

once [upon] [a] [time] [of] [all] [the] [good] [days] in [the] [year] [,] [on] [christmas] [eve] [old] [scrooge] [sat] [busy] [in] his [counting-house] [.] 
1 once 10 in
10 in 22 his

scrooge had a very small fire , but the clerk 's fire was so very much smaller that it looked like one [coal] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 had
2 had 6 fire
2 had 8 but
3 a 6 fire
4 very 5 small
5 small 6 fire
7 , 8 but
8 but 22 one
9 the 10 clerk
10 clerk 11 's
11 's 12 fire
12 fire 13 was
13 was 17 smaller
14 so 15 very
15 very 16 much
16 much 17 smaller
17 smaller 18 that
17 smaller 21 like
18 that 19 it
18 that 20 looked
19 it 20 looked
21 like 22 one

["] [a] [merry] [christmas] [,] [uncle] [!] 

god save you [!] ["] [cried] [a] [cheerful] [voice] [.] 
1 god 2 save
2 save 3 you

it was the voice of [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] , who [came] [upon] [him] [so] [quickly] that this was the first intimation he had of his approach [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 voice
2 was 16 that
3 the 4 voice
4 voice 5 of
5 of 9 ,
9 , 10 who
16 that 18 was
17 this 18 was
18 was 21 intimation
19 the 20 first
19 the 21 intimation
21 intimation 22 he
21 intimation 23 had
21 intimation 24 of
22 he 23 had
24 of 26 approach
25 his 26 approach

" [bah] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [humbug] [!] " 
1 " 4 "

" [christmas] [a] [humbug] [,] [uncle] [!] " [said] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [you] [don't] [mean] [that] [,] [i] [am] [sure] [?] " 
1 " 11 "

" [i] [do] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [merry] [christmas] [!] 

what [right] have you to be merry [?] 
1 what 3 have
3 have 4 you
3 have 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 merry

what [reason] have you to be merry [?] 
1 what 3 have
3 have 4 you
3 have 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 merry

you 're poor enough [.] ["] 
1 you 2 're
2 're 3 poor
3 poor 4 enough

" [come] [,] [then] [,] " [returned] [the] [nephew] [gaily] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [what] [right] [have] [you] [to] [be] [dismal] [?] 

what [reason] have you to be morose [?] 
1 what 3 have
3 have 4 you
3 have 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 7 morose

you 're rich enough [.] ["] 
1 you 2 're
2 're 3 rich
3 rich 4 enough

" [don't] [be] [cross] [,] [uncle] [!] " [said] [the] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 8 "

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [a] [merry] [christmas] [,] [uncle] [!] 

god save you [!] ["] [cried] [a] [cheerful] [voice] [.] []] 
1 god 2 save
2 save 3 you

" [what] [else] [can] [i] [be] [,] " [returned] [the] [uncle] [,] ["] [when] [i] [live] [in] [such] [a] [world] [of] [fools] [as] [this] [?] 
1 " 8 "

[merry] [christmas] [!] 

[out] [upon] [merry] [christmas] [!] 

he should [!] ["] 
1 he 2 should

" [uncle] [!] " [pleaded] [the] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [nephew] [!] " [returned] [the] [uncle] [sternly] [,] ["] [keep] [christmas] [in] [your] [own] [way] [,] [and] [let] [me] [keep] [it] [in] [mine] [.] ["] 
1 " 4 "

" [keep] [it] [!] " [repeated] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [but] [you] [don't] [keep] [it] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" [let] [me] [leave] it [alone] [,] [then] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 11 said
5 it 11 said

["] [much] [good] [may] [it] [do] [you] [!] 

[much] [good] [it] [has] [ever] [done] [you] [!] ["] 

the clerk in the tank involuntarily applauded [.] 
1 the 2 clerk
2 clerk 3 in
2 clerk 7 applauded
3 in 5 tank
4 the 5 tank
6 involuntarily 7 applauded

[becoming] [immediately] [sensible] [of] [the] [impropriety] [,] [he] [poked] [the] [fire] [,] [and] [extinguished] [the] [last] [frail] [spark] [for] [ever] [.] 

" [let] [me] [hear] [another] [sound] [from] [you] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [and] [you] ['ll] [keep] [your] [christmas] [by] [losing] [your] [situation] [!] 
1 " 10 "

you 're quite a powerful speaker [,] [sir] [,] ["] [he] [added] [,] [turning] [to] [his] [nephew] [.] 
1 you 2 're
2 're 6 speaker
3 quite 4 a
4 a 5 powerful
4 a 6 speaker
5 powerful 6 speaker

" [i] [wonder] [you] [don't] [go] [into] [parliament] [.] " 
1 " 10 "

["] [don't] [be] [angry] [,] [uncle] [.] 

[come] [!] 

dine with us to-morrow [.] ["] 
1 dine 2 with
2 with 3 us
2 with 4 to-morrow

scrooge said that he would see him [yes] [,] [indeed] [he] [did] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 said
2 said 3 that
3 that 4 he
3 that 6 see
4 he 5 would
5 would 6 see
6 see 7 him

he went the whole length of the expression , and [said] that he would see him in that extremity first [.] 
1 he 2 went
2 went 5 length
2 went 17 in
3 the 5 length
4 whole 5 length
5 length 6 of
5 length 17 in
6 of 10 and
7 the 8 expression
8 expression 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 that
10 and 13 he
10 and 15 see
13 he 14 would
15 see 16 him
17 in 20 first
18 that 20 first
19 extremity 20 first

" [but] [why] [?] " [cried] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [why] [?] " 
1 " 4 "

" [why] [did] [you] [get] [married] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [because] [i] [fell] [in] [love] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" [good] [afternoon] [!] " 
1 " 5 "

["] [nay] [,] [uncle] [,] [but] [you] [never] [came] [to] [see] [me] [before] [that] [happened] [.] 

why give it as a reason for not coming now [?] ["] 
1 why 2 give
2 give 3 it
2 give 4 as
2 give 7 for
4 as 6 reason
5 a 6 reason
6 reason 7 for
7 for 8 not
8 not 9 coming
9 coming 10 now

" [good] [afternoon] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [i] [want] [nothing] [from] [you] [;] [i] [ask] [nothing] [of] [you] [;] [why] [cannot] [we] [be] [friends] [?] " 
1 " 20 "

" [good] [afternoon] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [i] [am] [sorry] [,] [with] [all] [my] [heart] [,] [to] [find] [you] so [resolute] [.] 
1 " 14 so

we [have] [never] had [any] [quarrel] to [which] [i] have been [a] [party] [.] 
1 we 4 had
4 had 7 to
7 to 10 have
10 have 11 been

but [i] have [made] [the] [trial] [in] [homage] to [christmas] , [and] [i] ['ll] [keep] [my] [christmas] [humour] [to] [the] [last] [.] 
1 but 11 ,
3 have 9 to
9 to 11 ,

so [a] [merry] [christmas] , uncle [!] ["] 
1 so 5 ,
5 , 6 uncle

" [good] [afternoon] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [and] [a] [happy] [new] [year] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

" [good] [afternoon] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

his nephew left the room without an angry word [,] [notwithstanding] [.] 
1 his 2 nephew
2 nephew 3 left
3 left 5 room
3 left 6 without
4 the 5 room
5 room 6 without
6 without 9 word
7 an 8 angry
7 an 9 word
8 angry 9 word

[i] ['ll] [retire] [to] [bedlam] [.] ["] 

this [lunatic] [,] [in] [letting] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [out] [,] had [let] [two] [other] [people] [in] [.] 
1 this 11 had

they were portly gentlemen , pleasant to behold , and now stood , with their hats [off] , in [scrooge] ['s] [office] [.] 
1 they 10 and
2 were 4 gentlemen
2 were 10 and
3 portly 4 gentlemen
4 gentlemen 6 pleasant
5 , 6 pleasant
6 pleasant 7 to
6 pleasant 8 behold
6 pleasant 9 ,
7 to 8 behold
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 stood
10 and 14 with
10 and 19 in
11 now 12 stood
13 , 14 with
14 with 16 hats
14 with 18 ,
15 their 16 hats

they had books and papers in their hands , and bowed to him [.] 
1 they 10 and
2 had 4 and
2 had 10 and
3 books 4 and
4 and 5 papers
4 and 6 in
7 their 8 hands
8 hands 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 bowed
10 and 12 to
12 to 13 him

" [scrooge] [and] [marley] ['s] [,] [i] [believe] [,] ["] said one of the gentlemen , referring to his list [.] 
1 " 11 said
11 said 12 one
12 one 13 of
13 of 15 gentlemen
14 the 15 gentlemen
15 gentlemen 17 referring
16 , 17 referring
17 referring 18 to
18 to 20 list
19 his 20 list

" [have] [i] [the] [pleasure] [of] [addressing] [mr] [scrooge] [,] [or] [mr] [marley] [?] " 
1 " 15 "

" [mr] [marley] [has] [been] [dead] [these] [seven] [years] [,] " [scrooge] [replied] [.] 
1 " 11 "

" [he] [died] [seven] [years] [ago] [,] [this] [very] [night] [.] " 
1 " 12 "

" we have no doubt his liberality is well represented by his surviving partner [,] ["] [said] [the] [gentleman] [,] [presenting] [his] [credentials] [.] 
1 " 2 we
2 we 3 have
3 have 5 doubt
3 have 11 by
4 no 5 doubt
6 his 7 liberality
7 liberality 8 is
8 is 9 well
9 well 10 represented
9 well 11 by
11 by 14 partner
12 his 14 partner
13 surviving 14 partner

it certainly [was] [;] [for] [they] had been [two] [kindred] [spirits] [.] 
1 it 7 had
2 certainly 7 had
7 had 8 been

[at] [the] [ominous] [word] ["] [liberality] ["] [scrooge] [frowned] [,] [and] [shook] [his] [head] [,] [and] [handed] [the] [credentials] [back] [.] 

many thousands are in want [of] common necessaries [;] [hundreds] [of] [thousands] [are] [in] [want] [of] [common] [comforts] [,] [sir] [.] ["] 
1 many 2 thousands
1 many 4 in
1 many 5 want
2 thousands 3 are
3 are 4 in
5 want 8 necessaries
7 common 8 necessaries

" [are] [there] [no] [prisons] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [plenty] [of] [prisons] [,] ["] said the gentleman [,] [laying] [down] [the] [pen] [again] [.] 
1 " 7 said
7 said 9 gentleman
8 the 9 gentleman

" [and] [the] [union] [workhouses] [?] " [demanded] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [are] [they] [still] [in] [operation] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

["] [they] [are] [.] 

still , " returned the gentleman [,] ["] [i] [wish] [i] [could] [say] they were not [.] ["] 
1 still 2 ,
1 still 14 they
2 , 3 "
2 , 4 returned
4 returned 6 gentleman
5 the 6 gentleman
14 they 15 were
15 were 16 not

" [the] [treadmill] [and] [the] [poor] [law] [are] [in] [full] [vigour] [,] [then] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 15 "

" [both] [very] [busy] [,] [sir] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

["] [oh] [!] 

" [i] [am] [very] [glad] [to] [hear] [it] [.] " 
1 " 10 "

we choose this time , because it is a time , of all others , when [want] [is] [keenly] [felt] , and [abundance] [rejoices] [.] 
1 we 2 choose
2 choose 4 time
2 choose 6 because
3 this 4 time
5 , 6 because
6 because 7 it
6 because 8 is
6 because 21 ,
7 it 8 is
8 is 10 time
9 a 10 time
10 time 12 of
11 , 12 of
12 of 14 others
12 of 15 ,
13 all 14 others
15 , 16 when
21 , 22 and

what shall [i] [put] [you] [down] [for] [?] ["] 
1 what 2 shall

" [nothing] [!] " 
1 " 4 "

scrooge replied [.] 
1 scrooge 2 replied

" [you] [wish] [to] [be] [anonymous] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

" [i] [wish] [to] [be] [left] [alone] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 9 "

["] [since] [you] [ask] [me] [what] [i] [wish] [,] [gentlemen] [,] [that] [is] [my] [answer] [.] 

i [don't] [make] [merry] [myself] [at] [christmas] [,] [and] [i] can't [afford] [to] [make] [idle] people [merry] [.] 
1 i 11 can't
11 can't 16 people

i [help] to [support] [the] [establishments] [i] have [mentioned] [they] [cost] [enough] [;] and those [who] [are] [badly] [off] must go there [.] ["] 
1 i 14 and
3 to 8 have
8 have 14 and
14 and 21 go
15 those 20 must
20 must 21 go
21 go 22 there

" [many] [can't] [go] [there] [;] [and] [many] [would] [rather] [die] [.] " 
1 " 13 "

" [if] [they] [would] [rather] [die] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , ["] they [had] better do it , and decrease the surplus population [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 19 and
11 , 13 they
13 they 19 and
15 better 16 do
16 do 17 it
16 do 19 and
18 , 19 and
19 and 20 decrease
20 decrease 23 population
21 the 23 population
22 surplus 23 population

[besides] [excuse] [me] [i] [don't] [know] [that] [.] ["] 

" [but] you might know it [,] " [observed] [the] [gentleman] [.] 
1 " 3 you
3 you 4 might
4 might 5 know
5 know 6 it
6 it 8 "

" [it] ['s] [not] [my] [business] [,] " [scrooge] [returned] [.] 
1 " 8 "

["] [it] ['s] [enough] [for] [a] [man] [to] [understand] [his] [own] [business] [,] [and] [not] [to] [interfere] [with] [other] [people] ['s] [.] 

mine occupies me constantly [.] 
1 mine 2 occupies
2 occupies 3 me
2 occupies 4 constantly

good [afternoon] , [gentlemen] [!] " 
1 good 3 ,
3 , 6 "

seeing clearly that it would be useless to pursue their point , the gentlemen withdrew [.] 
1 seeing 2 clearly
1 seeing 3 that
1 seeing 12 ,
1 seeing 14 gentlemen
3 that 4 it
3 that 6 be
4 it 5 would
5 would 6 be
6 be 7 useless
7 useless 8 to
7 useless 9 pursue
8 to 9 pursue
9 pursue 11 point
10 their 11 point
13 the 14 gentlemen
14 gentlemen 15 withdrew

scrooge resumed his labours with an improved opinion of himself , and in a more facetious temper than was usual with him [.] 
1 scrooge 2 resumed
1 scrooge 19 was
2 resumed 18 than
3 his 4 labours
4 labours 12 and
5 with 8 opinion
5 with 12 and
6 an 8 opinion
7 improved 8 opinion
8 opinion 9 of
9 of 10 himself
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 in
13 in 17 temper
14 a 17 temper
15 more 16 facetious
16 facetious 17 temper
17 temper 18 than
19 was 20 usual
20 usual 21 with
21 with 22 him

the cold became intense [.] 
1 the 2 cold
2 cold 3 became
3 became 4 intense

the water-plug being left in solitude , its overflowings suddenly congealed , and turned to misanthropic ice [.] 
1 the 3 being
2 water-plug 3 being
3 being 4 left
3 being 13 and
4 left 5 in
5 in 7 ,
6 solitude 7 ,
7 , 9 overflowings
8 its 9 overflowings
10 suddenly 11 congealed
11 congealed 13 and
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 turned
13 and 15 to
15 to 17 ice
16 misanthropic 17 ice

[foggier] [yet] [,] [and] [colder] [!] 

piercing , searching , biting cold [.] 
1 piercing 3 searching
1 piercing 5 biting
2 , 3 searching
3 searching 4 ,
5 biting 6 cold

" [god] [bless] [you] [,] [merry] [gentleman] [,] [may] [nothing] [you] [dismay] [!] " 
1 " 14 "

at length the hour of shutting up the counting-house arrived [.] 
1 at 2 length
1 at 4 hour
3 the 4 hour
4 hour 5 of
4 hour 10 arrived
5 of 6 shutting
6 shutting 7 up
6 shutting 9 counting-house
8 the 9 counting-house

" [you] ['ll] [want] [all] [day] [to-morrow] [,] [i] [suppose] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 12 "

" [if] [quite] [convenient] [,] [sir] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" [it] ['s] [not] [convenient] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , " and it 's [not] fair [.] 
1 " 8 said
8 said 12 and
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 and
12 and 13 it
12 and 14 's
13 it 14 's
14 's 16 fair

if [i] [was] [to] [stop] [half-a-crown] [for] [it] [,] you 'd think yourself ill used , [i] ['ll] [be] bound [?] ["] 
1 if 10 you
10 you 11 'd
11 'd 16 ,
12 think 13 yourself
12 think 14 ill
12 think 16 ,
14 ill 15 used
16 , 20 bound

the clerk smiled faintly [.] 
1 the 2 clerk
2 clerk 3 smiled
3 smiled 4 faintly

" [and] [yet] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [you] [don't] [think] [me] [ill] [used] [when] [i] [pay] [a] [day] ['s] [wages] [for] [no] [work] [.] ["] 
1 " 5 "

the clerk observed that it was only once a year [.] 
1 the 2 clerk
2 clerk 3 observed
3 observed 4 that
4 that 5 it
4 that 6 was
5 it 6 was
6 was 7 only
6 was 8 once
6 was 10 year
9 a 10 year

" [a] [poor] [excuse] [for] [picking] [a] [man] ['s] [pocket] [every] [twenty-fifth] [of] [december] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [,] [buttoning] [his] [great-coat] [to] [the] [chin] [.] 
1 " 16 "

["] [but] [i] [suppose] [you] [must] [have] [the] [whole] [day] [.] 

be [here] all the earlier next morning [.] ["] 
1 be 3 all
3 all 4 the
3 all 7 morning
4 the 6 next
4 the 7 morning
5 earlier 6 next

the clerk promised that he would [;] [and] [scrooge] [walked] [out] [with] [a] [growl] [.] 
1 the 2 clerk
2 clerk 3 promised
3 promised 4 that
4 that 5 he
4 that 6 would
5 he 6 would

he lived in chambers which had once belonged to his [deceased] partner [.] 
1 he 2 lived
2 lived 3 in
3 in 4 chambers
4 chambers 5 which
4 chambers 6 had
5 which 6 had
6 had 8 belonged
7 once 8 belonged
8 belonged 9 to
9 to 12 partner
10 his 12 partner

the yard was so dark [that] [even] [scrooge] [,] [who] [knew] [its] [every] [stone] [,] [was] [fain] [to] [grope] [with] [his] [hands] [.] 
1 the 2 yard
2 yard 3 was
3 was 5 dark
4 so 5 dark

marley 's face [.] 
1 marley 2 's
2 's 3 face

as [scrooge] [looked] [fixedly] at this phenomenon , it was a knocker again [.] 
1 as 9 it
5 at 7 phenomenon
5 at 8 ,
5 at 9 it
6 this 7 phenomenon
9 it 10 was
10 was 12 knocker
10 was 13 again
11 a 12 knocker

but he [put] [his] [hand] [upon] [the] [key] he had [relinquished] , turned it sturdily , walked in , and lighted his candle [.] 
1 but 2 he
2 he 12 ,
9 he 10 had
10 had 12 ,
12 , 20 and
13 turned 14 it
13 turned 15 sturdily
13 turned 17 walked
13 turned 20 and
16 , 17 walked
17 walked 18 in
17 walked 19 ,
20 and 21 lighted
21 lighted 23 candle
22 his 23 candle

the sound resounded through the house like thunder [.] 
1 the 2 sound
2 sound 3 resounded
3 resounded 4 through
3 resounded 7 like
4 through 6 house
5 the 6 house
6 house 7 like
7 like 8 thunder

every room above , and every cask in the wine merchant 's cellars below , appeared to have [a] separate [peal] [of] echoes of its own [.] 
1 every 2 room
2 room 3 above
2 room 5 and
4 , 5 and
5 and 7 cask
5 and 15 ,
5 and 16 appeared
6 every 7 cask
7 cask 8 in
8 in 13 cellars
9 the 11 merchant
10 wine 11 merchant
11 merchant 12 's
12 's 13 cellars
13 cellars 14 below
16 appeared 17 to
16 appeared 18 have
17 to 18 have
18 have 23 echoes
20 separate 23 echoes
23 echoes 24 of
24 of 26 own
25 its 26 own

scrooge was not a man to be frightened by echoes [.] 
1 scrooge 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 5 man
2 was 6 to
4 a 5 man
6 to 7 be
7 be 8 frightened
8 frightened 9 by
9 by 10 echoes

up [scrooge] [went] , [not] [caring] [a] [button] [for] [that] [.] 
1 up 4 ,

darkness is cheap [,] [and] [scrooge] [liked] [it] [.] 
1 darkness 2 is
2 is 3 cheap

but , before he shut his heavy door , he walked through his rooms to see that all was right [.] 
1 but 10 he
1 but 11 walked
2 , 3 before
3 before 4 he
3 before 5 shut
3 before 9 ,
3 before 10 he
4 he 5 shut
5 shut 8 door
6 his 8 door
7 heavy 8 door
10 he 11 walked
11 walked 12 through
11 walked 15 to
12 through 14 rooms
13 his 14 rooms
15 to 16 see
16 see 17 that
17 that 18 all
17 that 19 was
18 all 19 was
19 was 20 right

he had just enough recollection of the face to desire to do that [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 5 recollection
2 had 9 to
3 just 4 enough
4 enough 5 recollection
5 recollection 6 of
6 of 8 face
7 the 8 face
9 to 10 desire
10 desire 11 to
10 desire 12 do
11 to 12 do
12 do 13 that

[sitting-room] [,] [bedroom] [,] [lumber-room] [.] 

all as they should be [.] 
1 all 5 be
2 as 3 they
3 they 4 should
4 should 5 be

[lumber-room] [as] [usual] [.] 

old fire-guard , old shoes , two fish baskets , washing-stand on three legs , and a poker [.] 
1 old 8 fish
2 fire-guard 5 shoes
2 fire-guard 6 ,
2 fire-guard 8 fish
3 , 5 shoes
4 old 5 shoes
5 shoes 6 ,
7 two 8 fish
8 fish 9 baskets
9 baskets 11 washing-stand
9 baskets 16 and
10 , 11 washing-stand
11 washing-stand 12 on
12 on 14 legs
13 three 14 legs
15 , 16 and
16 and 18 poker
17 a 18 poker

quite satisfied [,] [he] [closed] [his] [door] [,] [and] [locked] [himself] [in] [;] [double] [locked] [himself] [in] [,] [which] [was] [not] [his] [custom] [.] 
1 quite 2 satisfied

it was a very low fire indeed [;] [nothing] on such a bitter night [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 6 fire
2 was 7 indeed
2 was 10 on
3 a 6 fire
4 very 5 low
5 low 6 fire
10 on 14 night
11 such 12 a
12 a 13 bitter
12 a 14 night
13 bitter 14 night

" [humbug] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [;] [and] [walked] [across] [the] [room] [.] 
1 " 4 "

after several turns he sat down again [.] 
1 after 3 turns
1 after 4 he
2 several 3 turns
4 he 5 sat
5 sat 6 down
6 down 7 again

this might have lasted half a minute , or [a] minute [,] [but] [it] [seemed] [an] [hour] [.] 
1 this 2 might
2 might 9 or
3 have 4 lasted
3 have 9 or
4 lasted 7 minute
5 half 7 minute
6 a 7 minute
8 , 9 or
9 or 11 minute

the bells ceased [,] as they had begun , together [.] 
1 the 2 bells
2 bells 3 ceased
3 ceased 5 as
5 as 6 they
5 as 8 begun
6 they 7 had
7 had 8 begun
8 begun 10 together
9 , 10 together

scrooge then remembered to have heard that ghosts in haunted houses were described as dragging chains [.] 
1 scrooge 3 remembered
2 then 3 remembered
3 remembered 4 to
3 remembered 6 heard
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 heard
6 heard 7 that
7 that 8 ghosts
7 that 13 described
8 ghosts 9 in
8 ghosts 12 were
9 in 11 houses
10 haunted 11 houses
12 were 13 described
13 described 14 as
14 as 15 dragging
15 dragging 16 chains

" it ['s] [humbug] [still] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 2 it
1 " 8 said
2 it 8 said

" [i] [won't] [believe] [it] [.] " 
1 " 7 "

[upon] [its] [coming] [in] [,] [the] [dying] [flame] [leaped] [up] [,] [as] [though] [it] [cried] [,] ["] [i] [know] [him] [!] 

[marley] ['s] [ghost] [!] ["] [and] [fell] [again] [.] 

the same face : the very same [.] 
1 the 2 same
2 same 3 face
3 face 4 :
4 : 7 same
5 the 6 very
5 the 7 same

the chain he drew was clasped about his middle [.] 
1 the 2 chain
2 chain 3 he
2 chain 4 drew
2 chain 5 was
3 he 4 drew
5 was 6 clasped
6 clasped 7 about
7 about 9 middle
8 his 9 middle

scrooge had often heard it said that [marley] [had] [no] [bowels] [,] [but] he had [never] [believed] [it] [until] [now] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 had
2 had 4 heard
3 often 4 heard
4 heard 5 it
4 heard 6 said
5 it 6 said
6 said 7 that
7 that 14 he
7 that 15 had
14 he 15 had

no , [nor] [did] [he] [believe] [it] [even] [now] [.] 
1 no 2 ,

" [how] [now] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [,] [caustic] [and] [cold] [as] [ever] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [what] [do] [you] [want] [with] [me] [?] " 
1 " 9 "

" [much] [!] " [marley] ['s] [voice] [,] [no] [doubt] [about] [it] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [who] [are] [you] [?] " 
1 " 6 "

" [ask] [me] [who] [i] [was] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" [who] [were] [you] [,] [then] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [,] [raising] [his] [voice] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" you 're particular , for a shade [.] ["] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 particular
4 particular 6 for
5 , 6 for
6 for 8 shade
7 a 8 shade

he was going to say ["] to a shade , " but [substituted] this , as [more] [appropriate] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 going
3 going 4 to
4 to 5 say
5 say 7 to
5 say 10 ,
7 to 9 shade
8 a 9 shade
10 , 11 "
10 , 12 but
12 but 14 this
12 but 15 ,
15 , 16 as

" [in] [life] [i] [was] [your] [partner] [,] [jacob] [marley] [.] " 
1 " 12 "

" [can] [you] [can] [you] [sit] [down] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [,] [looking] [doubtfully] [at] [him] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [i] [can] [.] " 
1 " 5 "

" [do] [it] [,] [then] [.] " 
1 " 7 "

but [the] [ghost] [sat] [down] on the opposite side of [the] [fire-place] , as if he were [quite] [used] [to] it [.] 
1 but 6 on
1 but 21 it
6 on 9 side
7 the 9 side
8 opposite 9 side
9 side 10 of
10 of 13 ,
13 , 15 if
14 as 15 if
15 if 16 he
15 if 17 were
16 he 17 were

" [you] [don't] [believe] [in] [me] [,] " [observed] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [i] [don't] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [what] [evidence] [would] [you] [have] [of] [my] [reality] [beyond] [that] [of] [your] [own] [senses] [?] " 
1 " 17 "

" [i] [don't] [know] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [why] [do] [you] [doubt] [your] [senses] [?] " 
1 " 9 "

" [because] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [a] [little] [thing] [affects] [them] [.] 
1 " 4 "

a slight disorder of the stomach makes them cheats [.] 
1 a 2 slight
1 a 3 disorder
2 slight 3 disorder
3 disorder 4 of
3 disorder 7 makes
4 of 6 stomach
5 the 6 stomach
7 makes 8 them
7 makes 9 cheats

you may be an undigested bit of beef , a blot of mustard , a crumb of cheese , a fragment of an underdone potato [.] 
1 you 2 may
2 may 3 be
3 be 6 bit
4 an 5 undigested
4 an 6 bit
5 undigested 6 bit
6 bit 7 of
6 bit 12 of
6 bit 17 of
6 bit 22 of
7 of 9 ,
8 beef 9 ,
9 , 11 blot
10 a 11 blot
12 of 14 ,
13 mustard 14 ,
14 , 16 crumb
15 a 16 crumb
17 of 19 ,
18 cheese 19 ,
19 , 21 fragment
20 a 21 fragment
22 of 25 potato
23 an 24 underdone
23 an 25 potato
24 underdone 25 potato

there 's more of gravy than [of] grave about you , whatever you are ! " 
1 there 2 's
2 's 5 gravy
2 's 6 than
2 's 9 about
2 's 12 whatever
3 more 4 of
3 more 5 gravy
4 of 5 gravy
6 than 8 grave
6 than 9 about
9 about 10 you
11 , 12 whatever
12 whatever 14 are
12 whatever 15 !
13 you 14 are
15 ! 16 "

scrooge was not much in the habit of cracking jokes , nor did he feel in his heart by any means waggish then [.] 
1 scrooge 2 was
2 was 4 much
3 not 4 much
4 much 5 in
4 much 8 of
5 in 7 habit
6 the 7 habit
8 of 9 cracking
9 cracking 10 jokes
9 cracking 12 nor
11 , 12 nor
12 nor 13 did
13 did 14 he
13 did 15 feel
15 feel 16 in
15 feel 19 by
15 feel 22 waggish
16 in 18 heart
17 his 18 heart
18 heart 19 by
19 by 21 means
20 any 21 means
22 waggish 23 then

there was something very awful , too , in the spectre 's being provided with an infernal atmosphere of his own [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 something
2 was 5 awful
4 very 5 awful
5 awful 7 too
5 awful 9 in
5 awful 15 with
6 , 7 too
7 too 8 ,
9 in 13 being
10 the 11 spectre
11 spectre 12 's
12 's 13 being
13 being 14 provided
13 being 15 with
15 with 18 atmosphere
16 an 17 infernal
16 an 18 atmosphere
17 infernal 18 atmosphere
18 atmosphere 19 of
19 of 21 own
20 his 21 own

" [i] [do] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" you are not looking at [it] , " said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are
3 are 4 not
3 are 5 looking
5 looking 6 at
6 at 8 ,
8 , 9 "
8 , 10 said

" but [i] [see] it [,] ["] said [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [notwithstanding] [.] ["] 
1 " 8 said
2 but 5 it
5 it 8 said

humbug , [i] tell you [;] [humbug] [!] " 
1 humbug 2 ,
2 , 4 tell
4 tell 5 you
5 you 9 "

scrooge fell upon his knees , and clasped his hands before his face [.] 
1 scrooge 7 and
2 fell 3 upon
2 fell 7 and
3 upon 5 knees
4 his 5 knees
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 clasped
8 clasped 10 hands
8 clasped 11 before
9 his 10 hands
10 hands 11 before
11 before 13 face
12 his 13 face

" [mercy] [!] " he said [.] 
1 " 6 said
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 said

" [dreadful] [apparition] [,] [why] [do] [you] [trouble] [me] [?] " 
1 " 11 "

" [man] [of] [the] [worldly] [mind] [!] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [do] [you] [believe] [in] [me] [or] [not] [?] ["] 
1 " 8 "

" [i] [do] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [i] [must] [.] 

but why do spirits walk the earth , and why do they come to me [?] ["] 
1 but 2 why
1 but 5 walk
2 why 3 do
3 do 4 spirits
3 do 5 walk
5 walk 9 and
6 the 7 earth
7 earth 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 why
9 and 11 do
9 and 13 come
11 do 12 they
11 do 13 come
13 come 14 to
14 to 15 me

again the spectre raised a cry , and shook its chain and wrung its shadowy hands [.] 
1 again 3 spectre
2 the 3 spectre
3 spectre 8 and
4 raised 8 and
5 a 6 cry
6 cry 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 12 and
9 shook 11 chain
9 shook 12 and
10 its 11 chain
12 and 13 wrung
13 wrung 16 hands
14 its 16 hands
15 shadowy 16 hands

" you are fettered [,] ["] [said] [scrooge] [,] [trembling] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are
3 are 4 fettered

" [tell] [me] [why] [?] " 
1 " 6 "

" [i] [wear] [the] [chain] [i] [forged] [in] [life] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 11 "

is its pattern strange to you [?] " 
1 is 3 pattern
2 its 3 pattern
3 pattern 4 strange
4 strange 5 to
5 to 6 you
6 you 8 "

scrooge trembled more and more [.] 
1 scrooge 2 trembled
2 trembled 4 and
3 more 4 and
4 and 5 more

" [or] [would] [you] [know] [,] ["] [pursued] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] the weight and length of the strong coil you bear yourself ? 
1 " 15 and
13 the 14 weight
14 weight 15 and
15 and 16 length
15 and 24 ?
16 length 17 of
17 of 20 coil
18 the 20 coil
19 strong 20 coil
20 coil 21 you
20 coil 22 bear
21 you 22 bear
22 bear 23 yourself

it was full as heavy and as long as [this] , [seven] [christmas-eves] [ago] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 full
3 full 4 as
4 as 6 and
5 heavy 6 and
6 and 8 long
7 as 8 long
8 long 9 as
9 as 11 ,

you have laboured on it since [.] 
1 you 2 have
2 have 3 laboured
3 laboured 4 on
3 laboured 6 since
4 on 5 it

it is a ponderous chain [!] ["] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 5 chain
3 a 4 ponderous
3 a 5 chain
4 ponderous 5 chain

" [jacob] [!] " he said imploringly [.] 
1 " 6 said
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 said
6 said 7 imploringly

["] [old] [jacob] [marley] [,] [tell] [me] [more] [!] 

speak comfort to [me] , [jacob] [!] " 
1 speak 2 comfort
1 speak 3 to
2 comfort 3 to
3 to 5 ,
5 , 8 "

" [i] [have] [none] [to] [give] [,] " [the] [ghost] [replied] [.] 
1 " 8 "

["] [it] [comes] [from] [other] [regions] [,] [ebenezer] [scrooge] [,] [and] [is] [conveyed] [by] [other] [ministers] [,] [to] [other] [kinds] [of] [men] [.] 

[nor] [can] [i] [tell] [you] [what] [i] [would] [.] 

a [very] little more is all permitted to me [.] 
1 a 3 little
3 little 4 more
4 more 5 is
5 is 6 all
5 is 8 to
6 all 7 permitted
6 all 8 to
8 to 9 me

i cannot rest [,] [i] [cannot] [stay] [,] [i] [cannot] [linger] [anywhere] [.] 
1 i 2 cannot
2 cannot 3 rest

it was [a] [habit] with [scrooge] , [whenever] [he] [became] [thoughtful] [,] to put his hands in his breeches pockets [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 with
2 was 13 to
5 with 7 ,
13 to 14 put
14 put 16 hands
14 put 17 in
15 his 16 hands
17 in 20 pockets
18 his 20 pockets
19 breeches 20 pockets

[pondering] [on] [what] [the] [ghost] [had] [said] [,] [he] [did] [so] [now] [,] [but] [without] [lifting] [up] [his] [eyes] [,] [or] [getting] [off] [his] [knees] [.] 

" [you] [must] [have] [been] [very] [slow] [about] [it] [,] [jacob] [,] " [scrooge] [observed] [in] [a] [business-like] [manner] [,] [though] [with] [humility] [and] [deference] [.] 
1 " 13 "

" [slow] [!] " [the] [ghost] [repeated] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [seven] [years] [dead] [,] " [mused] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [and] [travelling] [all] [the] [time] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

" [the] [whole] [time] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [no] [rest] [,] [no] [peace] [.] 

incessant torture [of] remorse [.] ["] 
1 incessant 2 torture
2 torture 4 remorse

" [you] [travel] [fast] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [on] [the] [wings] [of] [the] [wind] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" you might have got over a great quantity of ground in seven years [,] ["] [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 got
5 got 6 over
5 got 11 ground
5 got 12 in
7 a 8 great
7 a 9 quantity
8 great 9 quantity
9 quantity 10 of
9 quantity 11 ground
10 of 11 ground
11 ground 12 in
12 in 14 years
13 seven 14 years

not to know that no space of regret can make amends for one life 's opportunities misused [!] 
1 not 2 to
2 to 3 know
2 to 15 's
3 know 4 that
4 that 6 space
4 that 10 make
5 no 6 space
6 space 7 of
6 space 9 can
7 of 8 regret
9 can 10 make
10 make 11 amends
10 make 14 life
11 amends 12 for
12 for 13 one
15 's 16 opportunities
16 opportunities 17 misused

[yet] [such] [was] [i] [!] 

oh , [such] [was] [i] [!] " 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 7 "

" [but] [you] [were] [always] [a] [good] [man] [of] [business] [,] [jacob] [,] " [faltered] [scrooge] [,] [who] [now] [began] [to] [apply] [this] [to] [himself] [.] 
1 " 14 "

" [business] [!] " [cried] [the] [ghost] [,] [wringing] [its] [hands] [again] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [mankind] [was] [my] [business] [.] 

the common welfare was my business [;] [charity] [,] [mercy] [,] [forbearance] [,] [and] [benevolence] [were] [,] [all] [,] [my] [business] [.] 
1 the 3 welfare
2 common 3 welfare
3 welfare 4 was
4 was 6 business
5 my 6 business

the dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business [!] ["] 
1 the 2 dealings
2 dealings 3 of
2 dealings 6 were
3 of 5 trade
4 my 5 trade
6 were 7 but
6 were 12 in
7 but 9 drop
8 a 9 drop
9 drop 10 of
10 of 11 water
11 water 12 in
12 in 15 ocean
13 the 15 ocean
14 comprehensive 15 ocean
15 ocean 16 of
16 of 18 business
17 my 18 business

" [at] [this] [time] [of] [the] [rolling] [year] [,] " [the] [spectre] [said] [,] ["] [i] [suffer] [most] [.] 
1 " 10 "

were there no poor homes to which its light would have conducted me [?] ["] 
1 were 2 there
1 were 5 homes
3 no 5 homes
4 poor 5 homes
5 homes 6 to
6 to 7 which
6 to 9 light
6 to 12 conducted
8 its 9 light
9 light 10 would
10 would 11 have
11 have 12 conducted
12 conducted 13 me

scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the spectre going on at this rate , and began to quake [exceedingly] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 was
2 was 5 dismayed
3 very 4 much
4 much 5 dismayed
5 dismayed 6 to
6 to 16 and
7 hear 9 spectre
7 hear 12 at
7 hear 14 rate
7 hear 16 and
8 the 9 spectre
9 spectre 10 going
9 spectre 12 at
10 going 11 on
12 at 13 this
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 began
17 began 18 to
17 began 19 quake
18 to 19 quake

" [hear] [me] [!] " [cried] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [my] [time] [is] [nearly] [gone] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" [i] [will] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [but] [don't] [be] [hard] [upon] [me] [!] 

don't be flowery [,] [jacob] [!] 
1 don't 2 be
2 be 3 flowery

[pray] [!] ["] 

["] [how] [it] [is] [that] [i] [appear] [before] [you] [in] [a] [shape] [that] [you] [can] [see] [,] [i] [may] [not] [tell] [.] 

i have sat invisible beside you [many] and [many] a day [.] ["] 
1 i 2 have
2 have 3 sat
3 sat 4 invisible
4 invisible 5 beside
5 beside 8 and
6 you 8 and
8 and 11 day
10 a 11 day

it was not an agreeable idea [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 6 idea
4 an 5 agreeable
4 an 6 idea
5 agreeable 6 idea

scrooge shivered , and wiped the perspiration from his brow [.] 
1 scrooge 4 and
2 shivered 4 and
3 , 4 and
4 and 5 wiped
5 wiped 7 perspiration
5 wiped 8 from
6 the 7 perspiration
7 perspiration 8 from
8 from 10 brow
9 his 10 brow

" [that] [is] [no] [light] [part] [of] [my] [penance] [,] " [pursued] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 11 "

["] [i] [am] [here] [to-night] [to] [warn] [you] [that] [you] [have] [yet] [a] [chance] [and] [hope] [of] [escaping] [my] [fate] [.] 

a chance and hope of [my] [procuring] , [ebenezer] [.] " 
1 a 2 chance
2 chance 3 and
3 and 4 hope
3 and 5 of
5 of 8 ,
8 , 11 "

" [you] [were] [always] [a] [good] [friend] [to] [me] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 11 "

" [thankee] [!] " 
1 " 4 "

" [you] [will] [be] [haunted] [,] " [resumed] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [by] [three] [spirits] [.] ["] 
1 " 7 "

[scrooge] ['s] [countenance] [fell] [almost] [as] [low] [as] [the] [ghost] ['s] [had] [done] [.] 

" [is] [that] [the] [chance] [and] [hope] [you] [mentioned] [,] [jacob] [?] " he demanded in a faltering voice [.] 
1 " 15 demanded
13 " 14 he
14 he 15 demanded
15 demanded 16 in
16 in 19 voice
17 a 19 voice
18 faltering 19 voice

" [it] [is] [.] " 
1 " 5 "

" [i] [i] [think] [i] ['d] [rather] [not] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 10 "

" [without] [their] [visits] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [you] [cannot] [hope] [to] [shun] [the] [path] [i] [tread] [.] 
1 " 6 "

expect the first to-morrow when the bell tolls [one] [.] ["] 
1 expect 4 to-morrow
2 the 4 to-morrow
3 first 4 to-morrow
4 to-morrow 5 when
5 when 7 bell
5 when 8 tolls
6 the 7 bell
7 bell 8 tolls

" [couldn't] [i] [take] ['] [em] [all] [at] [once] [,] [and] [have] [it] [over] [,] [jacob] [?] " [hinted] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 18 "

["] [expect] [the] [second] [on] [the] [next] [night] [at] [the] [same] [hour] [.] 

the third [,] [upon] [the] [next] [night] [when] [the] [last] [stroke] [of] [twelve] [has] [ceased] [to] [vibrate] [.] 
1 the 2 third

look to see [me] [no] [more] [;] [and] [look] that , for [your] [own] [sake] , you remember what has passed between us [!] ["] 
1 look 2 to
2 to 3 see
3 see 10 that
10 that 11 ,
11 , 12 for
12 for 16 ,
16 , 17 you
16 , 18 remember
18 remember 19 what
19 what 20 has
20 has 21 passed
21 passed 22 between
22 between 23 us

when it had said these words , the spectre took its wrapper from the table , and bound it round its head as before [.] 
1 when 2 it
1 when 17 and
1 when 20 round
2 it 17 and
3 had 13 from
3 had 17 and
4 said 6 words
4 said 7 ,
4 said 9 spectre
4 said 10 took
5 these 6 words
8 the 9 spectre
9 spectre 10 took
10 took 12 wrapper
11 its 12 wrapper
12 wrapper 13 from
13 from 15 table
14 the 15 table
16 , 17 and
17 and 18 bound
18 bound 19 it
20 round 22 head
20 round 23 as
20 round 24 before
21 its 22 head
23 as 24 before

scrooge knew this by the smart sound its teeth made when the jaws were brought together by the bandage [.] 
1 scrooge 2 knew
2 knew 3 this
2 knew 4 by
4 by 7 sound
5 the 7 sound
6 smart 7 sound
7 sound 9 teeth
7 sound 10 made
8 its 9 teeth
9 teeth 10 made
10 made 11 when
11 when 13 jaws
11 when 15 brought
12 the 13 jaws
13 jaws 14 were
14 were 15 brought
15 brought 16 together
15 brought 17 by
17 by 19 bandage
18 the 19 bandage

it [beckoned] [scrooge] [to] [approach] [,] [which] [he] did [.] 
1 it 9 did

when they were [within] [two] [paces] [of] [each] [other] [,] [marley] ['s] [ghost] [held] [up] [its] [hand] [,] [warning] [him] to come no nearer [.] 
1 when 2 they
2 they 3 were
3 were 21 to
21 to 22 come
22 come 24 nearer
23 no 24 nearer

scrooge stopped [.] 
1 scrooge 2 stopped

the spectre , after listening for a moment , joined in the mournful dirge [;] [and] [floated] [out] [upon] [the] [bleak] [,] [dark] [night] [.] 
1 the 2 spectre
2 spectre 4 after
2 spectre 10 joined
3 , 4 after
4 after 5 listening
4 after 9 ,
5 listening 6 for
6 for 8 moment
7 a 8 moment
10 joined 11 in
11 in 14 dirge
12 the 14 dirge
13 mournful 14 dirge

scrooge followed to the window : desperate in his curiosity [.] 
1 scrooge 2 followed
2 followed 3 to
3 to 10 curiosity
4 the 5 window
5 window 6 :
6 : 7 desperate
7 desperate 8 in
8 in 10 curiosity
9 his 10 curiosity

he looked out [.] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 3 out

the air was filled with phantoms [,] wandering hither and thither in restless haste , and moaning as they went [.] 
1 the 2 air
2 air 3 was
3 was 4 filled
4 filled 10 and
4 filled 12 in
4 filled 18 as
5 with 6 phantoms
5 with 10 and
6 phantoms 8 wandering
8 wandering 9 hither
10 and 11 thither
12 in 16 and
13 restless 14 haste
14 haste 16 and
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 moaning
18 as 19 they
18 as 20 went
19 they 20 went

many had been [personally] [known] [to] [scrooge] in their lives [.] 
1 many 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 8 in
8 in 10 lives
9 their 10 lives

whether these creatures faded into mist , or mist enshrouded them , he could not tell [.] 
1 whether 3 creatures
1 whether 4 faded
1 whether 12 ,
2 these 3 creatures
3 creatures 4 faded
4 faded 5 into
5 into 8 or
6 mist 8 or
7 , 8 or
8 or 9 mist
10 enshrouded 11 them
10 enshrouded 12 ,
12 , 16 tell
13 he 14 could
14 could 15 not
14 could 16 tell
15 not 16 tell

but they and their spirit [voices] [faded] [together] [;] [and] [the] [night] [became] [as] [it] had been when he walked [home] [.] 
1 but 3 and
1 but 16 had
2 they 3 and
3 and 5 spirit
4 their 5 spirit
16 had 17 been
17 been 18 when
18 when 19 he
18 when 20 walked
19 he 20 walked

scrooge closed the window , and examined [the] [door] [by] [which] [the] [ghost] [had] [entered] [.] 
1 scrooge 6 and
2 closed 4 window
2 closed 6 and
3 the 4 window
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 examined

it was [double] [locked] , as he had locked it with his own hands , and the bolts were [undisturbed] [.] 
1 it 5 ,
2 was 5 ,
5 , 16 and
6 as 7 he
6 as 9 locked
6 as 16 and
7 he 8 had
8 had 9 locked
9 locked 10 it
9 locked 11 with
10 it 11 with
11 with 13 own
12 his 13 own
14 hands 16 and
15 , 16 and
16 and 18 bolts
16 and 19 were
17 the 18 bolts

he tried to say " [humbug] ! " [but] stopped at the first syllable [.] 
1 he 2 tried
2 tried 3 to
2 tried 4 say
3 to 4 say
4 say 5 "
4 say 7 !
7 ! 8 "
7 ! 10 stopped
10 stopped 11 at
11 at 14 syllable
12 the 14 syllable
13 first 14 syllable

[stave] [two] 

[the] [first] [of] [the] [three] [spirits] 

he was endeavouring to pierce the darkness with his ferret eyes , when the chimes of a neighbouring church struck the four quarters [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 endeavouring
3 endeavouring 4 to
3 endeavouring 5 pierce
4 to 5 pierce
5 pierce 7 darkness
5 pierce 8 with
5 pierce 13 when
6 the 7 darkness
7 darkness 8 with
8 with 11 eyes
9 his 11 eyes
10 ferret 11 eyes
12 , 13 when
13 when 15 chimes
13 when 20 struck
14 the 15 chimes
15 chimes 16 of
15 chimes 20 struck
16 of 19 church
17 a 19 church
18 neighbouring 19 church
20 struck 23 quarters
21 the 22 four
22 four 23 quarters

so he listened for the hour [.] 
1 so 3 listened
2 he 3 listened
3 listened 4 for
4 for 6 hour
5 the 6 hour

[twelve] [!] 

it was past two when he went to bed [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 past
3 past 4 two
3 past 5 when
5 when 6 he
5 when 7 went
6 he 7 went
7 went 9 bed
8 to 9 bed

the clock was wrong [.] 
1 the 2 clock
2 clock 3 was
3 was 4 wrong

an icicle must have got into the works [.] 
1 an 2 icicle
2 icicle 3 must
3 must 4 have
4 have 5 got
5 got 6 into
6 into 8 works
7 the 8 works

[twelve] [!] 

he touched the spring of his repeater [,] [to] [correct] [this] [most] [preposterous] [clock] [.] 
1 he 2 touched
2 touched 4 spring
3 the 4 spring
4 spring 5 of
5 of 7 repeater
6 his 7 repeater

its rapid little pulse beat twelve , and stopped [.] 
1 its 4 pulse
2 rapid 4 pulse
3 little 4 pulse
4 pulse 8 and
5 beat 6 twelve
5 beat 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 stopped

it isn't possible that anything has happened to [the] [sun] , and this is twelve at noon [!] ["] 
1 it 2 isn't
2 isn't 3 possible
3 possible 4 that
4 that 5 anything
4 that 7 happened
5 anything 6 has
6 has 7 happened
7 happened 8 to
8 to 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 this
12 and 14 is
13 this 14 is
14 is 15 twelve
14 is 16 at
15 twelve 16 at
16 at 17 noon

the idea being an alarming one [,] [he] scrambled out of bed , and groped his way to the window [.] 
1 the 2 idea
2 idea 3 being
2 idea 14 and
3 being 6 one
4 an 5 alarming
4 an 6 one
5 alarming 6 one
9 scrambled 12 bed
9 scrambled 14 and
10 out 11 of
11 of 12 bed
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 groped
14 and 17 way
14 and 18 to
16 his 17 way
17 way 18 to
18 to 20 window
19 the 20 window

scrooge went to bed again , and thought , and thought , and thought it over and over , and could make nothing of it [.] 
1 scrooge 7 and
2 went 4 bed
2 went 5 again
2 went 7 and
3 to 4 bed
6 , 7 and
7 and 10 and
8 thought 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 13 and
11 thought 13 and
12 , 13 and
13 and 20 and
14 thought 15 it
14 thought 20 and
16 over 17 and
17 and 18 over
18 over 19 ,
19 , 20 and
20 and 21 could
21 could 22 make
22 make 23 nothing
23 nothing 24 of
24 of 25 it

the more he thought [,] [the] [more] [perplexed] he was [;] [and] , [the] [more] [he] [endeavoured] [not] [to] [think] [,] the more he thought [.] 
1 the 2 more
2 more 3 he
2 more 4 thought
2 more 13 ,
2 more 23 more
3 he 4 thought
4 thought 9 he
4 thought 10 was
22 the 23 more
23 more 24 he
23 more 25 thought
24 he 25 thought

[marley] ['s] [ghost] [bothered] [him] [exceedingly] [.] 

at length it broke upon his listening ear [.] 
1 at 2 length
1 at 3 it
3 it 4 broke
4 broke 5 upon
5 upon 8 ear
6 his 8 ear
7 listening 8 ear

" [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

" [a] [quarter] [past] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] [counting] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

" [half] [past] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

" [a] [quarter] [to] it [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 8 said
5 it 8 said

" [ding] [,] [dong] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

" [the] [hour] [itself] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [triumphantly] [,] ["] [and] [nothing] [else] [!] ["] 
1 " 6 "

he spoke [before] [the] [hour] [bell] [sounded] [,] [which] [it] [now] [did] [with] [a] [deep] [,] [dull] [,] [hollow] [,] [melancholy] [one] [.] 
1 he 2 spoke

light flashed up in the room upon the instant , and the curtains of his bed were drawn [.] 
1 light 2 flashed
1 light 11 and
2 flashed 3 up
3 up 4 in
3 up 7 upon
4 in 6 room
5 the 6 room
6 room 7 upon
7 upon 9 instant
8 the 9 instant
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 curtains
11 and 14 of
11 and 17 were
12 the 13 curtains
14 of 16 bed
15 his 16 bed
17 were 18 drawn

the curtains of his bed were drawn aside [,] [i] [tell] [you] [,] [by] [a] [hand] [.] 
1 the 2 curtains
2 curtains 3 of
2 curtains 6 were
3 of 5 bed
4 his 5 bed
6 were 7 drawn
7 drawn 8 aside

not the curtains at his feet , [nor] the curtains at his back , but those to which his face was addressed [.] 
1 not 15 but
2 the 3 curtains
3 curtains 4 at
3 curtains 15 but
4 at 6 feet
5 his 6 feet
6 feet 10 curtains
7 , 10 curtains
9 the 10 curtains
10 curtains 11 at
10 curtains 14 ,
11 at 13 back
12 his 13 back
14 , 15 but
15 but 16 those
15 but 21 was
16 those 17 to
17 to 18 which
17 to 19 his
17 to 20 face
21 was 22 addressed

the arms were very long and [muscular] [;] [the] hands the same , as if its hold were of uncommon strength [.] 
1 the 2 arms
2 arms 6 and
3 were 5 long
3 were 6 and
4 very 5 long
6 and 10 hands
6 and 12 same
6 and 15 if
11 the 12 same
13 , 15 if
14 as 15 if
15 if 17 hold
15 if 18 were
16 its 17 hold
17 hold 18 were
18 were 19 of
19 of 21 strength
20 uncommon 21 strength

its legs and feet , most delicately formed , were , like those upper members , bare [.] 
1 its 2 legs
2 legs 3 and
3 and 4 feet
3 and 6 most
3 and 10 were
5 , 6 most
6 most 8 formed
6 most 9 ,
7 delicately 8 formed
10 were 12 like
10 were 17 bare
11 , 12 like
12 like 15 members
12 like 16 ,
13 those 15 members
14 upper 15 members

it wore a tunic of the purest white [;] [and] [round] [its] [waist] [was] [bound] [a] [lustrous] [belt] [,] [the] [sheen] [of] [which] [was] [beautiful] [.] 
1 it 2 wore
2 wore 4 tunic
3 a 4 tunic
4 tunic 5 of
5 of 8 white
6 the 7 purest
6 the 8 white

even this , though , when [scrooge] [looked] [at] [it] [with] [increasing] [steadiness] [,] was not its strangest quality [.] 
1 even 2 this
2 this 15 was
3 , 4 though
4 though 5 ,
4 though 15 was
6 when 15 was
15 was 16 not
15 was 19 quality
17 its 18 strangest
17 its 19 quality

and , in the very wonder of this , it would be itself again [;] distinct and clear [as] ever [.] 
1 and 12 be
2 , 3 in
3 in 6 wonder
3 in 9 ,
3 in 10 it
4 the 5 very
4 the 6 wonder
6 wonder 7 of
7 of 8 this
10 it 11 would
11 would 12 be
12 be 13 itself
12 be 14 again
12 be 17 and
16 distinct 17 and
17 and 18 clear
18 clear 20 ever

" [are] [you] [the] [spirit] [,] [sir] [,] [whose] [coming] [was] [foretold] [to] [me] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 16 "

" [i] [am] [!] " 
1 " 5 "

the voice was soft and gentle [.] 
1 the 2 voice
2 voice 3 was
3 was 5 and
4 soft 5 and
5 and 6 gentle

singularly low , as if [,] [instead] of being so close beside him , it were at a distance [.] 
1 singularly 2 low
2 low 3 ,
2 low 15 it
3 , 5 if
4 as 5 if
5 if 8 of
5 if 14 ,
5 if 15 it
8 of 9 being
9 being 11 close
10 so 11 close
11 close 12 beside
12 beside 13 him
15 it 16 were
16 were 17 at
17 at 19 distance
18 a 19 distance

" [who] [and] [what] [are] [you] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

scrooge demanded [.] 
1 scrooge 2 demanded

" [i] [am] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [past] [.] " 
1 " 10 "

" [long] [past] [?] " [inquired] [scrooge] [;] [observant] [of] [its] [dwarfish] [stature] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [no] [.] 

your past [.] ["] 
1 your 2 past

" [what] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [would] [you] [so] [soon] [put] [out] [,] [with] [worldly] [hands] [,] [the] [light] [i] [give] [?] 
1 " 4 "

scrooge reverently disclaimed all intention to offend [or] [any] [knowledge] [of] [having] [wilfully] ["] [bonneted] ["] [the] [spirit] [at] [any] [period] [of] [his] [life] [.] 
1 scrooge 3 disclaimed
2 reverently 3 disclaimed
3 disclaimed 5 intention
4 all 5 intention
5 intention 6 to
5 intention 7 offend
6 to 7 offend

he then made [bold] to inquire what business brought him there [.] 
1 he 3 made
2 then 3 made
3 made 5 to
3 made 8 business
3 made 11 there
5 to 6 inquire
6 inquire 7 what
8 business 9 brought
8 business 11 there
9 brought 10 him

" [your] [welfare] [!] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 5 "

scrooge expressed himself much obliged [,] [but] [could] [not] [help] [thinking] [that] [a] [night] [of] [unbroken] [rest] [would] [have] [been] [more] [conducive] [to] [that] [end] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 expressed
1 scrooge 5 obliged
2 expressed 3 himself
2 expressed 4 much

the [spirit] must have [heard] [him] [thinking] , for it said [immediately] : 
1 the 3 must
3 must 4 have
4 have 9 for
8 , 9 for
9 for 10 it
10 it 11 said
11 said 13 :

["] [your] [reclamation] [,] [then] [.] 

take heed [!] ["] 
1 take 2 heed

it put out its strong hand as it spoke , and clasped him gently by the arm [.] 
1 it 2 put
2 put 3 out
2 put 6 hand
2 put 7 as
2 put 14 gently
2 put 15 by
4 its 6 hand
5 strong 6 hand
7 as 8 it
7 as 11 and
8 it 11 and
9 spoke 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 clasped
11 and 13 him
15 by 17 arm
16 the 17 arm

" [rise] [!] [and] [walk] [with] [me] [!] " 
1 " 9 "

the grasp , [though] gentle as a woman 's hand , was not to be resisted [.] 
1 the 2 grasp
2 grasp 5 gentle
2 grasp 11 ,
3 , 5 gentle
5 gentle 6 as
6 as 8 woman
7 a 8 woman
9 's 10 hand
9 's 11 ,
11 , 12 was
12 was 13 not
12 was 14 to
12 was 16 resisted
13 not 14 to
14 to 15 be
15 be 16 resisted

he rose [:] but [,] finding that [the] [spirit] [made] [towards] [the] [window] , clasped its robe in supplication [.] 
1 he 14 ,
2 rose 4 but
2 rose 14 ,
4 but 6 finding
6 finding 7 that
14 , 15 clasped
14 , 18 in
15 clasped 17 robe
16 its 17 robe
17 robe 18 in
18 in 19 supplication

" [i] [am] [a] [mortal] [,] " [scrooge] [remonstrated] [,] ["] [and] [liable] [to] [fall] [.] ["] 
1 " 7 "

as the words were spoken , they passed through the wall , and stood upon an open country road , with fields on either hand [.] 
1 as 3 words
1 as 5 spoken
1 as 6 ,
1 as 7 they
2 the 3 words
3 words 4 were
4 were 5 spoken
5 spoken 6 ,
7 they 13 and
8 passed 9 through
8 passed 13 and
9 through 11 wall
10 the 11 wall
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 stood
13 and 15 upon
15 upon 19 road
16 an 17 open
16 an 19 road
17 open 18 country
18 country 19 road
19 road 21 with
20 , 21 with
21 with 22 fields
22 fields 23 on
23 on 25 hand
24 either 25 hand

the city had entirely vanished [.] 
1 the 2 city
2 city 3 had
3 had 5 vanished
4 entirely 5 vanished

not a vestige of it was to be seen [.] 
1 not 3 vestige
1 not 6 was
2 a 3 vestige
3 vestige 4 of
3 vestige 6 was
4 of 5 it
6 was 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 seen

" [good] [heaven] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [,] [clasping] [his] [hands] [together] [as] he looked about him [.] 
1 " 6 said
6 said 14 he
14 he 15 looked
15 looked 16 about
16 about 17 him

["] [i] [was] [bred] [in] [this] [place] [.] 

i was a boy here [!] ["] 
1 i 2 was
2 was 4 boy
2 was 5 here
3 a 4 boy
4 boy 5 here

[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] [.] 
1 its 3 touch
2 gentle 3 touch

" [your] [lip] [is] [trembling] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [and] [what] [is] [that] [upon] [your] [cheek] [?] " 
1 " 10 "

" [you] [recollect] [the] [way] [?] " [inquired] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [remember] it [!] ["] cried [scrooge] [with] [fervour] [;] ["] [i] [could] [walk] [it] [blindfold] [.] ["] 
1 " 6 cried
3 it 6 cried

" [strange] [to] [have] [forgotten] [it] [for] so [many] [years] [!] ["] [observed] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 8 so

" [let] [us] [go] [on] [.] " 
1 " 7 "

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [you] [recollect] [the] [way] [?] ["] [inquired] [the] [spirit] [.] 

" [remember] it [!] ["] cried [scrooge] [with] [fervour] [;] ["] [i] [could] [walk] [it] [blindfold] [.] ["] []] 
1 " 6 cried
3 it 6 cried

" [these] [are] [but] [shadows] [of] [the] [things] [that] [have] [been] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 13 "

" [they] [have] [no] [consciousness] [of] [us] [.] " 
1 " 9 "

the jocund travellers came on [;] [and] [as] [they] [came] , [scrooge] [knew] and [named] [them] [every] [one] [.] 
1 the 3 travellers
2 jocund 3 travellers
3 travellers 4 came
4 came 5 on
5 on 11 ,
11 , 14 and

why [was] he rejoiced beyond all bounds to see them [?] 
1 why 3 he
3 he 4 rejoiced
4 rejoiced 5 beyond
4 rejoiced 8 to
5 beyond 7 bounds
6 all 7 bounds
8 to 9 see
9 see 10 them

why did his cold eye [glisten] , and his heart leap up as they went past [?] 
1 why 2 did
2 did 8 and
2 did 11 leap
3 his 5 eye
4 cold 5 eye
5 eye 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 heart
9 his 10 heart
11 leap 12 up
11 leap 13 as
13 as 14 they
13 as 15 went
14 they 15 went
15 went 16 past

what was [merry] [christmas] [to] [scrooge] [?] 
1 what 2 was

[out] [upon] [merry] [christmas] [!] 

what [good] had it ever done to him [?] 
1 what 3 had
3 had 4 it
3 had 7 to
4 it 6 done
4 it 7 to
5 ever 6 done
7 to 8 him

" [the] [school] [is] [not] [quite] [deserted] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [a] [solitary] [child] [,] [neglected] [by] [his] [friends] [,] [is] [left] [there] [still] [.] " 
1 " 16 "

scrooge said he knew it [.] 
1 scrooge 2 said
2 said 3 he
2 said 4 knew
3 he 4 knew
4 knew 5 it

and he sobbed [.] 
1 and 2 he
1 and 3 sobbed

fowls clucked and strutted in the stables [;] [and] [the] [coach-houses] [and] [sheds] [were] [overrun] [with] [grass] [.] 
1 fowls 3 and
2 clucked 3 and
3 and 4 strutted
3 and 5 in
5 in 7 stables
6 the 7 stables

they went [,] [the] [ghost] [and] [scrooge] [,] [across] [the] [hall] [,] to a door at the back of the house [.] 
1 they 2 went
2 went 13 to
13 to 15 door
14 a 15 door
15 door 16 at
16 at 18 back
17 the 18 back
18 back 19 of
19 of 21 house
20 the 21 house

[the] [spirit] [touched] [him] [on] [the] [arm] [,] [and] [pointed] [to] [his] [younger] [self] [,] [intent] [upon] [his] [reading] [.] 

" [why] [,] [it] ['s] [ali] [baba] [!] " 
1 " 9 "

scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy [.] 
1 scrooge 2 exclaimed
2 exclaimed 3 in
3 in 4 ecstasy

["] [it] ['s] [dear] [old] [honest] [ali] [baba] [!] 

yes , yes [,] [i] [know] [.] 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 3 yes

one [christmas-time] [when] [yonder] [solitary] [child] was [left] [here] [all] [alone] , [he] [did] [come] [,] [for] [the] [first] [time] [,] [just] [like] [that] [.] 
1 one 7 was
7 was 12 ,

poor boy [!] 
1 poor 2 boy

and [valentine] , " said [scrooge] , " and [his] [wild] [brother] [,] [orson] [;] [there] [they] go [!] 
1 and 3 ,
3 , 9 and
4 " 5 said
5 said 9 and
7 , 8 "
7 , 9 and
9 and 18 go

and [the] [sultan] ['s] [groom] [turned] [upside] [down] [by] [the] [genii] : there he is [upon] [his] [head] [!] 
1 and 15 is
12 : 14 he
13 there 14 he
14 he 15 is

serve him right [!] 
1 serve 2 him
1 serve 3 right

i 'm [glad] of it [.] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 4 of
4 of 5 it

what business had he to be married [to] [the] [princess] [?] ["] 
1 what 2 business
2 business 3 had
3 had 4 he
3 had 7 married
4 he 5 to
4 he 6 be
5 to 6 be

[[] [illustration] [:] ["] [why] [,] [it] ['s] [ali] [baba] [!] ["] 

scrooge exclaimed in ecstasy [.] 
1 scrooge 2 exclaimed
2 exclaimed 3 in
3 in 4 ecstasy

" [it] ['s] [dear] [old] [honest] [ali] [baba] [.] " []] 
1 " 10 "

" [there] ['s] [the] [parrot] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 7 "

poor [robin] [crusoe] [he] [called] [him] , [when] [he] [came] [home] [again] [after] [sailing] [round] [the] [island] [.] 
1 poor 7 ,

['] [poor] [robin] [crusoe] [,] [where] [have] [you] [been] [,] [robin] [crusoe] [?] ['] 

the man thought he was dreaming [,] [but] [he] [wasn't] [.] 
1 the 2 man
2 man 3 thought
3 thought 4 he
3 thought 5 was
4 he 5 was
5 was 6 dreaming

it was [the] [parrot] , [you] [know] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 ,

there [goes] [friday] , [running] [for] [his] [life] to [the] [little] [creek] [!] 
1 there 4 ,
4 , 9 to

[halloa] [!] 

[hoop] [!] 

[halloo] [!] ["] 

" [what] [is] [the] [matter] [?] " [asked] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [nothing] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [nothing] [.] 

there was a boy [singing] [a] [christmas] [carol] at my door last night [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 boy
2 was 9 at
2 was 13 night
3 a 4 boy
9 at 11 door
10 my 11 door
12 last 13 night

i should like to have given him something [:] [that] ['s] [all] [.] ["] 
1 i 2 should
2 should 3 like
3 like 4 to
3 like 6 given
4 to 5 have
5 have 6 given
6 given 7 him
6 given 8 something

the [ghost] [smiled] [thoughtfully] [,] [and] [waved] [its] hand [:] [saying] , [as] [it] [did] [so] [,] ["] [let] [us] [see] [another] [christmas] [!] ["] 
1 the 9 hand
9 hand 12 ,

scrooge 's former self grew larger at the words [,] [and] [the] [room] [became] [a] [little] [darker] [and] [more] [dirty] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 's
2 's 4 self
3 former 4 self
4 self 5 grew
5 grew 6 larger
6 larger 7 at
7 at 9 words
8 the 9 words

he was not reading now , but walking up and down despairingly [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 4 reading
3 not 4 reading
4 reading 5 now
4 reading 7 but
6 , 7 but
7 but 8 walking
8 walking 11 down
8 walking 12 despairingly
9 up 10 and
10 and 11 down

scrooge looked at [the] [ghost] , and , [with] [a] [mournful] [shaking] of his head , glanced anxiously towards the door [.] 
1 scrooge 16 ,
2 looked 3 at
2 looked 16 ,
3 at 6 ,
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 ,
7 and 14 his
7 and 15 head
8 , 13 of
16 , 17 glanced
16 , 18 anxiously
16 , 19 towards
19 towards 21 door
20 the 21 door

" [to] [bring] [you] [home] [,] [home] [,] [home] [!] " 
1 " 11 "

" [home] [,] [little] [fan] [?] " [returned] [the] [boy] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [yes] [!] ["] said the child , brimful of glee [.] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 7 child
6 the 7 child
7 child 9 brimful
8 , 9 brimful
9 brimful 10 of
10 of 11 glee

["] [home] [for] [good] [and] [all] [.] 

[home] [for] [ever] [and] [ever] [.] 

father is so much kinder than he used to be [,] [that] [home] ['s] [like] [heaven] [!] 
1 father 2 is
2 is 4 much
3 so 4 much
4 much 5 kinder
4 much 7 he
4 much 8 used
5 kinder 6 than
7 he 8 used
8 used 9 to
8 used 10 be
9 to 10 be

" you are quite a woman [,] [little] [fan] [!] ["] [exclaimed] [the] [boy] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are
3 are 6 woman
4 quite 5 a
5 a 6 woman

" [always] [a] [delicate] [creature] [,] [whom] [a] [breath] [might] [have] [withered] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 14 "

" but she had a large heart [!] ["] 
1 " 2 but
2 but 3 she
2 but 4 had
3 she 4 had
4 had 7 heart
5 a 6 large
5 a 7 heart
6 large 7 heart

" [so] she had , ["] [cried] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 3 she
3 she 4 had
4 had 5 ,

" you 're right [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 're
3 're 4 right

i will not gainsay it [,] [spirit] [.] 
1 i 2 will
2 will 3 not
2 will 4 gainsay
3 not 4 gainsay
4 gainsay 5 it

[god] [forbid] [!] ["] 

" she [died] [a] [woman] [,] ["] said [the] [ghost] , " and [had] [,] [as] [i] [think] [,] [children] [.] ["] 
1 " 2 she
2 she 8 said
8 said 11 ,
11 , 12 "
11 , 13 and

" [one] [child] [,] " [scrooge] [returned] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [true] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [your] [nephew] [!] " 
1 " 5 "

scrooge seemed uneasy in his mind [;] and answered briefly [,] ["] [yes] [.] ["] 
1 scrooge 8 and
2 seemed 3 uneasy
2 seemed 8 and
3 uneasy 4 in
4 in 6 mind
5 his 6 mind
8 and 9 answered
8 and 10 briefly

the [ghost] [stopped] [at] [a] [certain] [warehouse] door [,] [and] [asked] [scrooge] [if] [he] [knew] [it] [.] 
1 the 8 door

" [know] it [!] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 said
3 it 6 said

" [was] [i] [apprenticed] [here] [?] " 
1 " 7 "

they went in [.] 
1 they 2 went
2 went 3 in

["] [why] [,] [it] ['s] [old] [fezziwig] [!] 

bless his heart [,] [it] ['s] [fezziwig] [alive] [again] [!] ["] 
1 bless 3 heart
2 his 3 heart

old [fezziwig] [laid] [down] [his] [pen] , and [looked] [up] [at] [the] [clock] [,] [which] [pointed] [to] [the] [hour] [of] [seven] [.] 
1 old 7 ,
7 , 8 and

["] [yo] [ho] [,] [there] [!] 

[ebenezer] [!] 

[dick] [!] ["] 

scrooge 's former self , now [grown] a young man , came briskly [in] , accompanied by his fellow-'prentice [.] 
1 scrooge 2 's
2 's 4 self
3 former 4 self
4 self 10 man
4 self 15 ,
5 , 6 now
5 , 10 man
8 a 9 young
8 a 10 man
9 young 10 man
10 man 11 ,
12 came 13 briskly
12 came 15 ,
15 , 16 accompanied
15 , 17 by
17 by 19 fellow-'prentice
18 his 19 fellow-'prentice

" [dick] [wilkins] [,] [to] [be] [sure] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [to] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 9 "

["] [bless] [me] [,] [yes] [.] 

there he is [.] 
1 there 2 he
2 he 3 is

he was very much attached to me , was [dick] [.] 
1 he 8 ,
2 was 5 attached
2 was 8 ,
3 very 4 much
4 much 5 attached
5 attached 6 to
6 to 7 me
8 , 9 was

[poor] [dick] [!] 

dear , dear [!] ["] 
1 dear 2 ,
2 , 3 dear

" [yo] [ho] [,] [my] [boys] [!] " [said] [fezziwig] [.] 
1 " 8 "

["] [no] [more] [work] [to-night] [.] 

[christmas-eve] [,] [dick] [.] 

christmas , [ebenezer] [!] 
1 christmas 2 ,

you wouldn't believe [how] those two fellows went at it [!] 
1 you 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 believe
3 believe 7 fellows
3 believe 8 went
5 those 6 two
6 two 7 fellows
7 fellows 8 went
8 went 9 at
9 at 10 it

" [hilli-ho] [!] " [cried] [old] [fezziwig] [,] [skipping] [down] [from] [the] [high] [desk] [with] [wonderful] [agility] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [clear] [away] [,] [my] [lads] [,] [and] [let's] [have] [lots] [of] [room] [here] [!] 

[hilli-ho] [,] [dick] [!] 

[chirrup] [,] [ebenezer] [!] ["] 

clear away [!] 
1 clear 2 away

there was nothing [they] [wouldn't] [have] [cleared] [away] , [or] [couldn't] [have] [cleared] [away] , [with] old [fezziwig] [looking] [on] [.] 
1 there 9 ,
2 was 3 nothing
2 was 9 ,
9 , 15 ,
15 , 17 old

it was done in a minute [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 done
3 done 4 in
4 in 6 minute
5 a 6 minute

in came [mrs] [.] [fezziwig] [,] [one] [vast] [substantial] [smile] [.] 
1 in 2 came

in came [the] [three] [miss] [fezziwigs] [,] beaming and lovable [.] 
1 in 2 came
2 came 9 and
8 beaming 9 and
9 and 10 lovable

in [came] the six young followers [whose] hearts they broke [.] 
1 in 8 hearts
1 in 9 they
3 the 4 six
4 six 8 hearts
5 young 6 followers
6 followers 8 hearts
9 they 10 broke

in came [all] [the] [young] [men] [and] [women] [employed] [in] [the] [business] [.] 
1 in 2 came

in came [the] [housemaid] , with her cousin the baker [.] 
1 in 2 came
2 came 6 with
5 , 6 with
6 with 8 cousin
6 with 10 baker
7 her 8 cousin
9 the 10 baker

in [came] the cook , with her brother 's particular friend the milkman [.] 
1 in 4 cook
1 in 5 ,
1 in 10 particular
3 the 4 cook
6 with 7 her
6 with 10 particular
8 brother 9 's
9 's 10 particular
10 particular 11 friend
11 friend 13 milkman
12 the 13 milkman

but [the] [great] [effect] [of] [the] [evening] [came] [after] [the] [roast] and [boiled] , when [the] [fiddler] [(] [an] [artful] [dog] , mind [!] 
1 but 14 ,
1 but 22 ,
1 but 23 mind
12 and 14 ,
14 , 15 when

[then] [old] [fezziwig] [stood] [out] [to] [dance] [with] [mrs] [fezziwig] [.] 

as to her , she was worthy to be his partner in every sense of the term [.] 
1 as 2 to
2 to 3 her
2 to 4 ,
2 to 5 she
5 she 6 was
6 was 7 worthy
7 worthy 8 to
8 to 9 be
9 be 11 partner
9 be 12 in
10 his 11 partner
11 partner 12 in
12 in 14 sense
13 every 14 sense
14 sense 15 of
15 of 17 term
16 the 17 term

if that 's not high praise , tell me higher [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [use] [it] [.] 
1 if 2 that
1 if 3 's
1 if 7 ,
1 if 8 tell
2 that 3 's
3 's 4 not
3 's 6 praise
4 not 5 high
5 high 6 praise
8 tell 9 me
8 tell 10 higher

[a] [positive] [light] [appeared] [to] [issue] [from] [fezziwig] ['s] [calves] [.] 

they shone in every part of the dance like moons [.] 
1 they 2 shone
2 shone 3 in
2 shone 9 like
3 in 5 part
4 every 5 part
5 part 6 of
6 of 8 dance
7 the 8 dance
8 dance 9 like
9 like 10 moons

you couldn't have predicted , at any given time , what would become [of] them next [.] 
1 you 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 have
3 have 4 predicted
4 predicted 6 at
4 predicted 10 ,
4 predicted 11 what
4 predicted 13 become
5 , 6 at
6 at 7 any
6 at 10 ,
7 any 8 given
8 given 9 time
11 what 12 would
12 would 13 become
13 become 15 them
13 become 16 next

when the clock struck eleven , this domestic ball broke up [.] 
1 when 3 clock
1 when 4 struck
1 when 6 ,
1 when 9 ball
2 the 3 clock
3 clock 4 struck
4 struck 5 eleven
7 this 8 domestic
8 domestic 9 ball
9 ball 10 broke
10 broke 11 up

[during] [the] [whole] [of] [this] [time] [scrooge] [had] [acted] [like] [a] [man] [out] [of] [his] [wits] [.] 

his heart and soul were in the scene , and with his former self [.] 
1 his 2 heart
2 heart 3 and
3 and 4 soul
3 and 5 were
5 were 10 and
6 in 8 scene
6 in 10 and
7 the 8 scene
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 with
11 with 14 self
12 his 14 self
13 former 14 self

he corroborated everything , remembered everything , enjoyed everything , and underwent the strangest agitation [.] 
1 he 4 ,
2 corroborated 3 everything
2 corroborated 4 ,
4 , 7 ,
5 remembered 6 everything
5 remembered 7 ,
7 , 11 and
8 enjoyed 9 everything
8 enjoyed 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 underwent
12 underwent 15 agitation
13 the 14 strangest
13 the 15 agitation

" [a] [small] [matter] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [,] ["] [to] [make] [these] [silly] [folks] [so] [full] [of] [gratitude] [.] ["] 
1 " 6 "

" [small] [!] " [echoed] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [why] [!] 

is it not [?] 
1 is 2 it
1 is 3 not

he has spent but a few pounds of your mortal money : three or four , perhaps [.] 
1 he 2 has
2 has 3 spent
3 spent 4 but
3 spent 7 pounds
4 but 6 few
5 a 6 few
7 pounds 8 of
8 of 10 mortal
9 your 10 mortal
10 mortal 11 money
10 mortal 12 :
11 money 12 :
12 : 14 or
12 : 17 perhaps
13 three 14 or
14 or 15 four
16 , 17 perhaps

is that so much that he deserves this praise [?] ["] 
1 is 2 that
1 is 4 much
3 so 4 much
4 much 5 that
4 much 7 deserves
5 that 6 he
5 that 7 deserves
6 he 7 deserves
7 deserves 9 praise
8 this 9 praise

" it [isn't] [that] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [,] [heated] [by] [the] [remark] [,] [and] [speaking] [unconsciously] [like] [his] [former] [,] [not] [his] [latter] [self] [.] 
1 " 2 it
1 " 7 said
2 it 7 said

["] [it] [isn't] [that] [,] [spirit] [.] 

he has the power to render us happy or unhappy [;] [to] [make] [our] [service] [light] [or] [burdensome] [;] [a] [pleasure] [or] [a] [toil] [.] 
1 he 2 has
2 has 4 power
2 has 5 to
3 the 4 power
5 to 6 render
6 render 7 us
6 render 9 or
8 happy 9 or
9 or 10 unhappy

the happiness he gives is quite [as] great as if it cost a fortune [.] ["] 
1 the 2 happiness
2 happiness 3 he
2 happiness 4 gives
2 happiness 5 is
3 he 4 gives
5 is 8 great
6 quite 8 great
8 great 10 if
9 as 10 if
10 if 11 it
10 if 12 cost
11 it 12 cost
12 cost 14 fortune
13 a 14 fortune

he felt [the] [spirit] ['s] [glance] , and stopped [.] 
1 he 8 and
2 felt 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 stopped

" [what] [is] [the] [matter] [?] " [asked] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [nothing] [particular] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [something] [,] [i] [think] [?] " [the] [ghost] [insisted] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [no] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [no] [.] 
1 " 4 "

i should like to be able to say a word [or] two to my clerk just now [.] 
1 i 2 should
2 should 3 like
3 like 4 to
4 to 5 be
5 be 6 able
6 able 7 to
7 to 8 say
8 say 10 word
8 say 13 to
9 a 10 word
10 word 12 two
10 word 13 to
13 to 15 clerk
14 my 15 clerk
15 clerk 16 just
16 just 17 now

that 's all [.] ["] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 all

" [my] [time] [grows] [short] [,] " [observed] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [quick] [!] " 
1 " 4 "

this was not addressed to [scrooge] , or to [any] [one] [whom] [he] [could] [see] , but it produced an immediate effect [.] 
1 this 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 4 addressed
3 not 4 addressed
4 addressed 8 or
5 to 8 or
7 , 8 or
8 or 9 to
9 to 16 ,
16 , 17 but
17 but 18 it
17 but 19 produced
18 it 19 produced
19 produced 22 effect
20 an 21 immediate
20 an 22 effect
21 immediate 22 effect

[for] [again] [scrooge] [saw] [himself] [.] 

he was [older] now [;] a man in the prime of life [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 4 now
2 was 7 man
2 was 8 in
6 a 7 man
7 man 8 in
8 in 10 prime
9 the 10 prime
10 prime 11 of
11 of 12 life

his face had [not] [the] [harsh] and [rigid] [lines] [of] [later] [years] [;] but it had begun to wear the signs of care and avarice [.] 
1 his 2 face
2 face 3 had
3 had 7 and
7 and 14 but
14 but 15 it
15 it 16 had
16 had 17 begun
17 begun 18 to
18 to 19 wear
19 wear 24 and
20 the 21 signs
21 signs 22 of
21 signs 24 and
22 of 23 care
24 and 25 avarice

" [it] [matters] [little] [,] " she said softly [.] 
1 " 8 said
6 " 7 she
7 she 8 said
8 said 9 softly

["] [to] [you] [,] [very] [little] [.] 

" [what] [idol] [has] [displaced] [you] [?] " [he] [rejoined] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [a] [golden] [one] [.] " 
1 " 6 "

" [this] [is] [the] [even-handed] [dealing] [of] [the] [world] [!] " he said [.] 
1 " 13 said
11 " 12 he
12 he 13 said

" [you] [fear] [the] [world] [too] [much] [,] ["] she answered [gently] [.] 
1 " 10 she
10 she 11 answered

["] [all] [your] [other] [hopes] [have] [merged] [into] [the] [hope] [of] [being] [beyond] [the] [chance] [of] [its] [sordid] [reproach] [.] 

i have seen your nobler aspirations fall off one by one , [until] [the] [master] [passion] , [gain] , [engrosses] you [.] 
1 i 12 ,
2 have 3 seen
2 have 12 ,
3 seen 6 aspirations
3 seen 7 fall
4 your 6 aspirations
5 nobler 6 aspirations
7 fall 8 off
7 fall 10 by
9 one 10 by
10 by 11 one
12 , 17 ,
17 , 19 ,
19 , 21 you

[have] [i] [not] [?] ["] 

" [what] [then] [?] ["] he retorted [.] 
1 " 7 retorted
6 he 7 retorted

" [even] [if] [i] [have] [grown] so [much] [wiser] [,] [what] [then] [?] 
1 " 7 so

i am not changed towards you [.] ["] 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 not
2 am 5 towards
3 not 4 changed
5 towards 6 you

she shook her head [.] 
1 she 2 shook
2 shook 4 head
3 her 4 head

" [am] [i] [?] " 
1 " 5 "

["] [our] [contract] [is] [an] [old] [one] [.] 

you are changed [.] 
1 you 2 are
2 are 3 changed

when it was made you were another man [.] ["] 
1 when 2 it
1 when 4 made
1 when 5 you
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 made
5 you 6 were
6 were 8 man
7 another 8 man

" [i] [was] [a] [boy] , " he said impatiently [.] 
1 " 9 said
6 , 7 "
6 , 8 he
8 he 9 said
9 said 10 impatiently

" [your] [own] [feeling] [tells] you [that] [you] [were] [not] [what] [you] are [,] ["] [she] [returned] [.] 
1 " 6 you
6 you 13 are

["] [i] [am] [.] 

that which promised happiness when we were one in heart is fraught with misery now that we are two [.] 
1 that 2 which
1 that 3 promised
2 which 3 promised
3 promised 15 now
3 promised 16 that
4 happiness 5 when
4 happiness 11 is
5 when 6 we
5 when 7 were
6 we 7 were
7 were 8 one
7 were 9 in
8 one 9 in
9 in 10 heart
11 is 12 fraught
12 fraught 13 with
13 with 14 misery
14 misery 15 now
16 that 17 we
16 that 18 are
17 we 18 are
18 are 19 two

how [often] and how keenly [i] [have] [thought] [of] [this] [i] will not say [.] 
1 how 3 and
3 and 4 how
3 and 14 say
5 keenly 14 say
12 will 13 not
13 not 14 say

it is enough that [i] [have] [thought] of it , and can [release] [you] [.] ["] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 3 enough
2 is 4 that
4 that 8 of
8 of 11 and
9 it 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 can

" [have] [i] [ever] [sought] [release] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

["] [in] [words] [.] 

[no] [.] 

[never] [.] ["] 

" [in] [what] [,] [then] [?] " 
1 " 7 "

["] [in] [a] [changed] [nature] [;] [in] [an] [altered] [spirit] [;] [in] [another] [atmosphere] [of] [life] [;] [another] [hope] [as] [its] [great] [end] [.] 

in everything that made my love of any worth or value in your sight [.] 
1 in 2 everything
1 in 3 that
3 that 4 made
4 made 6 love
4 made 12 in
5 my 6 love
6 love 7 of
7 of 10 or
8 any 9 worth
9 worth 10 or
10 or 11 value
10 or 12 in
12 in 14 sight
13 your 14 sight

ah , [no] [!] " 
1 ah 2 ,
2 , 5 "

he seemed to yield to the justice of this supposition in spite of himself [.] 
1 he 2 seemed
2 seemed 3 to
2 seemed 4 yield
3 to 4 yield
4 yield 5 to
4 yield 11 in
5 to 7 justice
6 the 7 justice
7 justice 8 of
8 of 10 supposition
9 this 10 supposition
10 supposition 11 in
11 in 12 spite
12 spite 13 of
13 of 14 himself

but he said , with a struggle , " you think [not] [.] " 
1 but 2 he
1 but 3 said
2 he 3 said
3 said 5 with
3 said 8 ,
3 said 9 "
3 said 10 you
3 said 11 think
3 said 14 "
4 , 5 with
5 with 7 struggle
5 with 8 ,
6 a 7 struggle
10 you 11 think

" [i] [would] [gladly] [think] [otherwise] [if] [i] [could] [,] ["] she answered [.] 
1 " 12 she
12 she 13 answered

["] [heaven] [knows] [!] 

when [i] [have] [learned] [a] [truth] [like] [this] , [i] [know] [how] [strong] and [irresistible] it must be [.] 
1 when 9 ,
9 , 14 and
14 and 16 it
16 it 17 must
17 must 18 be

i do [;] [and] [i] [release] [you] [.] 
1 i 2 do

with a full heart , for the love of him you once were [.] ["] 
1 with 4 heart
1 with 5 ,
1 with 11 you
2 a 3 full
2 a 4 heart
3 full 4 heart
6 for 8 love
6 for 11 you
7 the 8 love
8 love 9 of
9 of 10 him
11 you 13 were
12 once 13 were

he was about to speak [;] [but] [,] with [her] [head] [turned] [from] him [,] [she] [resumed] [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 about
3 about 4 to
4 to 5 speak
5 speak 9 with
9 with 14 him

["] [you] [may] [the] [memory] [of] [what] [is] [past] [half] [makes] [me] [hope] [you] [will] [have] [pain] [in] [this] [.] 

may you be happy in the life you have chosen [!] ["] 
1 may 2 you
1 may 3 be
3 be 4 happy
4 happy 5 in
4 happy 8 you
4 happy 10 chosen
5 in 7 life
6 the 7 life
8 you 9 have
9 have 10 chosen

she left him , and they parted [.] 
1 she 2 left
2 left 5 and
3 him 5 and
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 they
5 and 7 parted

" [spirit] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [show] [me] [no] [more] [!] 
1 " 4 "

conduct me home [.] 
1 conduct 2 me
1 conduct 3 home

why do you delight to torture me [?] " 
1 why 2 do
2 do 3 you
2 do 4 delight
4 delight 5 to
5 to 6 torture
6 torture 7 me
7 me 9 "

" [one] [shadow] [more] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [no] [more] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [no] [more] [!] 

i don't wish to see it [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 wish
3 wish 4 to
3 wish 5 see
4 to 5 see
5 see 6 it

show me no more [!] ["] 
1 show 2 me
1 show 4 more
3 no 4 more

but [the] [relentless] [ghost] [pinioned] [him] in [both] [his] [arms] , and [forced] [him] [to] [observe] what happened next [.] 
1 but 7 in
1 but 17 what
7 in 11 ,
11 , 12 and
17 what 18 happened
18 happened 19 next

they were in another scene and place [;] [a] [room] [,] [not] [very] [large] [or] [handsome] [,] [but] [full] [of] [comfort] [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 in
3 in 6 and
4 another 5 scene
5 scene 6 and
6 and 7 place

what would [i] not have given to be one of them [!] 
1 what 2 would
2 would 4 not
2 would 5 have
5 have 6 given
6 given 7 to
7 to 8 be
8 be 9 one
9 one 10 of
10 of 11 them

though [i] [never] [could] [have] [been] [so] [rude] , [no] , [no] [!] 
1 though 9 ,
1 though 11 ,

then the shouting and the struggling , and the onslaught that was made on the defenceless porter [!] 
1 then 8 and
2 the 3 shouting
3 shouting 4 and
4 and 6 struggling
4 and 8 and
5 the 6 struggling
7 , 8 and
8 and 10 onslaught
8 and 11 that
8 and 12 was
8 and 13 made
9 the 10 onslaught
11 that 12 was
13 made 14 on
13 made 17 porter
15 the 17 porter
16 defenceless 17 porter

the shouts of wonder and delight with which the development of every package was received [!] 
1 the 2 shouts
2 shouts 3 of
2 shouts 5 and
3 of 4 wonder
5 and 6 delight
5 and 7 with
7 with 8 which
7 with 10 development
7 with 15 received
9 the 10 development
10 development 11 of
10 development 14 was
11 of 13 package
12 every 13 package
14 was 15 received

the immense relief [of] finding this [a] false alarm [!] 
1 the 9 alarm
2 immense 5 finding
3 relief 5 finding
5 finding 9 alarm
6 this 8 false
8 false 9 alarm

the joy , and gratitude , and ecstasy [!] 
1 the 2 joy
2 joy 4 and
3 , 4 and
4 and 5 gratitude
4 and 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 ecstasy

they are all [indescribable] [alike] [.] 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 all

" [who] [was] [it] [?] " 
1 " 6 "

" [guess] [!] " 
1 " 4 "

["] [how] [can] [i] [?] 

[tut] [,] [don't] [i] [know] [?] ["] [she] [added] [in] [the] [same] [breath] [,] [laughing] [as] [he] [laughed] [.] 

" [mr] [scrooge] [.] " 
1 " 5 "

["] [mr] [scrooge] [it] [was] [.] 

his partner lies upon the point of death [,] [i] hear [;] [and] [there] [he] [sat] [alone] [.] 
1 his 3 lies
2 partner 3 lies
3 lies 4 upon
3 lies 11 hear
4 upon 6 point
5 the 6 point
6 point 7 of
7 of 8 death

[quite] [alone] [in] [the] [world] [,] [i] [do] [believe] [.] ["] 

" [spirit] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [in] a [broken] voice [,] ["] [remove] [me] [from] [this] [place] [.] ["] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 10 voice
8 a 10 voice

" [i] [told] [you] [these] [were] [shadows] [of] [the] [things] [that] [have] [been] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 15 "

" [that] [they] [are] [what] [they] [are] [,] [do] [not] [blame] [me] [!] " 
1 " 14 "

" [remove] [me] [!] " 
1 " 5 "

scrooge exclaimed [.] 
1 scrooge 2 exclaimed

" [i] [cannot] [bear] [it] [!] " 
1 " 7 "

["] [leave] [me] [!] 

take me back [!] 
1 take 2 me
1 take 3 back

haunt me no longer [!] ["] 
1 haunt 2 me
1 haunt 4 longer
3 no 4 longer

he was conscious of being exhausted , and overcome by an irresistible drowsiness [;] and [,] further [,] [of] being in his own bedroom [.] 
1 he 8 and
2 was 3 conscious
2 was 8 and
3 conscious 4 of
4 of 5 being
5 being 6 exhausted
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 overcome
8 and 10 by
8 and 21 in
10 by 20 being
11 an 12 irresistible
11 an 20 being
12 irresistible 13 drowsiness
13 drowsiness 15 and
15 and 17 further
15 and 20 being
20 being 21 in
21 in 24 bedroom
22 his 23 own
22 his 24 bedroom

[stave] [three] 

[the] [second] [of] [the] [three] [spirits] 

five minutes , ten minutes , [a] quarter of an hour went by , yet nothing came [.] 
1 five 2 minutes
1 five 8 quarter
1 five 9 of
1 five 12 went
2 minutes 5 minutes
2 minutes 8 quarter
3 , 5 minutes
4 ten 5 minutes
5 minutes 6 ,
9 of 11 hour
10 an 11 hour
12 went 13 by
12 went 15 yet
14 , 15 yet
15 yet 16 nothing
16 nothing 17 came

this idea taking full possession of his mind [,] [he] got up softly , and shuffled in his slippers to the door [.] 
1 this 2 idea
2 idea 3 taking
2 idea 15 and
3 taking 5 possession
4 full 5 possession
5 possession 6 of
6 of 8 mind
7 his 8 mind
11 got 12 up
11 got 13 softly
11 got 15 and
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 shuffled
15 and 17 in
15 and 20 to
17 in 19 slippers
18 his 19 slippers
20 to 22 door
21 the 22 door

the [moment] [scrooge] ['s] [hand] [was] [on] [the] [lock] [,] [a] [strange] voice called him by his name , and bade him enter [.] 
1 the 13 voice
13 voice 20 and
14 called 15 him
14 called 16 by
14 called 20 and
16 by 18 name
17 his 18 name
19 , 20 and
20 and 21 bade
21 bade 22 him
21 bade 23 enter

he obeyed [.] 
1 he 2 obeyed

it was his own room [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 room
3 his 4 own
3 his 5 room

there was no doubt about that [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 4 doubt
2 was 5 about
3 no 4 doubt
4 doubt 5 about
5 about 6 that

but it had undergone a surprising transformation [.] 
1 but 2 it
1 but 4 undergone
2 it 3 had
3 had 4 undergone
4 undergone 7 transformation
5 a 6 surprising
5 a 7 transformation
6 surprising 7 transformation

" [come] [in] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [come] [in] [!] [and] [know] [me] [better] [,] [man] [!] " 
1 " 12 "

scrooge entered timidly , and hung his head before [this] [spirit] [.] 
1 scrooge 5 and
2 entered 3 timidly
2 entered 5 and
4 , 5 and
5 and 6 hung
6 hung 8 head
7 his 8 head
8 head 9 before

" [i] [am] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [present] [,] " [said] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 10 "

" [look] [upon] [me] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

scrooge reverently did so [.] 
1 scrooge 3 did
2 reverently 3 did
3 did 4 so

it was clothed in one simple deep green robe , or mantle , bordered with white fur [.] 
1 it 13 ,
2 was 3 clothed
2 was 13 ,
3 clothed 4 in
4 in 11 or
5 one 9 robe
6 simple 9 robe
7 deep 9 robe
8 green 9 robe
9 robe 11 or
10 , 11 or
11 or 12 mantle
13 , 14 bordered
13 , 15 with
15 with 17 fur
16 white 17 fur

girded round its middle was an antique scabbard [;] but no sword was in it , and the ancient sheath [was] eaten up with rust [.] 
1 girded 2 round
2 round 10 but
3 its 4 middle
4 middle 5 was
5 was 8 scabbard
6 an 7 antique
6 an 8 scabbard
7 antique 8 scabbard
8 scabbard 10 but
10 but 24 with
11 no 12 sword
12 sword 13 was
13 was 14 in
14 in 17 and
15 it 17 and
16 , 17 and
17 and 20 sheath
17 and 22 eaten
17 and 24 with
18 the 20 sheath
19 ancient 20 sheath
22 eaten 23 up
24 with 25 rust

" [you] [have] [never] [seen] [the] [like] [of] [me] [before] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 12 "

" [never] [,] " [scrooge] [made] [answer] [to] [it] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [i] [don't] [think] [i] [have] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 8 "

["] [i] [am] [afraid] [i] [have] [not] [.] 

have you had [many] [brothers] , [spirit] [?] ["] 
1 have 2 you
2 you 3 had
3 had 6 ,

" [more] [than] [eighteen] [hundred] [,] " [said] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [a] [tremendous] [family] [to] [provide] [for] [,] " [muttered] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 9 "

the [ghost] [of] [christmas] [present] rose [.] 
1 the 6 rose

" [spirit] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [submissively] [,] ["] [conduct] [me] [where] [you] will [.] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 14 will

i went forth last night on [compulsion] , and [i] [learnt] [a] [lesson] [which] is [working] [now] [.] 
1 i 2 went
2 went 3 forth
2 went 5 night
2 went 6 on
4 last 5 night
6 on 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 15 is

[to-night] [,] [if] [you] [have] [aught] [to] [teach] [me] [,] [let] [me] [profit] [by] [it] [.] ["] 

" [touch] [my] [robe] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

scrooge did as he was told , and held it fast [.] 
1 scrooge 2 did
2 did 3 as
2 did 11 fast
3 as 4 he
3 as 8 and
4 he 8 and
5 was 6 told
5 was 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 held
8 and 10 it

the poulterers ' shops were still half open [,] [and] [the] [fruiterers] ['] [were] [radiant] [in] [their] [glory] [.] 
1 the 2 poulterers
2 poulterers 3 '
3 ' 4 shops
4 shops 5 were
5 were 6 still
5 were 7 half
5 were 8 open

for they said , it was a shame to quarrel [upon] [christmas-day] [.] 
1 for 2 they
2 they 3 said
3 said 4 ,
3 said 5 it
3 said 6 was
5 it 6 was
6 was 8 shame
6 was 9 to
7 a 8 shame
9 to 10 quarrel

and so it was [!] 
1 and 2 so
2 so 4 was
3 it 4 was

god love it , so it was [!] 
1 god 2 love
2 love 3 it
2 love 5 so
4 , 5 so
5 so 6 it
5 so 7 was
6 it 7 was

" [is] [there] [a] [peculiar] [flavour] [in] [what] [you] [sprinkle] [from] [your] [torch] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 15 "

["] [there] [is] [.] 

my own [.] ["] 
1 my 2 own

" [would] it [apply] [to] [any] [kind] [of] [dinner] [on] [this] [day] [?] ["] asked [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 15 asked
3 it 15 asked

["] [to] [any] [kindly] [given] [.] 

to a poor one most [.] ["] 
1 to 4 one
1 to 5 most
2 a 3 poor
2 a 4 one
3 poor 4 one

" [why] [to] [a] [poor] [one] [most] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [because] [it] [needs] [it] [most] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" [spirit] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [after] [a] [moment] ['s] [thought] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [i] [!] " [cried] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [i] [!] " [cried] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [you] [seek] [to] [close] [these] [places] [on] [the] [seventh] [day] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 13 "

" [and] [it] [comes] [to] [the] [same] [thing] [.] " 
1 " 10 "

" [i] [seek] [!] " [exclaimed] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [forgive] [me] [if] [i] [am] [wrong] [.] 

it has been done in your name , or at least in [that] [of] [your] [family] , " said [scrooge] [.] 
1 it 2 has
2 has 3 been
3 been 4 done
4 done 9 or
5 in 7 name
5 in 9 or
6 your 7 name
8 , 9 or
9 or 11 least
9 or 12 in
10 at 11 least
12 in 17 ,
17 , 18 "
17 , 19 said

remember that , and [charge] their doings on [themselves] , [not] [us] [.] " 
1 remember 4 and
2 that 4 and
3 , 4 and
4 and 7 doings
4 and 8 on
6 their 7 doings
8 on 10 ,
10 , 14 "

scrooge promised that he would [;] [and] [they] [went] [on] [,] [invisible] [,] [as] [they] [had] [been] [before] [,] [into] [the] [suburbs] [of] [the] [town] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 promised
2 promised 3 that
3 that 4 he
3 that 5 would

think of that [!] 
1 think 2 of
2 of 3 that

" [what] [has] [ever] [got] [your] [precious] [father] [,] [then] [?] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 
1 " 12 "

["] [and] [your] [brother] [,] [tiny] [tim] [?] 

and [martha] [warn't] [as] [late] last [christmas-day] [by] [half] [an] [hour] [!] ["] 
1 and 6 last

" [here] ['s] [martha] [,] [mother] [!] ["] said a girl , appearing as she spoke [.] 
1 " 9 said
9 said 11 girl
10 a 11 girl
11 girl 13 appearing
12 , 13 appearing
13 appearing 14 as
14 as 15 she
14 as 16 spoke
15 she 16 spoke

" [here] ['s] [martha] [,] [mother] [!] " [cried] [the] [two] [young] [cratchits] [.] 
1 " 8 "

["] [hurrah] [!] 

there ['s] [such] [a] [goose] , [martha] [!] " 
1 there 6 ,
6 , 9 "

" [well] [!] [never] [mind] [so] [long] [as] you are come [,] ["] [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 
1 " 9 you
9 you 10 are
10 are 11 come

" [sit] [ye] [down] [before] [the] [fire] [,] [my] [dear] [,] [and] [have] [a] [warm] [,] [lord] [bless] [ye] [!] " 
1 " 21 "

["] [no] [,] [no] [!] 

there 's father coming [,] ["] [cried] [the] [two] [young] [cratchits] [,] [who] [were] [everywhere] [at] [once] [.] 
1 there 2 's
2 's 3 father
3 father 4 coming

" [hide] [,] [martha] [,] [hide] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

alas [for] [tiny] [tim] , he bore a little crutch , and had his limbs supported by an iron frame [!] 
1 alas 5 ,
1 alas 6 he
6 he 12 and
7 bore 10 crutch
7 bore 12 and
8 a 9 little
8 a 10 crutch
9 little 10 crutch
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 had
13 had 15 limbs
13 had 17 by
14 his 15 limbs
15 limbs 16 supported
15 limbs 17 by
17 by 20 frame
18 an 19 iron
18 an 20 frame
19 iron 20 frame

" [why] [,] [where] ['s] [our] [martha] [?] " [cried] [bob] [cratchit] [,] [looking] [round] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [not] [coming] [,] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [not] [coming] [upon] [christmas-day] [!] " 
1 " 7 "

" [as] [good] [as] [gold] [,] " [said] [bob] [,] ["] [and] [better] [.] 
1 " 7 "

somehow , he gets thoughtful , sitting by himself so much , and thinks the strangest things you ever heard [.] 
1 somehow 2 ,
1 somehow 3 he
3 he 13 and
4 gets 7 sitting
4 gets 8 by
4 gets 11 much
4 gets 13 and
5 thoughtful 6 ,
5 thoughtful 7 sitting
7 sitting 8 by
8 by 9 himself
10 so 11 much
12 , 13 and
13 and 14 thinks
14 thinks 17 things
15 the 16 strangest
15 the 17 things
17 things 18 you
17 things 20 heard
18 you 20 heard
19 ever 20 heard

bob 's voice was tremulous when he told them this , and trembled more when he said that [tiny] [tim] was [growing] strong and hearty [.] 
1 bob 2 's
2 's 3 voice
3 voice 12 and
4 was 5 tremulous
4 was 12 and
5 tremulous 6 when
6 when 7 he
6 when 8 told
7 he 8 told
8 told 9 them
8 told 10 this
11 , 12 and
12 and 13 trembled
13 trembled 14 more
13 trembled 15 when
13 trembled 24 and
15 when 16 he
15 when 17 said
16 he 17 said
17 said 18 that
18 that 21 was
23 strong 24 and
24 and 25 hearty

at last the dishes were set on , and grace was said [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 4 dishes
3 the 4 dishes
4 dishes 5 were
5 were 6 set
6 set 7 on
7 on 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 grace
9 and 12 said
10 grace 11 was
11 was 12 said

there never was such a goose [.] 
1 there 3 was
2 never 3 was
3 was 6 goose
4 such 5 a
5 a 6 goose

bob said he didn't believe there ever was such a goose cooked [.] 
1 bob 2 said
2 said 3 he
2 said 5 believe
3 he 4 didn't
4 didn't 5 believe
5 believe 6 there
5 believe 8 was
6 there 8 was
7 ever 8 was
8 was 11 goose
9 such 10 a
10 a 11 goose
11 goose 12 cooked

its tenderness and flavour , size and cheapness , were the themes of universal admiration [.] 
1 its 2 tenderness
2 tenderness 3 and
3 and 4 flavour
3 and 7 and
3 and 10 were
5 , 7 and
6 size 7 and
7 and 8 cheapness
7 and 9 ,
10 were 12 themes
11 the 12 themes
12 themes 13 of
13 of 15 admiration
14 universal 15 admiration

yet every one had had enough [,] [and] [the] [youngest] [cratchits] [,] [in] [particular] [,] [were] [steeped] [in] [sage] [and] [onion] [to] [the] [eyebrows] [!] 
1 yet 3 one
2 every 3 one
3 one 4 had
4 had 5 had
5 had 6 enough

suppose it should not be done enough [!] 
1 suppose 2 it
1 suppose 6 done
2 it 3 should
3 should 4 not
5 be 6 done
6 done 7 enough

suppose it should break in turning out [!] 
1 suppose 2 it
1 suppose 4 break
2 it 3 should
3 should 4 break
4 break 5 in
5 in 6 turning
6 turning 7 out

all sorts of horrors were supposed [.] 
1 all 2 sorts
2 sorts 3 of
2 sorts 4 horrors
3 of 4 horrors
4 horrors 5 were
5 were 6 supposed

[hallo] [!] 

a great deal [of] [steam] [!] 
1 a 2 great
2 great 3 deal

the pudding was out of the copper [.] 
1 the 2 pudding
2 pudding 3 was
3 was 5 of
4 out 5 of
5 of 7 copper
6 the 7 copper

[a] [smell] [like] [a] [washing-day] [!] 

that was the cloth [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 cloth
3 the 4 cloth

a smell like an eating-house and a pastrycook's next door to each other , with a laundress's next door to that ! 
1 a 2 smell
2 smell 3 like
2 smell 6 and
3 like 5 eating-house
4 an 5 eating-house
6 and 8 pastrycook's
6 and 10 door
6 and 11 to
6 and 15 with
7 a 8 pastrycook's
9 next 10 door
11 to 13 other
12 each 13 other
14 , 15 with
15 with 17 laundress's
15 with 22 !
16 a 17 laundress's
17 laundress's 19 door
17 laundress's 20 to
18 next 19 door
20 to 21 that

that was the pudding [!] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 pudding
3 the 4 pudding

oh , [a] [wonderful] [pudding] [!] 
1 oh 2 ,

[bob] [cratchit] [said] [,] [and] [calmly] [too] [,] [that] [he] [regarded] [it] [as] [the] [greatest] [success] [achieved] [by] [mrs] [cratchit] [since] [their] [marriage] [.] 

[mrs] [cratchit] [said] [that] [,] [now] [the] [weight] [was] [off] [her] [mind] [,] [she] [would] [confess] [she] [had] [her] [doubts] [about] [the] [quantity] [of] [flour] [.] 

everybody had something to [say] [about] [it] , but nobody said or thought it was at [all] a small pudding for a large family [.] 
1 everybody 2 had
2 had 3 something
3 something 4 to
4 to 8 ,
8 , 12 or
9 but 10 nobody
9 but 12 or
11 said 12 or
12 or 13 thought
13 thought 14 it
13 thought 15 was
14 it 15 was
15 was 16 at
15 was 21 for
16 at 20 pudding
18 a 20 pudding
19 small 20 pudding
20 pudding 21 for
21 for 24 family
22 a 23 large
22 a 24 family
23 large 24 family

it would have been flat heresy to do so [.] 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 been
4 been 6 heresy
4 been 7 to
5 flat 6 heresy
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 so

[any] [cratchit] [would] [have] [blushed] [to] [hint] [at] [such] [a] [thing] [.] 

at last the dinner was all done [,] [the] [cloth] [was] [cleared] [,] [the] [hearth] [swept] [,] [and] [the] [fire] [made] [up] [.] 
1 at 2 last
1 at 5 was
3 the 4 dinner
4 dinner 5 was
5 was 7 done
6 all 7 done

two tumblers and a custard cup without a handle [.] 
1 two 2 tumblers
2 tumblers 3 and
3 and 6 cup
3 and 7 without
4 a 5 custard
4 a 6 cup
5 custard 6 cup
7 without 9 handle
8 a 9 handle

[then] [bob] [proposed] [:] 

["] [a] [merry] [christmas] [to] [us] [all] [,] [my] [dears] [.] 

god bless us [!] ["] 
1 god 2 bless
2 bless 3 us

[which] [all] [the] [family] [re-echoed] [.] 

" [god] [bless] [us] [every] [one] [!] " [said] [tiny] [tim] [,] [the] [last] [of] [all] [.] 
1 " 8 "

he sat very close to his father 's side , upon his little stool [.] 
1 he 2 sat
2 sat 4 close
3 very 4 close
4 close 5 to
5 to 9 side
6 his 7 father
7 father 8 's
8 's 9 side
9 side 11 upon
10 , 11 upon
11 upon 14 stool
12 his 14 stool
13 little 14 stool

" [spirit] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [with] [an] [interest] he had [never] felt [before] [,] ["] [tell] [me] [if] [tiny] [tim] [will] [live] [.] ["] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 10 he
10 he 11 had
11 had 13 felt

if these shadows remain unaltered [by] [the] [future] [,] the child will die [.] ["] 
1 if 3 shadows
1 if 4 remain
1 if 11 child
2 these 3 shadows
3 shadows 4 remain
4 remain 5 unaltered
10 the 11 child
11 child 12 will
12 will 13 die

" [no] [,] [no] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [oh] [,] [no] [,] [kind] [spirit] [!] [say] [he] [will] [be] [spared] [.] " 
1 " 15 "

[what] [then] [?] 

if he be like to die , he had better do it , and decrease [the] surplus population [.] ["] 
1 if 2 he
1 if 4 like
1 if 7 ,
1 if 8 he
2 he 3 be
3 be 4 like
4 like 5 to
4 like 6 die
5 to 6 die
8 he 9 had
9 had 18 population
10 better 11 do
11 do 18 population
12 it 14 and
13 , 14 and
14 and 15 decrease
14 and 18 population
17 surplus 18 population

scrooge hung his head [to] [hear] [his] [own] [words] [quoted] by [the] [spirit] , and was overcome with penitence and grief [.] 
1 scrooge 15 and
2 hung 4 head
2 hung 15 and
3 his 4 head
11 by 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 was
16 was 17 overcome
17 overcome 18 with
18 with 20 and
19 penitence 20 and
20 and 21 grief

will you decide what men shall live [,] [what] [men] [shall] [die] [?] 
1 will 2 you
1 will 3 decide
3 decide 4 what
4 what 5 men
5 men 6 shall
6 shall 7 live

[oh] [god] [!] [to] [hear] [the] [insect] [on] [the] [leaf] [pronouncing] [on] [the] [too] [much] [life] [among] [his] [hungry] [brothers] [in] [the] [dust] [!] ["] 

scrooge [bent] [before] [the] [ghost] ['s] [rebuke] , [and] [,] [trembling] [,] [cast] [his] [eyes] [upon] [the] [ground] [.] 
1 scrooge 8 ,

but he raised them speedily on hearing his own name [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 3 raised
2 he 3 raised
3 raised 4 them
3 raised 5 speedily
3 raised 6 on
6 on 7 hearing
7 hearing 10 name
8 his 9 own
8 his 10 name

" [mr] [scrooge] [!] " [said] [bob] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [i] ['ll] [give] [you] [mr] [scrooge] [,] [the] [founder] [of] [the] [feast] [!] " 
1 " 15 "

" [the] [founder] [of] [the] [feast] [,] [indeed] [!] " [cried] [mrs] [cratchit] [,] [reddening] [.] 
1 " 10 "

["] [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 [.] ["] 
1 i 3 give
3 give 4 him
3 give 10 to
3 give 23 for
10 to 13 ,
13 , 14 and
14 and 17 he
17 he 18 'd
18 'd 19 have
23 for 24 it

" [my] [dear] [,] " [said] [bob] [,] ["] [the] [children] [!] 
1 " 5 "

[christmas-day] [.] ["] 

you know he is [,] [robert] [!] 
1 you 2 know
2 know 3 he
2 know 4 is
3 he 4 is

nobody knows it better than you do , poor fellow [!] ["] 
1 nobody 2 knows
2 knows 3 it
3 it 4 better
4 better 5 than
5 than 8 ,
6 you 7 do
7 do 8 ,
8 , 10 fellow
9 poor 10 fellow

" [my] [dear] [!] ["] was [bob] ['s] [mild] answer [.] 
1 " 6 was
6 was 10 answer

" [christmas-day] [.] " 
1 " 4 "

" [i] ['ll] [drink] [his] [health] [for] [your] [sake] [and] [the] [day] ['s] [,] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [,] ["] [not] [for] [his] [.] 
1 " 15 "

long life to him [!] 
1 long 2 life
1 long 3 to
2 life 3 to
3 to 4 him

[a] [merry] [christmas] [and] [a] [happy] [new] [year] [!] 

he 'll be very [merry] [and] very happy [,] [i] [have] [no] [doubt] [!] ["] 
1 he 2 'll
2 'll 3 be
3 be 8 happy
4 very 7 very
7 very 8 happy

the children drank the toast after her [.] 
1 the 2 children
2 children 3 drank
3 drank 5 toast
3 drank 6 after
4 the 5 toast
5 toast 6 after
6 after 7 her

it was the first of their proceedings which had no heartiness in it [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 first
3 the 4 first
4 first 5 of
5 of 7 proceedings
6 their 7 proceedings
7 proceedings 8 which
7 proceedings 9 had
8 which 9 had
9 had 11 heartiness
9 had 12 in
10 no 11 heartiness
11 heartiness 12 in
12 in 13 it

[tiny] [tim] [drank] [it] [last] [of] [all] [,] [but] [he] [didn't] [care] [twopence] [for] [it] [.] 

scrooge was [the] [ogre] [of] [the] [family] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 was

the mention of his name cast a dark shadow on the party [,] [which] [was] [not] [dispelled] [for] [full] [five] [minutes] [.] 
1 the 2 mention
2 mention 3 of
2 mention 6 cast
3 of 5 name
4 his 5 name
6 cast 9 shadow
6 cast 10 on
7 a 9 shadow
8 dark 9 shadow
9 shadow 10 on
10 on 12 party
11 the 12 party

after it had passed away they were ten times merrier than before [,] [from] [the] [mere] [relief] [of] [scrooge] [the] [baleful] [being] [done] [with] [.] 
1 after 2 it
1 after 4 passed
1 after 6 they
2 it 3 had
3 had 4 passed
5 away 6 they
6 they 7 were
7 were 9 times
8 ten 9 times
9 times 10 merrier
10 merrier 11 than
10 merrier 12 before
11 than 12 before

there was nothing of [high] [mark] [in] this [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 3 nothing
3 nothing 4 of
4 of 8 this

[blessings] [on] [it] [,] [how] [the] [ghost] [exulted] [!] 

" [what] [place] [is] [this] [?] " [asked] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [a] [place] [where] [miners] [live] [,] [who] [labour] [in] [the] [bowels] [of] [the] [earth] [,] " [returned] [the] [spirit] [.] 
1 " 17 "

["] [but] [they] [know] [me] [.] 

[see] [!] ["] 

a light shone from the window of [a] [hut] , and swiftly they advanced towards it [.] 
1 a 2 light
2 light 3 shone
3 shone 4 from
4 from 6 window
5 the 6 window
6 window 7 of
7 of 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 13 they
11 and 14 advanced
12 swiftly 13 they
13 they 14 advanced
14 advanced 15 towards
15 towards 16 it

passing through the wall of mud and stone , they found a cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire [.] 
1 passing 2 through
1 passing 11 found
2 through 4 wall
3 the 4 wall
4 wall 5 of
5 of 9 ,
6 mud 7 and
7 and 8 stone
7 and 9 ,
9 , 10 they
11 found 14 company
11 found 19 fire
12 a 13 cheerful
12 a 14 company
13 cheerful 14 company
14 company 15 assembled
15 assembled 16 round
17 a 19 fire
18 glowing 19 fire

the [spirit] [did] [not] [tarry] [here] [,] [but] [bade] [scrooge] hold [his] [robe] [,] [and] [,] [passing] [on] [above] [the] [moor] [,] [sped] [whither] [?] 
1 the 11 hold

[not] [to] [sea] [?] 

[to] [sea] [.] 

" [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " [laughed] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

introduce him to me [,] [and] [i] ['ll] [cultivate] [his] [acquaintance] [.] 
1 introduce 2 him
1 introduce 3 to
3 to 4 me

and their assembled friends , being not a bit behindhand , roared out lustily [.] 
1 and 4 friends
1 and 12 roared
2 their 4 friends
3 assembled 4 friends
4 friends 6 being
4 friends 12 roared
5 , 6 being
6 being 7 not
6 being 10 behindhand
6 being 11 ,
7 not 9 bit
8 a 9 bit
9 bit 10 behindhand
12 roared 13 out
13 out 14 lustily

["] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] 

[ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] ["] 

" he said that [christmas] was [a] [humbug] , [as] [i] [live] [!] ["] [cried] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 said
3 said 4 that
4 that 6 was
6 was 9 ,

" [he] [believed] [it] [,] [too] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

" [more] [shame] [for] [him] [,] [fred] [!] " [said] [scrooge] ['s] [niece] [indignantly] [.] 
1 " 9 "

bless those women [!] [they] [never] [do] [anything] [by] [halves] [.] 
1 bless 3 women
2 those 3 women

they are always in earnest [.] 
1 they 2 are
2 are 3 always
2 are 4 in
4 in 5 earnest

she was [very] pretty [;] exceedingly pretty [.] 
1 she 2 was
2 was 7 pretty
4 pretty 6 exceedingly
6 exceedingly 7 pretty

altogether she was what you would have called provoking [,] [you] [know] [;] [but] [satisfactory] [,] [too] [.] 
1 altogether 2 she
2 she 3 was
3 was 4 what
4 what 5 you
4 what 8 called
5 you 6 would
6 would 7 have
7 have 8 called
8 called 9 provoking

oh , [perfectly] [satisfactory] [!] 
1 oh 2 ,

" he ['s] [a] [comical] [old] [fellow] [,] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] , " that 's the truth [;] and not so pleasant as he might be [.] 
1 " 10 said
2 he 10 said
10 said 14 ,
10 said 16 that
10 said 17 's
14 , 15 "
16 that 17 's
17 's 21 and
17 's 25 as
18 the 19 truth
19 truth 21 and
21 and 22 not
21 and 24 pleasant
23 so 24 pleasant
25 as 26 he
25 as 28 be
26 he 27 might
27 might 28 be

however , his offences carry their own [punishment] [,] [and] [i] [have] [nothing] [to] [say] [against] [him] [.] ["] 
1 however 2 ,
1 however 4 offences
3 his 4 offences
4 offences 5 carry
5 carry 7 own
6 their 7 own

" [i] ['m] [sure] he is [very] [rich] , [fred] [,] " [hinted] [scrooge] ['s] [niece] [.] 
1 " 5 he
5 he 6 is
6 is 9 ,
9 , 12 "

" [at] [least] [,] [you] [always] [tell] [me] so [.] ["] 
1 " 9 so

" [what] [of] [that] [,] [my] [dear] [?] " [said] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 9 "

["] [his] [wealth] [is] [of] [no] [use] [to] [him] [.] 

[he] [don't] [do] [any] [good] [with] [it] [.] 

[he] [don't] [make] [himself] [comfortable] [with] [it] [.] 

he [hasn't] [the] [satisfaction] [of] [thinking] [ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] that he is [ever] [going] to [benefit] [us] [with] it [.] ["] 
1 he 13 that
13 that 15 is
14 he 15 is
15 is 18 to
18 to 22 it

" [i] [have] [no] [patience] [with] [him] [,] " [observed] [scrooge] ['s] [niece] [.] 
1 " 9 "

scrooge 's niece 's sisters [,] [and] [all] [the] [other] [ladies] [,] [expressed] [the] [same] [opinion] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 's
2 's 3 niece
3 niece 4 's
4 's 5 sisters

" [oh] [,] [i] [have] [!] " [said] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 7 "

["] [i] [am] [sorry] [for] [him] [;] [i] [couldn't] [be] [angry] [with] [him] [if] [i] [tried] [.] 

who suffers by his ill whims [?] 
1 who 2 suffers
2 suffers 3 by
3 by 6 whims
4 his 6 whims
5 ill 6 whims

[himself] [always] [.] 

here he takes it into his head to dislike us [,] [and] [he] [won't] [come] [and] [dine] [with] [us] [.] 
1 here 2 he
2 he 3 takes
3 takes 4 it
3 takes 5 into
3 takes 8 to
4 it 5 into
5 into 7 head
6 his 7 head
8 to 9 dislike
9 dislike 10 us

what 's the consequence [?] 
1 what 2 's
2 's 4 consequence
3 the 4 consequence

[he] [don't] [lose] [much] [of] [a] [dinner] [.] ["] 

" [indeed] [,] [i] [think] [he] [loses] [a] [very] [good] [dinner] [,] " [interrupted] [scrooge] ['s] [niece] [.] 
1 " 13 "

["] [well] [!] 

i am very glad to [hear] [it] , " [said] [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] , " [because] [i] [haven't] [any] [great] [faith] [in] these [young] [housekeepers] [.] 
1 i 2 am
2 am 4 glad
3 very 4 glad
4 glad 5 to
5 to 14 ,
8 , 9 "
8 , 14 ,
14 , 15 "
14 , 23 these

what do you say , [topper] [?] " 
1 what 2 do
2 do 3 you
3 you 4 say
4 say 5 ,
5 , 8 "

[whereat] [scrooge] ['s] [niece] ['s] [sister] [the] [plump] [one] [with] [the] [lace] [tucker] [,] [not] [the] [one] [with] [the] [roses] [blushed] [.] 

" [do] [go] [on] [,] [fred] [,] " [said] [scrooge] ['s] [niece] [,] [clapping] [her] [hands] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [he] [never] [finishes] [what] [he] [begins] to say ! 
1 " 9 say
8 to 9 say
9 say 10 !

he is such a ridiculous fellow [!] ["] 
1 he 2 is
2 is 6 fellow
3 such 4 a
4 a 5 ridiculous
4 a 6 fellow
5 ridiculous 6 fellow

i mean to give him the same chance every year [,] [whether] [he] [likes] [it] [or] [not] [,] [for] [i] [pity] [him] [.] 
1 i 2 mean
2 mean 3 to
2 mean 4 give
3 to 4 give
4 give 5 him
4 give 8 chance
4 give 10 year
6 the 7 same
7 same 8 chance
9 every 10 year

it was their turn to laugh , now , at the notion of his [shaking] [scrooge] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 turn
2 was 5 to
3 their 4 turn
5 to 6 laugh
6 laugh 8 now
6 laugh 10 at
7 , 8 now
8 now 9 ,
10 at 12 notion
11 the 12 notion
12 notion 13 of
13 of 14 his

after tea they had some music [.] 
1 after 2 tea
1 after 3 they
3 they 4 had
4 had 6 music
5 some 6 music

but they didn't devote the whole evening to music [.] 
1 but 2 they
1 but 4 devote
2 they 3 didn't
3 didn't 4 devote
4 devote 6 whole
4 devote 8 to
5 the 6 whole
6 whole 7 evening
6 whole 8 to
8 to 9 music

[stop] [!] 

there was [first] a game at blindman's buff [.] 
1 there 2 was
2 was 5 game
2 was 6 at
4 a 5 game
5 game 6 at
6 at 8 buff
7 blindman's 8 buff

of course there [was] [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 there

and [i] [no] [more] [believe] [topper] [was] [really] [blind] [than] [i] [believe] he had [eyes] in his boots [.] 
1 and 13 he
13 he 14 had
14 had 16 in
16 in 18 boots
17 his 18 boots

my opinion is [,] that it was a done thing [between] [him] [and] [scrooge] 's [nephew] [;] [and] [that] [the] [ghost] of [christmas] [present] [knew] it [.] 
1 my 2 opinion
2 opinion 3 is
3 is 5 that
5 that 6 it
5 that 15 's
6 it 7 was
7 was 10 thing
8 a 9 done
8 a 10 thing
9 done 10 thing
15 's 22 of
22 of 26 it

the way he went after that plump sister in the lace tucker was an outrage on the credulity of human nature [.] 
1 the 2 way
2 way 3 he
2 way 4 went
2 way 13 was
3 he 4 went
4 went 5 after
4 went 9 in
5 after 8 sister
6 that 8 sister
7 plump 8 sister
8 sister 9 in
9 in 12 tucker
10 the 12 tucker
11 lace 12 tucker
13 was 15 outrage
13 was 16 on
14 an 15 outrage
15 outrage 16 on
16 on 18 credulity
17 the 18 credulity
18 credulity 19 of
19 of 21 nature
20 human 21 nature

he always knew where the plump sister was [.] 
1 he 3 knew
2 always 3 knew
3 knew 4 where
4 where 7 sister
4 where 8 was
5 the 7 sister
6 plump 7 sister
7 sister 8 was

he wouldn't catch anybody else [.] 
1 he 2 wouldn't
2 wouldn't 3 catch
3 catch 4 anybody
4 anybody 5 else

she [often] cried out that it wasn't fair [;] and it [really] was not [.] 
1 she 3 cried
3 cried 4 out
4 out 5 that
5 that 6 it
5 that 13 was
6 it 7 wasn't
7 wasn't 8 fair
10 and 11 it
11 it 13 was
13 was 14 not

but she joined in the forfeits , and loved her love to admiration with all the letters of the alphabet [.] 
1 but 2 she
1 but 8 and
2 she 8 and
3 joined 4 in
3 joined 8 and
4 in 6 forfeits
5 the 6 forfeits
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 loved
9 loved 11 love
9 loved 12 to
9 loved 14 with
10 her 11 love
11 love 12 to
12 to 13 admiration
13 admiration 14 with
14 with 15 all
15 all 16 the
15 all 17 letters
16 the 17 letters
17 letters 18 of
18 of 20 alphabet
19 the 20 alphabet

but this [the] [spirit] [said] could not be done [.] 
1 but 8 be
2 this 6 could
6 could 7 not
6 could 8 be
7 not 8 be
8 be 9 done

" [here] [is] [a] [new] [game] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [one] [half-hour] [,] [spirit] [,] [only] [one] [!] " 
1 " 10 "

at last the plump sister , falling into a similar state , cried out : 
1 at 2 last
1 at 15 :
3 the 4 plump
4 plump 5 sister
4 plump 13 cried
4 plump 15 :
5 sister 7 falling
5 sister 13 cried
6 , 7 falling
7 falling 8 into
7 falling 12 ,
8 into 11 state
9 a 10 similar
9 a 11 state
10 similar 11 state
13 cried 14 out

["] [i] [have] [found] [it] [out] [!] 

i know [what] it is , [fred] [!] 
1 i 2 know
2 know 4 it
4 it 5 is
5 is 6 ,

i know what it is [!] ["] 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 what
3 what 5 is
4 it 5 is

" [what] [is] it [?] ["] cried [fred] [.] 
1 " 7 cried
4 it 7 cried

" [it] ['s] [your] [uncle] [scro-o-o-o-oge] [!] " 
1 " 8 "

which it [certainly] was [.] 
1 which 4 was
2 it 4 was

here is a glass of mulled wine ready to our hand at the moment [;] [and] [i] [say] [,] ['] [uncle] [scrooge] [!] ['] ["] 
1 here 2 is
2 is 4 glass
2 is 8 ready
3 a 4 glass
4 glass 5 of
5 of 7 wine
6 mulled 7 wine
8 ready 9 to
8 ready 12 at
9 to 11 hand
10 our 11 hand
11 hand 12 at
12 at 14 moment
13 the 14 moment

["] [well] [!] 

[uncle] [scrooge] [!] ["] [they] [cried] [.] 

" [a] [merry] [christmas] [and] [a] [happy] [new] [year] to the old man [,] [whatever] he [is] [!] ["] said [scrooge] ['s] [nephew] [.] 
1 " 20 said
10 to 13 man
10 to 16 he
11 the 13 man
12 old 13 man
16 he 20 said

["] [he] [wouldn't] [take] [it] [from] [me] [,] [but] [may] [he] [have] [it] [nevertheless] [.] 

[uncle] [scrooge] [!] ["] 

[much] [they] [saw] [,] [and] [far] [they] [went] [,] [and] [many] [homes] [they] [visited] [,] [but] [always] [with] [a] [happy] [end] [.] 

it was [strange] [,] [too] [,] [that] , [while] [scrooge] [remained] [unaltered] in [his] [outward] [form] , [the] [ghost] [grew] [older] , [clearly] [older] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 13 in
8 , 13 in
13 in 17 ,
13 in 22 ,

" [are] [spirits] ['] [lives] so [short] [?] ["] [asked] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 so

" [my] [life] [upon] [this] [globe] [is] [very] [brief] [,] " [replied] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 " 11 "

" [it] [ends] [to-night] [.] " 
1 " 6 "

" [to-night] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [to-night] [at] [midnight] [.] 

[hark] [!] 

the time is drawing [near] [.] ["] 
1 the 2 time
2 time 3 is
3 is 4 drawing

the chimes were ringing the three-quarters past eleven at that moment [.] 
1 the 2 chimes
2 chimes 3 were
3 were 4 ringing
4 ringing 6 three-quarters
4 ringing 7 past
4 ringing 9 at
5 the 6 three-quarters
6 three-quarters 7 past
7 past 8 eleven
8 eleven 9 at
9 at 11 moment
10 that 11 moment

is it a foot or a claw [?] ["] 
1 is 2 it
1 is 5 or
3 a 4 foot
4 foot 5 or
5 or 7 claw
6 a 7 claw

" it [might] [be] [a] [claw] [,] [for] [the] [flesh] [there] is [upon] [it] , " was the [spirit] ['s] [sorrowful] reply [.] 
1 " 2 it
1 " 17 was
2 it 12 is
12 is 15 ,
15 , 16 "
17 was 22 reply
18 the 22 reply

" [look] [here] [.] " 
1 " 5 "

from the foldings of its robe it brought two children [;] [wretched] [,] [abject] [,] [frightful] [,] [hideous] [,] [miserable] [.] 
1 from 3 foldings
1 from 7 it
2 the 3 foldings
3 foldings 4 of
4 of 6 robe
5 its 6 robe
7 it 8 brought
8 brought 10 children
9 two 10 children

they knelt down at its feet , and clung upon the outside of its garment [.] 
1 they 8 and
2 knelt 3 down
2 knelt 4 at
2 knelt 8 and
4 at 6 feet
5 its 6 feet
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 clung
8 and 10 upon
10 upon 12 outside
11 the 12 outside
12 outside 13 of
13 of 15 garment
14 its 15 garment

["] [oh] [,] [man] [!] [look] [here] [!] 

look , look , down here [!] ["] [exclaimed] [the] [ghost] [.] 
1 look 2 ,
2 , 3 look
3 look 4 ,
3 look 5 down
4 , 5 down
5 down 6 here

they were a boy and girl [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 5 and
3 a 4 boy
4 boy 5 and
5 and 6 girl

yellow [,] meagre , ragged , scowling , wolfish [;] but prostrate , too , in their humility [.] 
1 yellow 7 scowling
1 yellow 16 in
3 meagre 4 ,
3 meagre 7 scowling
5 ragged 6 ,
5 ragged 7 scowling
7 scowling 11 but
8 , 11 but
9 wolfish 11 but
11 but 12 prostrate
11 but 15 ,
12 prostrate 14 too
13 , 14 too
14 too 15 ,
16 in 18 humility
17 their 18 humility

where angels might have sat enthroned , devils lurked , and glared out menacing [.] 
1 where 2 angels
1 where 5 sat
1 where 7 ,
1 where 8 devils
2 angels 3 might
3 might 4 have
4 have 5 sat
5 sat 6 enthroned
8 devils 11 and
9 lurked 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 glared
11 and 13 out
13 out 14 menacing

scrooge started back , appalled [.] 
1 scrooge 4 ,
2 started 3 back
2 started 4 ,
4 , 5 appalled

" [spirit] [!] [are] [they] [yours] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

scrooge could say no more [.] 
1 scrooge 2 could
2 could 3 say
3 say 4 no
3 say 5 more

" [they] [are] [man] ['s] [,] ["] said [the] [spirit] , looking down [upon] [them] [.] 
1 " 8 said
8 said 12 looking
11 , 12 looking
12 looking 13 down

["] [and] [they] [cling] [to] [me] [,] [appealing] [from] [their] [fathers] [.] 

this [boy] is [ignorance] [.] 
1 this 3 is

this girl is [want] [.] 
1 this 2 girl
2 girl 3 is

deny it [!] ["] [cried] [the] [spirit] [,] [stretching] [out] [its] [hand] [towards] [the] [city] [.] 
1 deny 2 it

["] [slander] [those] [who] [tell] [it] [ye] [!] 

admit it for your factious purposes [,] and make it worse [!] 
1 admit 2 it
1 admit 3 for
1 admit 8 and
2 it 3 for
3 for 6 purposes
4 your 6 purposes
5 factious 6 purposes
8 and 9 make
9 make 10 it
9 make 11 worse

and [bide] the end [!] ["] 
1 and 4 end
3 the 4 end

" [have] they [no] [refuge] [or] [resource] [?] ["] cried [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 10 cried
3 they 10 cried

" [are] [there] [no] [prisons] [?] " [said] [the] [spirit] [,] [turning] [on] [him] [for] [the] [last] [time] [with] [his] [own] [words] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [are] [there] [no] [workhouses] [?] " 
1 " 7 "

[the] [bell] [struck] [twelve] [.] 

scrooge looked about him for [the] [ghost] , and saw it [not] [.] 
1 scrooge 9 and
2 looked 3 about
2 looked 5 for
2 looked 9 and
3 about 4 him
5 for 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 saw
10 saw 11 it

[stave] [four] 

[the] [last] [of] [the] [spirits] 

[the] [phantom] [slowly] [,] [gravely] [,] [silently] [approached] [.] 

he felt that it was tall and stately when it came beside him , and that its mysterious presence filled him with [a] solemn dread [.] 
1 he 2 felt
2 felt 3 that
3 that 5 was
4 it 5 was
5 was 7 and
6 tall 7 and
7 and 25 dread
8 stately 9 when
8 stately 15 and
9 when 10 it
9 when 11 came
10 it 11 came
11 came 12 beside
12 beside 13 him
14 , 15 and
15 and 16 that
15 and 19 presence
15 and 22 with
15 and 25 dread
17 its 19 presence
18 mysterious 19 presence
19 presence 20 filled
20 filled 21 him
20 filled 22 with
24 solemn 25 dread

he knew no more [,] [for] [the] [spirit] [neither] [spoke] [nor] [moved] [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 4 more
3 no 4 more

" [i] [am] [in] [the] [presence] [of] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [yet] [to] [come] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 16 "

[the] [spirit] [answered] [not] [,] [but] [pointed] [onward] [with] [its] [hand] [.] 

" [is] [that] so [,] [spirit] [?] ["] 
1 " 4 so

the [upper] [portion] of [the] [garment] [was] [contracted] [for] [an] [instant] [in] [its] [folds] , as [if] [the] [spirit] [had] [inclined] [its] [head] [.] 
1 the 4 of
4 of 15 ,
15 , 16 as

that was the only answer he received [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 5 answer
3 the 4 only
3 the 5 answer
5 answer 6 he
5 answer 7 received
6 he 7 received

the [spirit] [paused] [a] moment , [as] [observing] his [condition] , and [giving] him time [to] [recover] [.] 
1 the 5 moment
5 moment 12 and
6 , 9 his
6 , 11 ,
11 , 12 and
12 and 14 him
12 and 15 time

but [scrooge] [was] all [the] [worse] [for] this [.] 
1 but 8 this
4 all 8 this

" [ghost] [of] [the] [future] [!] ["] he exclaimed , " [i] [fear] [you] [more] [than] [any] [spectre] [i] [have] [seen] [.] 
1 " 8 he
8 he 9 exclaimed
9 exclaimed 10 ,
10 , 11 "

will [you] not speak to me [?] ["] 
1 will 3 not
3 not 4 speak
4 speak 5 to
5 to 6 me

it gave him no reply [.] 
1 it 2 gave
2 gave 3 him
2 gave 5 reply
4 no 5 reply

the hand was pointed straight before them [.] 
1 the 2 hand
2 hand 3 was
3 was 4 pointed
4 pointed 5 straight
4 pointed 6 before
6 before 7 them

" [lead] [on] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 5 "

["] [lead] [on] [!] 

the night is waning fast [,] [and] [it] [is] [precious] [time] [to] [me] [,] [i] [know] [.] 
1 the 2 night
2 night 3 is
3 is 4 waning
4 waning 5 fast

lead on [,] [spirit] [!] ["] 
1 lead 2 on

the phantom moved away as it had come towards him [.] 
1 the 2 phantom
2 phantom 3 moved
3 moved 4 away
3 moved 5 as
5 as 6 it
5 as 8 come
6 it 7 had
7 had 8 come
8 come 9 towards
9 towards 10 him

scrooge followed in the shadow of [its] [dress] , which bore him up , he thought , and carried him along [.] 
1 scrooge 2 followed
2 followed 3 in
3 in 5 shadow
4 the 5 shadow
5 shadow 6 of
6 of 14 ,
9 , 10 which
9 , 11 bore
9 , 14 ,
10 which 11 bore
11 bore 12 him
11 bore 13 up
14 , 18 and
15 he 18 and
16 thought 18 and
17 , 18 and
18 and 19 carried
19 carried 20 him
19 carried 21 along

the [spirit] [stopped] [beside] one [little] [knot] [of] [business] [men] [.] 
1 the 5 one

observing that the hand was pointed to them [,] [scrooge] advanced to listen to their talk [.] 
1 observing 2 that
1 observing 11 advanced
2 that 4 hand
2 that 6 pointed
3 the 4 hand
4 hand 5 was
5 was 6 pointed
6 pointed 7 to
7 to 8 them
11 advanced 12 to
12 to 13 listen
13 listen 14 to
14 to 16 talk
15 their 16 talk

" [no] [,] ["] said a great fat man with a monstrous chin [,] ["] [i] [don't] [know] [much] [about] [it] [either] [way] [.] 
1 " 5 said
5 said 9 man
5 said 10 with
6 a 7 great
6 a 9 man
7 great 8 fat
8 fat 9 man
9 man 10 with
10 with 13 chin
11 a 13 chin
12 monstrous 13 chin

i only know he 's dead [.] ["] 
1 i 3 know
2 only 3 know
3 know 4 he
3 know 5 's
4 he 5 's
5 's 6 dead

" [when] [did] he [die] [?] ["] inquired [another] [.] 
1 " 8 inquired
4 he 8 inquired

" [last] [night] [,] [i] [believe] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" [i] [thought] [he] ['d] [never] [die] [.] " 
1 " 9 "

" [god] [knows] [,] " [said] [the] [first] [with] [a] [yawn] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [i] [haven't] [heard] [,] ["] said the man with the large chin , yawning again [.] 
1 " 7 said
7 said 9 man
7 said 10 with
8 the 9 man
9 man 10 with
10 with 13 chin
11 the 13 chin
12 large 13 chin
13 chin 15 yawning
14 , 15 yawning
15 yawning 16 again

["] [left] [it] [to] [his] [company] [,] [perhaps] [.] 

he hasn't left it to me [.] 
1 he 2 hasn't
2 hasn't 3 left
3 left 4 it
3 left 5 to
5 to 6 me

that 's all [i] [know] [.] ["] 
1 that 2 's
2 's 3 all

this pleasantry was received with a general laugh [.] 
1 this 2 pleasantry
2 pleasantry 3 was
3 was 4 received
4 received 5 with
5 with 8 laugh
6 a 7 general
6 a 8 laugh
7 general 8 laugh

suppose we make up a party , and volunteer [?] ["] 
1 suppose 8 and
2 we 8 and
3 make 4 up
3 make 6 party
3 make 8 and
5 a 6 party
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 volunteer

" [i] [don't] [mind] [going] [if] [a] [lunch] [is] [provided] [,] " [observed] [the] [gentleman] [with] [the] [excrescence] [on] [his] [nose] [.] 
1 " 12 "

" [but] [i] [must] [be] [fed] [if] [i] [make] [one] [.] " 
1 " 12 "

another laugh [.] 
1 another 2 laugh

[but] [i] ['ll] [offer] [to] [go] [if] [anybody] [else] [will] [.] 

[bye] [,] [bye] [!] ["] 

speakers and listeners strolled away , and mixed with other groups [.] 
1 speakers 2 and
2 and 3 listeners
2 and 7 and
4 strolled 5 away
4 strolled 7 and
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 mixed
7 and 9 with
9 with 11 groups
10 other 11 groups

scrooge [knew] [the] [men] , [and] [looked] [towards] [the] [spirit] [for] [an] [explanation] [.] 
1 scrooge 5 ,

the [phantom] [glided] [on] [into] [a] street [.] 
1 the 7 street

its finger pointed to two persons meeting [.] 
1 its 2 finger
2 finger 3 pointed
3 pointed 4 to
4 to 6 persons
5 two 6 persons
6 persons 7 meeting

scrooge listened again [,] [thinking] [that] [the] [explanation] [might] [lie] [here] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 listened
2 listened 3 again

he knew these men , also , perfectly [.] 
1 he 2 knew
2 knew 4 men
2 knew 6 also
2 knew 8 perfectly
3 these 4 men
5 , 6 also
6 also 7 ,

they were men of business [:] [very] [wealthy] [,] [and] [of] [great] [importance] [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 3 men
3 men 4 of
4 of 5 business

" [how] [are] [you] [?] ["] said one [.] 
1 " 7 said
7 said 8 one

" [how] [are] [you] [?] " [returned] [the] [other] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [well] [!] " [said] [the] [first] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [old] [scratch] [has] [got] [his] [own] [at] [last] [,] [hey] [?] " 
1 " 13 "

" so [i] [am] [told] [,] ["] [returned] [the] [second] [.] 
1 " 2 so

" [cold] [,] [isn't] [it] [?] " 
1 " 7 "

["] [seasonable] [for] [christmas-time] [.] 

you are not [a] [skater] [,] [i] [suppose] [?] ["] 
1 you 2 are
2 are 3 not

["] [no] [.] 

[no] [.] 

something else [to] [think] [of] [.] 
1 something 2 else

good morning [!] ["] 
1 good 2 morning

[not] [another] [word] [.] 

that [was] [their] [meeting] , their conversation , and their parting [.] 
1 that 5 ,
5 , 9 and
6 their 7 conversation
7 conversation 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 11 parting
10 their 11 parting

nor could he think of any one immediately connected with himself , to whom he could apply them [.] 
1 nor 2 could
2 could 3 he
2 could 4 think
4 think 5 of
5 of 7 one
6 any 7 one
7 one 9 connected
7 one 10 with
7 one 13 to
8 immediately 9 connected
10 with 11 himself
12 , 13 to
13 to 14 whom
13 to 15 he
13 to 17 apply
15 he 16 could
16 could 17 apply
17 apply 18 them

quiet and dark [,] [beside] [him] [stood] [the] [phantom] [,] [with] [its] [outstretched] [hand] [.] 
1 quiet 2 and
2 and 3 dark

it made him shudder , and feel very cold [.] 
1 it 2 made
2 made 3 him
2 made 6 and
4 shudder 6 and
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 feel
7 feel 9 cold
8 very 9 cold

the ways were foul and narrow [;] [the] [shops] [and] [houses] [wretched] [;] [the] [people] [half] [naked] [,] [drunken] [,] [slipshod] [,] [ugly] [.] 
1 the 2 ways
2 ways 3 were
3 were 5 and
4 foul 5 and
5 and 6 narrow

scrooge [and] [the] [phantom] [came] [into] [the] [presence] [of] [this] [man] , [just] [as] [a] [woman] [with] [a] [heavy] [bundle] [slunk] [into] [the] [shop] [.] 
1 scrooge 12 ,

" [let] [the] [charwoman] [alone] [to] [be] [the] [first] [!] ["] cried she who had entered first [.] 
1 " 12 cried
12 cried 13 she
13 she 14 who
13 she 15 had
14 who 15 had
15 had 16 entered
16 entered 17 first

["] [let] [the] [laundress] [alone] [to] [be] [the] [second] [;] [and] [let] [the] [undertaker] ['s] [man] [alone] [to] [be] [the] [third] [.] 

look here , old [joe] [,] [here] ['s] [a] [chance] [!] 
1 look 2 here
1 look 3 ,
3 , 4 old

if we haven't all three met here without meaning it [!] ["] 
1 if 2 we
1 if 3 haven't
1 if 5 three
2 we 3 haven't
4 all 5 three
5 three 6 met
6 met 7 here
6 met 8 without
8 without 9 meaning
9 meaning 10 it

" [you] [couldn't] [have] [met] [in] [a] [better] [place] [,] " [said] [old] [joe] [,] [removing] [his] [pipe] [from] [his] [mouth] [.] 
1 " 11 "

["] [come] [into] [the] [parlour] [.] 

you were made free of it long ago [,] [you] [know] [;] [and] [the] [other] [two] [an't] [strangers] [.] 
1 you 2 were
2 were 3 made
3 made 4 free
4 free 5 of
4 free 8 ago
5 of 6 it
7 long 8 ago

[stop] [till] [i] [shut] [the] [door] [of] [the] [shop] [.] 

[ah] [!] 

[how] [it] [skreeks] [!] 

[ha] [!] [ha] [!] 

we 're all suitable to our calling [,] [we] ['re] [well] [matched] [.] 
1 we 2 're
2 're 3 all
3 all 4 suitable
4 suitable 5 to
5 to 7 calling
6 our 7 calling

come into the parlour [.] 
1 come 2 into
2 into 4 parlour
3 the 4 parlour

come into the parlour [.] ["] 
1 come 2 into
2 into 4 parlour
3 the 4 parlour

the parlour was the space behind the screen of rags [.] 
1 the 2 parlour
2 parlour 3 was
3 was 5 space
3 was 6 behind
4 the 5 space
5 space 6 behind
6 behind 8 screen
7 the 8 screen
8 screen 9 of
9 of 10 rags

["] [what] [odds] [,] [then] [?] 

what [odds] , [mrs] [dilber] [?] " said the woman [.] 
1 what 3 ,
3 , 7 "
3 , 8 said
8 said 10 woman
9 the 10 woman

["] [every] [person] [has] [a] [right] [to] [take] [care] [of] [themselves] [.] 

he always did [!] ["] 
1 he 3 did
2 always 3 did

" [that] ['s] [true] [,] [indeed] [!] " [said] [the] [laundress] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [no] [man] [more] so [.] ["] 
1 " 5 so

["] [why] [,] [then] [,] [don't] [stand] [staring] [as] [if] [you] [was] [afraid] [,] [woman] [!] 

who 's [the] wiser [?] 
1 who 2 's
2 's 4 wiser

we 're not going to pick holes in [each] [other] ['s] [coats] , [i] [suppose] [?] " 
1 we 2 're
2 're 3 not
2 're 4 going
2 're 5 to
2 're 8 in
4 going 5 to
5 to 7 holes
6 pick 7 holes
7 holes 8 in
8 in 13 ,
13 , 17 "

" [no] [,] [indeed] [!] ["] said [mrs] [dilber] [and] the man [together] [.] 
1 " 7 said
7 said 12 man
11 the 12 man

" [we] [should] [hope] [not] [.] " 
1 " 7 "

" [very] [well] [,] [then] [!] ["] cried the woman [.] 
1 " 8 cried
8 cried 10 woman
9 the 10 woman

["] [that] ['s] [enough] [.] 

who 's [the] worse for the loss of a few things like these [?] 
1 who 2 's
2 's 4 worse
4 worse 5 for
4 worse 12 like
5 for 7 loss
6 the 7 loss
7 loss 8 of
8 of 11 things
9 a 10 few
10 few 11 things
11 things 12 like
12 like 13 these

not [a] [dead] [man] , [i] [suppose] [?] " 
1 not 5 ,
5 , 9 "

" [no] [,] [indeed] [,] " [said] [mrs] [dilber] [,] [laughing] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" it ['s] [the] [truest] [word] [that] [ever] [was] [spoke] [,] ["] said [mrs] [dilber] [,] ["] [it] ['s] [a] [judgment] [on] [him] [.] ["] 
1 " 13 said
2 it 13 said

open [that] [bundle] [,] [old] [joe] [,] and let me know the value of it [.] 
1 open 8 and
8 and 9 let
9 let 10 me
9 let 11 know
11 know 13 value
12 the 13 value
13 value 14 of
14 of 15 it

speak out [plain] [.] 
1 speak 2 out

i 'm not afraid to be the first , nor afraid for them to see it [.] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 3 not
2 'm 4 afraid
4 afraid 5 to
5 to 6 be
6 be 10 nor
7 the 8 first
7 the 10 nor
8 first 9 ,
10 nor 11 afraid
11 afraid 12 for
11 afraid 14 to
12 for 13 them
14 to 15 see
15 see 16 it

we knew pretty well that we were helping ourselves before we met here [,] [i] [believe] [.] 
1 we 2 knew
2 knew 4 well
2 knew 5 that
3 pretty 4 well
5 that 6 we
5 that 7 were
6 we 7 were
7 were 8 helping
8 helping 9 ourselves
8 helping 10 before
10 before 11 we
10 before 12 met
11 we 12 met
12 met 13 here

it 's no sin [.] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 4 sin
3 no 4 sin

open the bundle [,] [joe] [.] ["] 
1 open 3 bundle
2 the 3 bundle

it was not extensive [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 4 extensive
3 not 4 extensive

a [seal] [or] [two] [,] [a] [pencil-case] [,] [a] pair of sleeve-buttons , and a brooch of no great value , [were] [all] [.] 
1 a 10 pair
10 pair 11 of
10 pair 21 ,
11 of 14 and
12 sleeve-buttons 14 and
13 , 14 and
14 and 16 brooch
14 and 17 of
15 a 16 brooch
17 of 20 value
18 no 20 value
19 great 20 value

[who] ['s] [next] [?] ["] 

[mrs] [dilber] [was] [next] [.] 

sheets and towels , a little wearing apparel , two old-fashioned silver tea-spoons , a pair of sugar-tongs , and a few boots [.] 
1 sheets 2 and
2 and 3 towels
2 and 8 apparel
2 and 13 tea-spoons
2 and 20 and
4 , 8 apparel
5 a 6 little
6 little 7 wearing
7 wearing 8 apparel
8 apparel 9 ,
9 , 13 tea-spoons
10 two 13 tea-spoons
11 old-fashioned 13 tea-spoons
12 silver 13 tea-spoons
13 tea-spoons 16 pair
13 tea-spoons 19 ,
14 , 16 pair
15 a 16 pair
16 pair 17 of
16 pair 19 ,
17 of 18 sugar-tongs
19 , 20 and
20 and 23 boots
21 a 22 few
22 few 23 boots

her account was stated on the wall in the same manner [.] 
1 her 2 account
2 account 3 was
3 was 4 stated
4 stated 5 on
4 stated 8 in
5 on 7 wall
6 the 7 wall
7 wall 8 in
8 in 11 manner
9 the 10 same
10 same 11 manner

["] [i] [always] [give] [too] [much] [to] [ladies] [.] 

it 's [a] [weakness] of [mine] , and that 's the way [i] [ruin] [myself] , " said [old] [joe] [.] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 5 of
5 of 7 ,
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 that
8 and 16 ,
9 that 10 's
10 's 12 way
11 the 12 way
16 , 17 "
16 , 18 said

["] [that] ['s] [your] [account] [.] 

" [and] [now] [undo] [my] [bundle] [,] [joe] [,] ["] said the first woman [.] 
1 " 11 said
11 said 14 woman
12 the 14 woman
13 first 14 woman

" [what] [do] [you] [call] [this] [?] " [said] [joe] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [bed-curtains] [?] " 
1 " 4 "

" [ah] [!] " [returned] [the] [woman] [,] [laughing] [and] [leaning] [forward] [on] [her] [crossed] [arms] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [bed-curtains] [!] " 
1 " 4 "

" [you] [don't] mean to say [you] [took] ['] [em] [down] , [rings] and all [,] [with] [him] [lying] [there] [?] ["] [said] [joe] [.] 
1 " 14 and
4 mean 5 to
5 to 6 say
6 say 12 ,
12 , 14 and
14 and 15 all

" [yes] [,] [i] [do] [,] " [replied] [the] [woman] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [why] [not] [?] " 
1 " 5 "

" [you] [were] [born] [to] [make] [your] [fortune] [,] ["] said [joe] [,] ["] and you 'll certainly do it [.] ["] 
1 " 11 said
11 said 15 and
15 and 16 you
15 and 19 do
16 you 17 'll
17 'll 19 do
18 certainly 19 do
19 do 20 it

" [don't] [drop] [that] [oil] [upon] [the] [blankets] [,] [now] [.] " 
1 " 12 "

" [his] [blankets] [?] " [asked] [joe] [.] 
1 " 5 "

" [whose] [else's] [do] [you] [think] [?] " [replied] [the] [woman] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [he] [isn't] [likely] to [take] [cold] [without] ['] [em] [,] [i] [dare] say [.] ["] 
1 " 14 say
5 to 14 say

["] [i] [hope] [he] [didn't] [die] [of] [anything] [catching] [?] 

[eh] [?] ["] [said] [old] [joe] [,] [stopping] [in] [his] [work] [,] [and] [looking] [up] [.] 

" [don't] [you] [be] [afraid] [of] [that] [,] " [returned] [the] [woman] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [i] [an't] so [fond] [of] [his] [company] [that] [i] ['d] [loiter] [about] [him] [for] [such] [things] [,] [if] [he] [did] [.] 
1 " 4 so

[ah] [!] 

you may look through that shirt till your eyes ache [;] [but] [you] [won't] [find] [a] [hole] [in] [it] [,] [nor] [a] [threadbare] [place] [.] 
1 you 2 may
2 may 3 look
3 look 4 through
3 look 7 till
4 through 6 shirt
5 that 6 shirt
7 till 9 eyes
7 till 10 ache
8 your 9 eyes
9 eyes 10 ache

it 's the best he had , and a fine one too [.] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 8 and
2 's 12 too
3 the 4 best
3 the 8 and
5 he 6 had
5 he 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 11 one
9 a 10 fine
9 a 11 one
10 fine 11 one

they 'd have wasted it , if it hadn't been for me [.] ["] 
1 they 2 'd
2 'd 3 have
3 have 4 wasted
4 wasted 5 it
4 wasted 7 if
6 , 7 if
7 if 8 it
7 if 10 been
8 it 9 hadn't
9 hadn't 10 been
10 been 11 for
11 for 12 me

" [what] [do] [you] [call] [wasting] [of] it [?] ["] asked [old] [joe] [.] 
1 " 11 asked
8 it 11 asked

" [putting] [it] [on] [him] [to] [be] [buried] [in] [,] [to] [be] [sure] [,] " [replied] [the] [woman] [with] [a] [laugh] [.] 
1 " 15 "

["] [somebody] [was] [fool] [enough] [to] [do] [it] [,] [but] [i] [took] [it] [off] [again] [.] 

if [calico] [an't] [good] [enough] [for] [such] [a] [purpose] [,] it isn't good enough for anything [.] 
1 if 11 it
11 it 12 isn't
12 isn't 13 good
13 good 14 enough
13 good 15 for
15 for 16 anything

it 's quite as [becoming] to the body [.] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 6 to
3 quite 4 as
4 as 6 to
6 to 8 body
7 the 8 body

he can't look uglier than he did in that one [.] ["] 
1 he 2 can't
2 can't 3 look
3 look 4 uglier
4 uglier 5 than
4 uglier 8 in
5 than 7 did
5 than 8 in
6 he 7 did
8 in 10 one
9 that 10 one

scrooge listened to this dialogue in horror [.] 
1 scrooge 2 listened
2 listened 3 to
2 listened 6 in
3 to 5 dialogue
4 this 5 dialogue
5 dialogue 6 in
6 in 7 horror

["] [this] [is] [the] [end] [of] [it] [,] [you] [see] [!] 

he frightened every one away from him when he was alive , to profit us when he was dead ! 
1 he 2 frightened
2 frightened 4 one
2 frightened 5 away
2 frightened 6 from
2 frightened 8 when
3 every 4 one
6 from 7 him
8 when 9 he
8 when 10 was
9 he 10 was
10 was 11 alive
11 alive 13 to
12 , 13 to
13 to 14 profit
13 to 20 !
14 profit 15 us
14 profit 16 when
16 when 17 he
16 when 18 was
17 he 18 was
18 was 19 dead

[ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] ["] 

" [spirit] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [,] [shuddering] [from] [head] [to] [foot] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [i] [see] [,] [i] [see] [.] 

the case of this unhappy man might be my own [.] 
1 the 2 case
2 case 3 of
2 case 7 might
3 of 6 man
4 this 6 man
5 unhappy 6 man
7 might 8 be
8 be 10 own
9 my 10 own

my life tends that way now [.] 
1 my 2 life
2 life 3 tends
3 tends 5 way
3 tends 6 now
4 that 5 way
5 way 6 now

[merciful] [heaven] [,] [what] [is] [this] [?] ["] 

[scrooge] [glanced] [towards] [the] [phantom] [.] 

its steady hand was pointed to the head [.] 
1 its 3 hand
2 steady 3 hand
3 hand 4 was
4 was 5 pointed
5 pointed 6 to
6 to 8 head
7 the 8 head

[strike] [,] [shadow] [,] [strike] [!] 

and [see] his [good] [deeds] [springing] [from] [the] [wound] , to [sow] [the] [world] [with] [life] [immortal] [!] 
1 and 3 his
1 and 10 ,
10 , 11 to

no [voice] [pronounced] [these] [words] [in] [scrooge] ['s] [ears] , [and] [yet] [he] [heard] [them] [when] [he] [looked] [upon] [the] [bed] [.] 
1 no 10 ,

he thought , if this man could be raised up now , what would be his foremost thoughts [?] 
1 he 2 thought
2 thought 3 ,
2 thought 4 if
2 thought 15 be
3 , 4 if
4 if 6 man
4 if 9 raised
4 if 12 ,
4 if 13 what
5 this 6 man
6 man 7 could
7 could 8 be
8 be 9 raised
9 raised 10 up
9 raised 11 now
13 what 14 would
14 would 15 be
15 be 18 thoughts
16 his 18 thoughts
17 foremost 18 thoughts

[avarice] [,] [hard] [dealing] [,] [griping] [cares] [?] 

they have brought him to a rich end [,] [truly] [!] 
1 they 2 have
2 have 3 brought
3 brought 4 him
3 brought 5 to
5 to 8 end
6 a 7 rich
6 a 8 end
7 rich 8 end

a cat was tearing at the door , and there was a sound of gnawing rats beneath the hearth-stone [.] 
1 a 2 cat
2 cat 3 was
3 was 17 beneath
4 tearing 9 and
5 at 7 door
5 at 9 and
6 the 7 door
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 there
10 there 11 was
11 was 13 sound
12 a 13 sound
13 sound 14 of
14 of 15 gnawing
15 gnawing 16 rats
16 rats 17 beneath
17 beneath 19 hearth-stone
18 the 19 hearth-stone

what they wanted in the room of [death] , and [why] they were so restless and [disturbed] , [scrooge] did not dare to think [.] 
1 what 2 they
1 what 3 wanted
1 what 20 did
2 they 3 wanted
3 wanted 4 in
4 in 6 room
5 the 6 room
6 room 7 of
7 of 9 ,
9 , 10 and
10 and 12 they
10 and 16 and
13 were 15 restless
13 were 16 and
14 so 15 restless
16 and 18 ,
20 did 21 not
20 did 22 dare
21 not 22 dare
22 dare 23 to
23 to 24 think

" [spirit] [!] " he said , " this is a fearful place [.] 
1 " 6 said
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 said
6 said 7 ,
6 said 9 this
6 said 10 is
7 , 8 "
9 this 10 is
10 is 13 place
11 a 12 fearful
11 a 13 place
12 fearful 13 place

[in] [leaving] [it] [,] [i] [shall] [not] [leave] [its] [lesson] [,] [trust] [me] [.] 

let us go [!] ["] 
1 let 2 us
1 let 3 go

[still] [the] [ghost] [pointed] [with] [an] [unmoved] [finger] [to] [the] [head] [.] 

" [i] [understand] [you] [,] " [scrooge] [returned] [,] ["] [and] [i] [would] [do] [it] [if] [i] [could] [.] 
1 " 6 "

but [i] [have] not [the] [power] [,] [spirit] [.] 
1 but 4 not

i have [not] the power [.] ["] 
1 i 2 have
2 have 5 power
4 the 5 power

again it seemed to look upon him [.] 
1 again 2 it
2 it 3 seemed
3 seemed 4 to
3 seemed 5 look
4 to 5 look
5 look 6 upon
6 upon 7 him

i beseech you [.] ["] 
1 i 2 beseech
2 beseech 3 you

at length the long-expected knock was heard [.] 
1 at 2 length
1 at 5 knock
3 the 5 knock
4 long-expected 5 knock
5 knock 6 was
6 was 7 heard

she hurried to the door , and met her husband [;] [a] [man] [whose] [face] [was] [careworn] [and] [depressed] [,] [though] [he] [was] [young] [.] 
1 she 7 and
2 hurried 3 to
2 hurried 7 and
3 to 5 door
4 the 5 door
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 met
8 met 10 husband
9 her 10 husband

" [is] [it] [good] [,] " she said , " [or] bad ? " to help him [.] 
1 " 8 said
6 " 7 she
7 she 8 said
8 said 9 ,
8 said 12 bad
8 said 13 ?
9 , 10 "
13 ? 14 "
13 ? 15 to
13 ? 16 help
15 to 16 help
16 help 17 him

" [bad] [,] ["] he answered [.] 
1 " 5 he
5 he 6 answered

" [we] [are] [quite] [ruined] [?] " 
1 " 7 "

["] [no] [.] 

there is hope yet [,] [caroline] [.] ["] 
1 there 2 is
2 is 3 hope
2 is 4 yet

" [if] [he] [relents] [,] ["] she said , amazed , " there is ! 
1 " 7 she
7 she 8 said
8 said 10 amazed
8 said 11 ,
8 said 13 there
8 said 15 !
9 , 10 amazed
10 amazed 11 ,
11 , 12 "
13 there 14 is

nothing is past hope , if such a miracle has happened [.] ["] 
1 nothing 2 is
2 is 3 past
2 is 6 if
3 past 4 hope
5 , 6 if
6 if 9 miracle
6 if 11 happened
7 such 8 a
8 a 9 miracle
9 miracle 10 has
10 has 11 happened

" he is past relenting [,] ["] [said] [her] [husband] [.] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 past
4 past 5 relenting

" he is dead [.] ["] 
1 " 2 he
2 he 3 is
3 is 4 dead

she prayed [forgiveness] the next moment , and was [sorry] [;] [but] [the] [first] [was] [the] [emotion] of her heart [.] 
1 she 8 and
2 prayed 6 moment
2 prayed 8 and
4 the 5 next
4 the 6 moment
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 was
9 was 18 of
18 of 20 heart
19 her 20 heart

he was not only very ill , but dying , then [.] ["] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 not
2 was 4 only
2 was 6 ill
5 very 6 ill
6 ill 8 but
6 ill 11 then
7 , 8 but
8 but 9 dying
8 but 10 ,

" [to] [whom] [will] [our] [debt] [be] [transferred] [?] " 
1 " 10 "

["] [i] [don't] [know] [.] 

we may sleep [to-night] with [light] [hearts] , [caroline] [!] " 
1 we 2 may
2 may 3 sleep
3 sleep 5 with
5 with 8 ,
8 , 11 "

[yes] [.] 

soften it as they would [,] [their] [hearts] [were] [lighter] [.] 
1 soften 2 it
1 soften 3 as
3 as 4 they
3 as 5 would
4 they 5 would

the only [emotion] [that] [the] [ghost] [could] [show] [him] [,] [caused] [by] [the] [event] [,] [was] one [of] [pleasure] [.] 
1 the 2 only
1 the 17 one

they entered [poor] [bob] [cratchit] ['s] [house] , [the] [dwelling] he had [visited] [before] , and found the mother and the children seated round the fire [.] 
1 they 16 and
2 entered 16 and
8 , 11 he
11 he 15 ,
12 had 15 ,
15 , 16 and
16 and 17 found
17 found 20 and
17 found 24 round
18 the 19 mother
19 mother 20 and
20 and 22 children
20 and 23 seated
20 and 24 round
21 the 22 children
24 round 26 fire
25 the 26 fire

[quiet] [.] 

[very] [quiet] [.] 

the mother and her daughters were engaged in sewing [.] 
1 the 2 mother
2 mother 3 and
3 and 5 daughters
3 and 6 were
4 her 5 daughters
6 were 7 engaged
7 engaged 8 in
8 in 9 sewing

but surely they were very quiet [!] 
1 but 2 surely
1 but 3 they
3 they 4 were
4 were 6 quiet
5 very 6 quiet

" ['] [and] he took a child , and set him in the midst of them [.] ['] ["] 
1 " 4 he
4 he 9 and
5 took 9 and
6 a 7 child
7 child 8 ,
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 set
10 set 11 him
10 set 12 in
12 in 14 midst
13 the 14 midst
14 midst 15 of
15 of 16 them

[where] [had] [scrooge] [heard] [those] [words] [?] 

he had not dreamed [them] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 not
2 had 4 dreamed
3 not 4 dreamed

the boy must have read [them] [out] [,] [as] [he] [and] [the] [spirit] [crossed] [the] [threshold] [.] 
1 the 2 boy
2 boy 3 must
3 must 4 have
4 have 5 read

why did he [not] go on [?] 
1 why 2 did
2 did 3 he
2 did 5 go
5 go 6 on

the mother laid her work upon the table , and put her hand up to her face [.] 
1 the 2 mother
2 mother 10 and
3 laid 5 work
3 laid 6 upon
3 laid 10 and
4 her 5 work
5 work 6 upon
6 upon 8 table
7 the 8 table
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 put
11 put 13 hand
11 put 14 up
12 her 13 hand
14 up 15 to
15 to 17 face
16 her 17 face

" [the] [colour] [hurts] [my] [eyes] [,] " she said [.] 
1 " 10 said
8 " 9 she
9 she 10 said

the colour [?] 
1 the 2 colour

ah , [poor] [tiny] [tim] [!] 
1 ah 2 ,

" they ['re] [better] [now] [again] [,] ["] said [cratchit] ['s] [wife] [.] 
1 " 2 they
1 " 9 said
2 they 9 said

it must be near his time [.] ["] 
1 it 2 must
2 must 3 be
3 be 4 near
4 near 6 time
5 his 6 time

" [past] [it] [rather] [,] " [peter] [answered] [,] [shutting] [up] [his] [book] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [but] [i] [think] he has walked a little slower than he used [,] these few last evenings , mother [.] ["] 
1 " 5 he
5 he 6 has
6 has 7 walked
7 walked 10 slower
7 walked 11 than
8 a 9 little
9 little 10 slower
11 than 12 he
11 than 13 used
12 he 13 used
13 used 18 evenings
15 these 16 few
16 few 18 evenings
17 last 18 evenings
18 evenings 20 mother
19 , 20 mother

they were very quiet again [.] 
1 they 2 were
2 were 4 quiet
3 very 4 quiet
4 quiet 5 again

at last she said , and in a steady , cheerful voice [,] that only faltered once : 
1 at 2 last
1 at 3 she
3 she 4 said
4 said 5 ,
4 said 14 that
4 said 16 faltered
4 said 18 :
5 , 6 and
7 in 12 voice
7 in 14 that
8 a 9 steady
8 a 12 voice
9 steady 10 ,
9 steady 12 voice
11 cheerful 12 voice
14 that 16 faltered
15 only 16 faltered
16 faltered 17 once

" [i] [have] [known] [him] [walk] [with] [i] [have] [known] [him] [walk] [with] [tiny] [tim] [upon] [his] [shoulder] [very] [fast] [indeed] [.] " 
1 " 23 "

" [and] so [have] [i] [,] ["] [cried] [peter] [.] 
1 " 3 so

" [often] [.] " 
1 " 4 "

" [and] so [have] [i] [,] ["] [exclaimed] [another] [.] 
1 " 3 so

so had all [.] 
1 so 2 had
2 had 3 all

and there is your father at the door [!] ["] 
1 and 2 there
1 and 3 is
2 there 3 is
3 is 5 father
3 is 6 at
4 your 5 father
6 at 8 door
7 the 8 door

she hurried out to meet him [;] [and] [little] [bob] [in] [his] [comforter] [he] [had] [need] [of] [it] [,] [poor] [fellow] [came] [in] [.] 
1 she 2 hurried
2 hurried 3 out
2 hurried 4 to
4 to 5 meet
5 meet 6 him

his tea was ready for him on the hob , and they all tried who should help him to it most [.] 
1 his 2 tea
2 tea 3 was
3 was 4 ready
4 ready 5 for
4 ready 7 on
5 for 6 him
7 on 11 and
8 the 9 hob
9 hob 11 and
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 they
11 and 14 tried
11 and 15 who
11 and 16 should
13 all 14 tried
15 who 16 should
16 should 17 help
17 help 18 him
17 help 19 to
17 help 21 most
19 to 20 it

don't be grieved [!] ["] 
1 don't 2 be
2 be 3 grieved

bob was very cheerful with them , and spoke pleasantly to all the family [.] 
1 bob 2 was
2 was 4 cheerful
3 very 4 cheerful
4 cheerful 5 with
4 cheerful 10 pleasantly
4 cheerful 11 to
5 with 8 and
6 them 8 and
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 spoke
11 to 12 all
12 all 13 the
12 all 14 family
13 the 14 family

he looked at the work upon the table , and praised [the] [industry] and [speed] [of] [mrs] [cratchit] and the girls [.] 
1 he 10 and
2 looked 3 at
2 looked 6 upon
2 looked 10 and
3 at 5 work
4 the 5 work
5 work 6 upon
6 upon 8 table
7 the 8 table
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 praised
11 praised 19 and
14 and 19 and
19 and 21 girls
20 the 21 girls

they would be done long before [sunday] [,] [he] [said] [.] 
1 they 2 would
2 would 3 be
3 be 4 done
4 done 5 long
4 done 6 before

["] [sunday] [!] 

you went to-day , then , [robert] [?] " said his wife [.] 
1 you 2 went
2 went 3 to-day
3 to-day 5 then
4 , 5 then
5 then 6 ,
6 , 9 "
6 , 10 said
10 said 12 wife
11 his 12 wife

" [yes] [,] [my] [dear] [,] " [returned] [bob] [.] 
1 " 7 "

["] [i] [wish] [you] [could] [have] [gone] [.] 

it would have done you [good] to see how green a place it is [.] 
1 it 2 would
2 would 3 have
3 have 4 done
4 done 5 you
4 done 7 to
7 to 8 see
8 see 9 how
9 how 10 green
9 how 11 a
10 green 11 a
11 a 12 place
12 place 14 is
13 it 14 is

but you 'll see it often [.] 
1 but 2 you
1 but 4 see
2 you 3 'll
3 'll 4 see
4 see 5 it
4 see 6 often

i [promised] [him] [that] [i] would walk [there] [on] [a] [sunday] [.] 
1 i 6 would
6 would 7 walk

my little , little child [!] ["] [cried] [bob] [.] 
1 my 5 child
2 little 3 ,
2 little 5 child
4 little 5 child

" [my] [little] [child] [!] " 
1 " 6 "

he broke down all at once [.] 
1 he 2 broke
2 broke 3 down
2 broke 4 all
2 broke 6 once
5 at 6 once

he couldn't help it [.] 
1 he 2 couldn't
2 couldn't 3 help
3 help 4 it

if he could have helped it , he and his child would have been farther apart , perhaps , than they were [.] 
1 if 2 he
1 if 5 helped
1 if 7 ,
1 if 9 and
2 he 3 could
3 could 4 have
4 have 5 helped
5 helped 6 it
8 he 9 and
9 and 11 child
9 and 12 would
10 his 11 child
12 would 13 have
13 have 14 been
14 been 15 farther
14 been 18 perhaps
14 been 20 than
15 farther 16 apart
17 , 18 perhaps
18 perhaps 19 ,
20 than 21 they
20 than 22 were
21 they 22 were

he left the room , and went up-stairs into the room above , which was lighted cheerfully , and hung [with] [christmas] [.] 
1 he 6 and
2 left 4 room
2 left 6 and
3 the 4 room
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 went
7 went 19 and
8 up-stairs 9 into
8 up-stairs 19 and
9 into 11 room
10 the 11 room
11 room 12 above
11 room 14 which
13 , 14 which
14 which 15 was
14 which 18 ,
15 was 16 lighted
16 lighted 17 cheerfully
19 and 20 hung

there [was] [a] [chair] [set] [close] [beside] [the] [child] , and there were signs of some one having been there lately [.] 
1 there 10 ,
10 , 11 and
11 and 12 there
11 and 13 were
12 there 13 were
13 were 14 signs
14 signs 15 of
15 of 17 one
16 some 17 one
17 one 18 having
18 having 19 been
19 been 20 there
19 been 21 lately

poor [bob] [sat] [down] [in] [it] , [and] [,] [when] [he] [had] [thought] [a] [little] [and] [composed] [himself] [,] [he] [kissed] [the] [little] [face] [.] 
1 poor 7 ,

he was reconciled to what had happened , and went down again quite happy [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 reconciled
3 reconciled 4 to
4 to 5 what
5 what 6 had
6 had 9 and
7 happened 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 went
10 went 11 down
10 went 12 again
10 went 14 happy
13 quite 14 happy

they drew about the fire , and talked [;] [the] [girls] [and] [mother] [working] [still] [.] 
1 they 7 and
2 drew 3 about
2 drew 7 and
3 about 5 fire
4 the 5 fire
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 talked

" [on] [which] [,] ["] said [bob] [,] ["] [for] he is the pleasantest-spoken gentleman you ever heard [,] [i] [told] [him] [.] 
1 " 6 said
6 said 11 he
11 he 12 is
12 is 15 gentleman
13 the 15 gentleman
14 pleasantest-spoken 15 gentleman
15 gentleman 16 you
15 gentleman 18 heard
16 you 18 heard
17 ever 18 heard

['] [i] [am] [heartily] [sorry] [for] [it] [,] [mr] [cratchit] [,] ['] [he] [said] [,] ['] [and] [heartily] [sorry] [for] [your] [good] [wife] [.] ['] 

[by-the-bye] [,] [how] [he] [ever] [knew] [that] [i] [don't] [know] [.] ["] 

" [knew] [what] [,] [my] [dear] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

" [why] [,] [that] [you] [were] [a] [good] [wife] [,] " [replied] [bob] [.] 
1 " 11 "

" [everybody] [knows] [that] [,] " [said] [peter] [.] 
1 " 6 "

" [very] [well] [observed] [,] [my] [boy] [!] " [cried] [bob] [.] 
1 " 9 "

["] [i] [hope] [they] [do] [.] 

['] [heartily] [sorry] [,] ['] [he] [said] [,] ['] [for] [your] [good] [wife] [.] 

pray [come] to me [.] ['] 
1 pray 3 to
3 to 4 me

it really seemed as if he had known [our] [tiny] [tim] [,] [and] [felt] [with] [us] [.] ["] 
1 it 3 seemed
2 really 3 seemed
3 seemed 5 if
4 as 5 if
5 if 6 he
5 if 8 known
6 he 7 had
7 had 8 known

" [i] ['m] [sure] he ['s] [a] [good] [soul] [!] ["] said [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 
1 " 5 he
5 he 12 said

" [you] [would] [be] [sure] [of] [it] [,] [my] [dear] [,] " [returned] [bob] [,] ["] [if] [you] [saw] [and] [spoke] [to] [him] [.] 
1 " 12 "

i shouldn't be at all [surprised] [mark] [what] [i] [say] [!] [if] [he] [got] [peter] [a] [better] [situation] [.] ["] 
1 i 2 shouldn't
2 shouldn't 3 be
3 be 4 at
4 at 5 all

" [only] [hear] [that] [,] [peter] [,] " [said] [mrs] [cratchit] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [get] [along] [with] [you] [!] " [retorted] [peter] [,] [grinning] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [never] [,] [father] [!] ["] cried [they] all [.] 
1 " 7 cried
7 cried 9 all

" no , [never] [,] [father] [!] " they all cried again [.] 
1 " 11 cried
2 no 3 ,
2 no 9 they
3 , 8 "
9 they 11 cried
10 all 11 cried
11 cried 12 again

" [i] [am] [very] [happy] [,] " [said] [little] [bob] [,] ["] [i] [am] [very] [happy] [!] ["] 
1 " 7 "

[mrs] [cratchit] [kissed] [him] [,] [his] [daughters] [kissed] [him] [,] [the] [two] [young] [cratchits] [kissed] [him] [,] [and] [peter] [and] [himself] [shook] [hands] [.] 

spirit of [tiny] [tim] , [thy] [childish] [essence] [was] [from] [god] [!] 
1 spirit 2 of
2 of 5 ,

" [spectre] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [something] [informs] [me] [that] [our] [parting] [moment] [is] [at] [hand] [.] 
1 " 4 "

i know [it] , but [i] know [not] [how] [.] 
1 i 5 but
2 know 5 but
4 , 5 but
5 but 7 know

tell me what man that was whom we saw lying [dead] [?] ["] 
1 tell 2 me
1 tell 3 what
3 what 4 man
4 man 5 that
4 man 6 was
4 man 7 whom
4 man 9 saw
5 that 6 was
7 whom 8 we
7 whom 9 saw
8 we 9 saw
9 saw 10 lying

i see the house [.] 
1 i 2 see
2 see 4 house
3 the 4 house

let me [behold] [what] [i] [shall] [be] in [days] [to] [come] [.] ["] 
1 let 2 me
1 let 8 in

[the] [spirit] [stopped] [;] [the] [hand] [was] [pointed] [elsewhere] [.] 

" [the] [house] [is] [yonder] [,] " [scrooge] [exclaimed] [.] 
1 " 7 "

" [why] [do] [you] [point] [away] [?] " 
1 " 8 "

the inexorable finger underwent no change [.] 
1 the 3 finger
2 inexorable 3 finger
3 finger 4 underwent
4 underwent 6 change
5 no 6 change

scrooge hastened to the window of his office , and looked in [.] 
1 scrooge 10 and
2 hastened 3 to
2 hastened 10 and
3 to 5 window
4 the 5 window
5 window 6 of
6 of 8 office
7 his 8 office
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 looked
11 looked 12 in

it was an office still , but not his [.] 
1 it 6 ,
2 was 5 still
2 was 6 ,
3 an 5 still
4 office 5 still
6 , 8 not
7 but 8 not
8 not 9 his

the furniture was not the same [,] [and] [the] [figure] [in] [the] [chair] [was] [not] [himself] [.] 
1 the 2 furniture
2 furniture 3 was
3 was 4 not
3 was 6 same
5 the 6 same

[the] [phantom] [pointed] [as] [before] [.] 

he [joined] [it] [once] [again] , and , wondering why [and] [whither] he had [gone] [,] [accompanied] [it] [until] [they] [reached] [an] [iron] [gate] [.] 
1 he 14 had
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 ,
7 and 13 he
8 , 9 wondering
9 wondering 13 he
10 why 13 he
13 he 14 had

he paused to look round before entering [.] 
1 he 2 paused
2 paused 3 to
3 to 4 look
4 look 5 round
5 round 6 before
6 before 7 entering

a churchyard [.] 
1 a 2 churchyard

here , then , the wretched man , whose name he had now to learn , lay underneath the ground [.] 
1 here 2 ,
1 here 7 man
2 , 3 then
3 then 4 ,
3 then 7 man
5 the 7 man
6 wretched 7 man
7 man 9 whose
7 man 17 lay
8 , 9 whose
9 whose 10 name
9 whose 16 ,
10 name 12 had
11 he 12 had
12 had 14 to
13 now 14 to
14 to 15 learn
17 lay 18 underneath
18 underneath 20 ground
19 the 20 ground

it was a worthy place [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 5 place
3 a 5 place
4 worthy 5 place

[a] [worthy] [place] [!] 

[the] [spirit] [stood] [among] [the] [graves] [,] [and] [pointed] [down] [to] [one] [.] 

he advanced towards it trembling [.] 
1 he 2 advanced
2 advanced 3 towards
2 advanced 5 trembling
3 towards 4 it

[the] [phantom] [was] [exactly] [as] [it] [had] [been] [,] [but] [he] [dreaded] [that] [he] [saw] [new] [meaning] [in] [its] [solemn] [shape] [.] 

" [before] [i] [draw] [nearer] [to] [that] [stone] [to] [which] [you] [point] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [,] ["] [answer] [me] one [question] [.] 
1 " 15 said
15 said 21 one

are these the shadows of the things that [will] [be] [,] [or] are [they] [shadows] [of] [the] [things] [that] [may] [be] [only] [?] ["] 
1 are 2 these
1 are 4 shadows
3 the 4 shadows
4 shadows 5 of
5 of 7 things
6 the 7 things
7 things 8 that
7 things 13 are
8 that 13 are

[still] [the] [ghost] [pointed] [downward] [to] [the] [grave] [by] [which] [it] [stood] [.] 

" [men] ['s] [courses] [will] [foreshadow] [certain] [ends] [,] [to] [which] [,] [if] [persevered] [in] , they [must] [lead] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 22 said
16 , 17 they
17 they 22 said

["] [but] [if] [the] [courses] [be] [departed] [from] [,] [the] [ends] [will] [change] [.] 

say it is thus with what you show me [!] ["] 
1 say 2 it
1 say 3 is
2 it 3 is
3 is 4 thus
3 is 5 with
5 with 6 what
6 what 7 you
6 what 8 show
7 you 8 show
8 show 9 me

[the] [spirit] [was] [immovable] [as] [ever] [.] 

" [am] [i] [that] [man] [who] [lay] [upon] [the] [bed] [?] " he cried upon his knees [.] 
1 " 14 cried
12 " 13 he
13 he 14 cried
14 cried 15 upon
15 upon 17 knees
16 his 17 knees

the finger pointed from the grave to him , and back again [.] 
1 the 2 finger
2 finger 3 pointed
3 pointed 4 from
3 pointed 7 to
3 pointed 12 again
4 from 6 grave
5 the 6 grave
6 grave 7 to
7 to 10 and
8 him 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 back

["] [no] [,] [spirit] [!] 

oh [no] , no [!] " 
1 oh 3 ,
3 , 4 no
4 no 6 "

the finger still was there [.] 
1 the 2 finger
2 finger 4 was
3 still 4 was
4 was 5 there

" [spirit] [!] " he cried , [tight] clutching at its robe , " hear me ! 
1 " 6 cried
4 " 5 he
5 he 6 cried
6 cried 9 clutching
6 cried 13 ,
6 cried 15 hear
6 cried 17 !
7 , 9 clutching
9 clutching 10 at
9 clutching 13 ,
10 at 12 robe
11 its 12 robe
13 , 14 "
15 hear 16 me

i am not [the] [man] [i] [was] [.] 
1 i 2 am
2 am 3 not

i will not be the man [i] [must] [have] [been] [but] [for] [this] [intercourse] [.] 
1 i 2 will
2 will 3 not
2 will 4 be
4 be 6 man
5 the 6 man

why [show] [me] [this] , [if] [i] [am] [past] [all] [hope] [?] ["] 
1 why 5 ,

for the first time the hand appeared to shake [.] 
1 for 4 time
1 for 6 hand
2 the 3 first
2 the 4 time
5 the 6 hand
6 hand 7 appeared
7 appeared 8 to
7 appeared 9 shake
8 to 9 shake

[assure] [me] [that] [i] [yet] [may] [change] [these] [shadows] [you] [have] [shown] [me] [by] [an] [altered] [life] [?] ["] 

the kind hand trembled [.] 
1 the 3 hand
2 kind 3 hand
3 hand 4 trembled

" [i] [will] [honour] [christmas] [in] [my] [heart] , and [try] [to] [keep] it all [the] [year] [.] 
1 " 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 15 all
14 it 15 all

i will live in [the] [past] , [the] [present] [,] and [the] [future] [.] 
1 i 2 will
2 will 3 live
3 live 4 in
4 in 7 ,
7 , 11 and

[the] [spirits] [of] [all] [three] [shall] [strive] [within] [me] [.] 

i will not shut out the lessons that [they] teach [.] 
1 i 2 will
2 will 3 not
2 will 4 shut
3 not 4 shut
4 shut 5 out
4 shut 7 lessons
6 the 7 lessons
7 lessons 8 that
7 lessons 10 teach
8 that 10 teach

oh , [tell] me [i] [may] [sponge] [away] [the] [writing] [on] [this] [stone] [!] ["] 
1 oh 2 ,
2 , 4 me

in his agony , he caught the spectral hand [.] 
1 in 3 agony
1 in 4 ,
1 in 5 he
2 his 3 agony
5 he 6 caught
6 caught 9 hand
7 the 9 hand
8 spectral 9 hand

it [sought] to [free] [itself] , but he was [strong] [in] [his] [entreaty] , and [detained] it [.] 
1 it 14 ,
3 to 6 ,
3 to 8 he
6 , 7 but
8 he 9 was
9 was 14 ,
14 , 15 and
15 and 17 it

[the] [spirit] [,] [stronger] [yet] [,] [repulsed] [him] [.] 

holding up his hands in a last prayer to have his fate reversed [,] [he] [saw] [an] [alteration] [in] [the] [phantom] ['s] [hood] [and] [dress] [.] 
1 holding 2 up
1 holding 3 his
1 holding 4 hands
4 hands 5 in
4 hands 8 prayer
4 hands 9 to
6 a 8 prayer
7 last 8 prayer
9 to 10 have
10 have 12 fate
10 have 13 reversed
11 his 12 fate

it [shrunk] [,] collapsed , and dwindled down into a bedpost [.] 
1 it 6 and
4 collapsed 6 and
5 , 6 and
6 and 7 dwindled
6 and 8 down
6 and 9 into
9 into 11 bedpost
10 a 11 bedpost

[stave] [five] 

[the] [end] [of] [it] 

[yes] [!] [and] [the] [bedpost] [was] [his] [own] [.] 

the bed was his own [,] [the] [room] [was] [his] [own] [.] 
1 the 2 bed
2 bed 3 was
3 was 5 own
4 his 5 own

best [and] [happiest] [of] [all] [,] [the] [time] [before] [him] [was] [his] [own] [,] to make amends in [!] 
1 best 15 to
15 to 16 make
16 make 17 amends
16 make 18 in

" [i] [will] [live] [in] [the] [past] [,] [the] [present] [,] [and] [the] [future] [!] " 
1 " 16 "

scrooge repeated as he scrambled out of bed [.] 
1 scrooge 2 repeated
2 repeated 3 as
3 as 4 he
3 as 5 scrambled
4 he 5 scrambled
5 scrambled 8 bed
6 out 7 of
7 of 8 bed

["] [the] [spirits] [of] [all] [three] [shall] [strive] [within] [me] [.] 

oh , [jacob] [marley] [!] 
1 oh 2 ,

heaven [and] [the] [christmas] [time] be praised for this [!] 
1 heaven 6 be
6 be 7 praised
7 praised 8 for
8 for 9 this

i say it on my knees [,] [old] [jacob] [;] on my knees [!] ["] 
1 i 2 say
2 say 3 it
2 say 4 on
2 say 11 on
4 on 6 knees
5 my 6 knees
11 on 13 knees
12 my 13 knees

he was so fluttered and so glowing with his good intentions , that his broken voice would scarcely answer to his call [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 so
2 was 5 and
4 fluttered 5 and
5 and 19 answer
5 and 20 to
6 so 7 glowing
7 glowing 8 with
7 glowing 17 would
8 with 12 ,
8 with 16 voice
9 his 11 intentions
10 good 11 intentions
11 intentions 12 ,
12 , 13 that
14 his 16 voice
15 broken 16 voice
17 would 19 answer
18 scarcely 19 answer
20 to 22 call
21 his 22 call

he had been [sobbing] [violently] in [his] [conflict] [with] [the] [spirit] , and his face was wet with tears [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 3 been
3 been 6 in
6 in 12 ,
12 , 13 and
13 and 15 face
13 and 16 was
14 his 15 face
15 face 16 was
16 was 17 wet
17 wet 18 with
18 with 19 tears

they are [here] [i] [am] [here] the shadows of the things that would have been [may] be dispelled [.] 
1 they 2 are
2 are 8 shadows
7 the 8 shadows
8 shadows 9 of
9 of 11 things
10 the 11 things
11 things 12 that
11 things 13 would
12 that 13 would
13 would 14 have
14 have 15 been
15 been 17 be
17 be 18 dispelled

they will be [.] 
1 they 2 will
2 will 3 be

i know they will [!] ["] 
1 i 2 know
2 know 3 they
3 they 4 will

["] [i] [am] [as] [light] [as] [a] [feather] [,] [i] [am] [as] [happy] [as] [an] [angel] [,] [i] [am] [as] [merry] [as] [a] [school-boy] [.] 

i am as giddy as a drunken man [.] 
1 i 2 am
2 am 4 giddy
3 as 4 giddy
4 giddy 5 as
5 as 8 man
6 a 7 drunken
6 a 8 man
7 drunken 8 man

[a] [merry] [christmas] [to] [everybody] [!] 

a [happy] [new] [year] [to] [all] [the] world [!] 
1 a 8 world

[hallo] [here] [!] 

[whoop] [!] 

[hallo] [!] ["] 

he had frisked [into] the sitting-room , and was now standing there [:] [perfectly] [winded] [.] 
1 he 8 and
2 had 3 frisked
2 had 8 and
3 frisked 6 sitting-room
5 the 6 sitting-room
7 , 8 and
8 and 9 was
9 was 10 now
9 was 11 standing
11 standing 12 there

" [there] ['s] [the] [saucepan] [that] [the] [gruel] [was] [in] [!] " [cried] [scrooge] [,] [starting] [off] [again] [,] [and] [going] [round] [the] [fire-place] [.] 
1 " 12 "

["] [there] ['s] [the] [door] [by] [which] [the] [ghost] [of] [jacob] [marley] [entered] [!] 

[there] ['s] [the] [corner] [where] [the] [ghost] [of] [christmas] [present] [sat] [!] 

[there] ['s] [the] [window] [where] [i] [saw] [the] [wandering] [spirits] [!] 

it 's all right , it 's all [true] [,] [it] [all] [happened] [.] 
1 it 5 ,
2 's 3 all
2 's 5 ,
3 all 4 right
5 , 7 's
6 it 7 's
7 's 8 all

[ha] [,] [ha] [,] [ha] [!] ["] 

the [father] of [a] [long] , [long] [line] of [brilliant] [laughs] [!] 
1 the 3 of
3 of 6 ,
6 , 9 of

" [i] [don't] [know] what [day] [of] [the] [month] it [is] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 14 said
5 what 10 it
10 it 14 said

["] [i] [don't] [know] [how] [long] [i] [have] [been] [among] [the] [spirits] [.] 

i don't know anything [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 know
3 know 4 anything

i 'm quite a baby [.] 
1 i 2 'm
2 'm 5 baby
3 quite 4 a
4 a 5 baby

never mind [.] 
1 never 2 mind

i don't care [.] 
1 i 2 don't
2 don't 3 care

i 'd [rather] be a baby [.] 
1 i 2 'd
2 'd 4 be
4 be 6 baby
5 a 6 baby

[hallo] [!] 

[whoop] [!] 

[hallo] [here] [!] ["] 

he was checked in his transports by the churches ringing out the lustiest peals he had ever heard [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 checked
3 checked 4 in
4 in 6 transports
5 his 6 transports
6 transports 7 by
6 transports 15 he
6 transports 18 heard
7 by 9 churches
8 the 9 churches
9 churches 10 ringing
9 churches 13 lustiest
9 churches 14 peals
10 ringing 11 out
12 the 13 lustiest
13 lustiest 14 peals
15 he 16 had
16 had 18 heard
17 ever 18 heard

clash , clash , hammer [;] [ding] [,] [dong] [,] [bell] [!] 
1 clash 2 ,
2 , 4 ,
3 clash 4 ,
4 , 5 hammer

bell , dong [,] [ding] [;] [hammer] [,] [clang] [,] [clash] [!] 
1 bell 2 ,
1 bell 3 dong

oh , [glorious] , [glorious] [!] 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 4 ,

running to the window , he opened it , and put out his head [.] 
1 running 2 to
1 running 5 ,
1 running 6 he
2 to 4 window
3 the 4 window
6 he 10 and
7 opened 8 it
7 opened 10 and
9 , 10 and
10 and 11 put
11 put 12 out
11 put 14 head
13 his 14 head

oh , [glorious] [!] 
1 oh 2 ,

[glorious] [!] 

" [eh] [?] " [returned] [the] [boy] [with] [all] [his] [might] [of] [wonder] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [what] ['s] [to-day] [,] [my] [fine] [fellow] [?] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 10 "

" [to-day] [!] " [replied] [the] [boy] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [why] [,] [christmas] [day] [.] " 
1 " 7 "

" it ['s] [christmas] [day] [!] ["] said [scrooge] [to] [himself] [.] 
1 " 2 it
1 " 8 said
2 it 8 said

["] [i] [haven't] [missed] [it] [.] 

the [spirits] [have] [done] [it] [all] [in] one [night] [.] 
1 the 8 one

they can do anything they like [.] 
1 they 2 can
2 can 3 do
3 do 4 anything
4 anything 6 like
5 they 6 like

of course they can [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 they
3 they 4 can

of course they can [.] 
1 of 2 course
2 course 3 they
3 they 4 can

[hallo] [,] [my] [fine] [fellow] [!] ["] 

" [hallo] [!] " [returned] [the] [boy] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [do] [you] [know] [the] [poulterer] ['s] [in] [the] [next] [street] [but] [one] [,] [at] [the] [corner] [?] " 
1 " 19 "

scrooge inquired [.] 
1 scrooge 2 inquired

" [i] [should] [hope] [i] [did] [,] " [replied] [the] [lad] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [an] [intelligent] [boy] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [a] [remarkable] [boy] [!] 

do you know [whether] [they] ['ve] [sold] [the] [prize] [turkey] that was [hanging] [up] [there] [?] 
1 do 2 you
2 you 3 know
3 know 11 that
11 that 12 was

not [the] [little] [prize] [turkey] [:] [the] [big] one [?] ["] 
1 not 9 one

" [what] [!] [the] [one] [as] [big] [as] [me] [?] " [returned] [the] [boy] [.] 
1 " 11 "

" [what] [a] [delightful] [boy] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 7 "

["] [it] ['s] [a] [pleasure] [to] [talk] [to] [him] [.] 

yes , [my] [buck] [!] " 
1 yes 2 ,
2 , 6 "

" [it] ['s] [hanging] [there] [now] [,] " [replied] [the] [boy] [.] 
1 " 8 "

" [is] it [?] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 said
3 it 6 said

" [go] [and] [buy] [it] [.] " 
1 " 7 "

" [walk-er] [!] ["] exclaimed the boy [.] 
1 " 5 exclaimed
5 exclaimed 7 boy
6 the 7 boy

" [no] [,] [no] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [,] ["] [i] [am] [in] [earnest] [.] 
1 " 6 "

go and buy [it] , and [tell] ['] [em] [to] [bring] [it] [here] , that [i] may give [them] [the] [directions] [where] to take it [.] 
1 go 2 and
2 and 5 ,
3 buy 5 ,
5 , 6 and
6 and 17 may
6 and 18 give
14 , 15 that
15 that 17 may
18 give 23 to
23 to 24 take
24 take 25 it

come back with the man , [and] [i] ['ll] give you [a] [shilling] [.] 
1 come 2 back
1 come 6 ,
2 back 3 with
3 with 5 man
4 the 5 man
6 , 10 give
10 give 11 you

come back [with] [him] in [less] [than] five minutes [,] and [i] ['ll] give you [half-a-crown] [!] ["] 
1 come 2 back
1 come 11 and
2 back 5 in
5 in 9 minutes
8 five 9 minutes
11 and 14 give
14 give 15 you

the boy was off like a shot [.] 
1 the 2 boy
2 boy 3 was
3 was 4 off
3 was 5 like
5 like 7 shot
6 a 7 shot

he must have had a steady hand at a trigger who could have got a shot off half so fast [.] 
1 he 2 must
2 must 3 have
3 have 4 had
4 had 7 hand
4 had 8 at
5 a 7 hand
6 steady 7 hand
7 hand 8 at
8 at 10 trigger
9 a 10 trigger
10 trigger 11 who
10 trigger 12 could
11 who 12 could
12 could 13 have
13 have 14 got
14 got 16 shot
14 got 17 off
14 got 20 fast
15 a 16 shot
16 shot 17 off
17 off 18 half
19 so 20 fast

" [i] ['ll] [send] [it] [to] [bob] [cratchit] ['s] [,] " [whispered] [scrooge] [,] [rubbing] [his] [hands] [,] [and] [splitting] [with] [a] [laugh] [.] 
1 " 11 "

["] [he] [shan't] [know] [who] [sends] [it] [.] 

[it] ['s] [twice] [the] [size] [of] [tiny] [tim] [.] 

[joe] [miller] [never] [made] [such] [a] [joke] [as] [sending] [it] [to] [bob] ['s] [will] [be] [!] ["] 

as he stood there , waiting [his] [arrival] , the knocker caught his eye [.] 
1 as 2 he
1 as 3 stood
1 as 9 ,
1 as 11 knocker
2 he 3 stood
3 stood 4 there
3 stood 6 waiting
5 , 6 waiting
6 waiting 9 ,
10 the 11 knocker
11 knocker 12 caught
12 caught 14 eye
13 his 14 eye

" [i] [shall] [love] it [as] [long] [as] [i] [live] [!] ["] cried [scrooge] [,] [patting] [it] [with] [his] [hand] [.] 
1 " 13 cried
5 it 13 cried

["] [i] [scarcely] [ever] [looked] [at] [it] [before] [.] 

what an honest expression it has in its face [!] 
1 what 4 expression
2 an 4 expression
3 honest 4 expression
4 expression 5 it
4 expression 6 has
5 it 6 has
6 has 7 in
7 in 9 face
8 its 9 face

it 's a wonderful knocker [!] 
1 it 2 's
2 's 5 knocker
3 a 4 wonderful
3 a 5 knocker
4 wonderful 5 knocker

[here] ['s] [the] [turkey] [.] 

[hallo] [!] 

[whoop] [!] 

how are you [?] 
1 how 2 are
2 are 3 you

[merry] [christmas] [!] ["] 

it was [a] [turkey] [!] 
1 it 2 was

he never could have stood upon his legs , that bird [.] 
1 he 3 could
2 never 3 could
3 could 4 have
4 have 5 stood
5 stood 6 upon
6 upon 9 ,
7 his 8 legs
8 legs 9 ,
9 , 11 bird
10 that 11 bird

he would have snapped ['] [em] short off [in] a minute , like sticks of sealing-wax [.] 
1 he 2 would
2 would 12 ,
3 have 4 snapped
3 have 12 ,
4 snapped 7 short
4 snapped 8 off
8 off 11 minute
10 a 11 minute
12 , 13 like
13 like 14 sticks
14 sticks 15 of
15 of 16 sealing-wax

" [why] [,] it ['s] [impossible] [to] [carry] [that] [to] [camden] [town] [,] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 15 said
4 it 15 said

" [you] [must] [have] [a] [cab] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

he dressed himself " all in his best [,] ["] [and] [at] [last] [got] [out] [into] [the] [streets] [.] 
1 he 2 dressed
2 dressed 3 himself
2 dressed 5 all
2 dressed 6 in
3 himself 4 "
5 all 6 in
6 in 8 best
7 his 8 best

he looked so irresistibly pleasant , in a word , that three or four good-humoured fellows said , " good morning , sir [!] 
1 he 2 looked
2 looked 4 irresistibly
2 looked 5 pleasant
3 so 4 irresistibly
5 pleasant 7 in
6 , 7 in
7 in 9 word
7 in 18 ,
8 a 9 word
9 word 11 that
9 word 17 said
10 , 11 that
11 that 16 fellows
11 that 17 said
12 three 13 or
13 or 14 four
13 or 16 fellows
15 good-humoured 16 fellows
16 fellows 17 said
18 , 19 "
18 , 21 morning
18 , 22 ,
20 good 21 morning
22 , 23 sir

[a] [merry] [christmas] [to] [you] [!] ["] 

and [scrooge] said [often] [afterwards] that , of all the blithe sounds he had ever heard , those were the blithest in his ears [.] 
1 and 3 said
3 said 6 that
6 that 18 those
6 that 19 were
7 , 8 of
8 of 9 all
8 of 17 ,
8 of 18 those
9 all 10 the
9 all 12 sounds
10 the 12 sounds
11 blithe 12 sounds
12 sounds 13 he
12 sounds 16 heard
13 he 14 had
14 had 16 heard
15 ever 16 heard
18 those 19 were
19 were 21 blithest
19 were 22 in
20 the 21 blithest
21 blithest 22 in
22 in 24 ears
23 his 24 ears

i hope you succeeded yesterday [.] 
1 i 2 hope
2 hope 3 you
2 hope 4 succeeded
3 you 4 succeeded
4 succeeded 5 yesterday

it was very kind [of] [you] [.] 
1 it 2 was
2 was 4 kind
3 very 4 kind

[a] [merry] [christmas] [to] [you] [,] [sir] [!] ["] 

" [mr] [scrooge] [?] " 
1 " 5 "

" [yes] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [that] [is] [my] [name] [,] [and] [i] [fear] [it] [may] [not] [be] [pleasant] [to] [you] [.] 

allow me to ask your pardon [.] 
1 allow 2 me
1 allow 3 to
1 allow 4 ask
3 to 4 ask
4 ask 6 pardon
5 your 6 pardon

and will you have the goodness " here [scrooge] [whispered] [in] [his] [ear] [.] 
1 and 2 will
1 and 4 have
2 will 3 you
2 will 4 have
4 have 6 goodness
4 have 8 here
5 the 6 goodness
6 goodness 7 "
6 goodness 8 here

" [lord] [bless] [me] [!] ["] cried the gentleman , as if his breath were taken away [.] 
1 " 7 cried
7 cried 9 gentleman
7 cried 12 if
8 the 9 gentleman
10 , 12 if
11 as 12 if
12 if 14 breath
12 if 16 taken
13 his 14 breath
14 breath 15 were
15 were 16 taken
16 taken 17 away

" [my] [dear] [mr] [scrooge] [,] [are] [you] [serious] [?] " 
1 " 11 "

" [if] [you] [please] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 6 "

["] [not] [a] [farthing] [less] [.] 

[a] [great] [many] [back-payments] [are] [included] [in] [it] [,] [i] [assure] [you] [.] 

will you do [me] that favour [?] ["] 
1 will 2 you
1 will 3 do
3 do 6 favour
5 that 6 favour

" [don't] [say] [anything] [,] [please] [,] " [retorted] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 8 "

["] [come] [and] [see] [me] [.] 

will you come and see me [?] ["] 
1 will 2 you
1 will 3 come
3 come 4 and
4 and 5 see
5 see 6 me

" [i] [will] [!] " [cried] [the] [old] [gentleman] [.] 
1 " 5 "

and it was clear he meant to do it [.] 
1 and 2 it
1 and 6 meant
2 it 3 was
3 was 4 clear
5 he 6 meant
6 meant 7 to
7 to 8 do
8 do 9 it

" [thankee] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 "

["] [i] [am] [much] [obliged] [to] [you] [.] 

i thank you fifty times [.] 
1 i 2 thank
2 thank 3 you
2 thank 5 times
4 fifty 5 times

bless you [!] ["] 
1 bless 2 you

he had never dreamed [that] [any] [walk] [that] [anything] [could] [give] [him] [so] [much] [happiness] [.] 
1 he 2 had
2 had 4 dreamed
3 never 4 dreamed

in the afternoon he turned his steps towards his nephew 's house [.] 
1 in 3 afternoon
1 in 4 he
2 the 3 afternoon
4 he 5 turned
5 turned 7 steps
5 turned 8 towards
6 his 7 steps
7 steps 8 towards
8 towards 12 house
9 his 10 nephew
10 nephew 11 's
11 's 12 house

he passed the door a dozen times before he had the courage to go up and knock [.] 
1 he 2 passed
2 passed 4 door
2 passed 7 times
2 passed 13 to
3 the 4 door
5 a 6 dozen
6 dozen 7 times
7 times 9 he
7 times 10 had
8 before 9 he
9 he 10 had
10 had 12 courage
11 the 12 courage
13 to 14 go
14 go 16 and
15 up 16 and
16 and 17 knock

but he made a dash , and did it [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 7 and
2 he 7 and
3 made 5 dash
3 made 7 and
4 a 5 dash
6 , 7 and
7 and 8 did
8 did 9 it

" [is] [your] [master] [at] [home] [,] [my] [dear] [?] ["] said [scrooge] [to] the girl [.] 
1 " 12 said
12 said 16 girl
15 the 16 girl

nice girl [!] 
1 nice 2 girl

[very] [.] 

" [yes] [sir] [.] " 
1 " 5 "

" [where] [is] he [,] [my] [love] [?] ["] said [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 he
4 he 10 said

["] [he] ['s] [in] [the] [dining-room] [,] [sir] [,] [along] [with] [mistress] [.] 

i 'll show you up-stairs , [if] [you] please [.] ["] 
1 i 2 'll
2 'll 3 show
3 show 4 you
3 show 6 ,
4 you 6 ,
5 up-stairs 6 ,
6 , 9 please

["] [thankee] [.] 

he [knows] [me] [,] ["] said [scrooge] , [with] his hand [already] [on] [the] [dining-room] [lock] [.] 
1 he 6 said
6 said 8 ,
8 , 10 his
8 , 11 hand

" [i] ['ll] go in [here] , [my] [dear] [.] " 
1 " 4 go
4 go 5 in
5 in 7 ,
7 , 11 "

he turned it gently [,] [and] [sidled] [his] [face] [in] [round] [the] [door] [.] 
1 he 2 turned
2 turned 3 it
2 turned 4 gently

" [fred] [!] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 4 "

dear heart [alive] [,] [how] [his] [niece] [by] [marriage] [started] [!] 
1 dear 2 heart

" [why] [,] [bless] [my] [soul] [!] " [cried] [fred] [,] ["] [who] ['s] [that] [?] ["] 
1 " 8 "

["] [it] ['s] [i] [your] [uncle] [scrooge] [.] 

i have come to dinner [.] 
1 i 2 have
2 have 3 come
3 come 4 to
4 to 5 dinner

will you let me in , [fred] [?] " 
1 will 2 you
1 will 3 let
3 let 4 me
3 let 5 in
5 in 6 ,
6 , 9 "

let him in [!] 
1 let 2 him
1 let 3 in

it is a mercy he didn't shake his arm off [.] 
1 it 2 is
2 is 4 mercy
3 a 4 mercy
4 mercy 5 he
4 mercy 10 off
5 he 6 didn't
6 didn't 7 shake
7 shake 9 arm
7 shake 10 off
8 his 9 arm

he was at home in five minutes [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 5 in
3 at 4 home
4 home 5 in
5 in 7 minutes
6 five 7 minutes

nothing could be heartier [.] 
1 nothing 2 could
2 could 3 be
3 be 4 heartier

his niece looked just the same [.] 
1 his 2 niece
2 niece 3 looked
3 looked 4 just
3 looked 6 same
5 the 6 same

so did [topper] when he came [.] 
1 so 2 did
2 did 4 when
4 when 5 he
4 when 6 came
5 he 6 came

so did the plump sister when she came [.] 
1 so 2 did
2 did 5 sister
3 the 5 sister
4 plump 5 sister
5 sister 6 when
6 when 7 she
6 when 8 came
7 she 8 came

so did every one when they came [.] 
1 so 2 did
2 did 4 one
3 every 4 one
4 one 5 when
5 when 6 they
5 when 7 came
6 they 7 came

wonderful [party] , wonderful games , wonderful unanimity , won-der-ful happiness [!] 
1 wonderful 5 games
1 wonderful 11 happiness
3 , 5 games
4 wonderful 5 games
5 games 8 unanimity
5 games 9 ,
6 , 8 unanimity
7 wonderful 8 unanimity
8 unanimity 9 ,
10 won-der-ful 11 happiness

but he was early at the office next morning [.] 
1 but 2 he
1 but 3 was
2 he 3 was
3 was 4 early
4 early 5 at
4 early 9 morning
5 at 7 office
6 the 7 office
8 next 9 morning

oh , he was [early] there [!] 
1 oh 2 ,
1 oh 3 he
3 he 4 was
4 was 6 there

if he could only be there first , and catch [bob] [cratchit] [coming] late [!] 
1 if 2 he
2 he 3 could
3 could 9 and
4 only 5 be
5 be 6 there
5 be 7 first
5 be 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 catch
9 and 14 late

that was the thing he had set his heart upon [.] 
1 that 2 was
2 was 4 thing
3 the 4 thing
4 thing 5 he
4 thing 6 had
5 he 6 had
6 had 7 set
7 set 9 heart
7 set 10 upon
8 his 9 heart

and he did it ; yes , he did [!] 
1 and 2 he
1 and 9 did
2 he 3 did
3 did 4 it
5 ; 8 he
6 yes 7 ,
6 yes 8 he
8 he 9 did

the clock struck nine [.] 
1 the 2 clock
2 clock 3 struck
3 struck 4 nine

[no] [bob] [.] 

a quarter past [.] 
1 a 3 past
2 quarter 3 past

[no] [bob] [.] 

he was full eighteen minutes and a [half] behind his time [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 6 and
2 was 11 time
3 full 5 minutes
4 eighteen 5 minutes
5 minutes 6 and
6 and 9 behind
7 a 9 behind
10 his 11 time

scrooge sat with his door wide open [,] [that] [he] [might] [see] [him] [come] [into] [the] [tank] [.] 
1 scrooge 2 sat
2 sat 3 with
2 sat 6 wide
3 with 5 door
4 his 5 door
6 wide 7 open

his hat was off before he opened the door [;] his comforter too [.] 
1 his 2 hat
2 hat 3 was
3 was 4 off
4 off 5 before
4 off 12 comforter
4 off 13 too
5 before 6 he
5 before 7 opened
6 he 7 opened
7 opened 9 door
8 the 9 door
11 his 12 comforter

he was on his stool in a jiffy [;] driving away with his pen , as if he were trying to overtake nine o'clock [.] 
1 he 2 was
2 was 3 on
2 was 6 in
2 was 12 with
2 was 17 if
3 on 5 stool
4 his 5 stool
5 stool 6 in
6 in 8 jiffy
7 a 8 jiffy
8 jiffy 10 driving
8 jiffy 12 with
10 driving 11 away
12 with 14 pen
13 his 14 pen
15 , 17 if
16 as 17 if
17 if 18 he
17 if 19 were
18 he 19 were
19 were 20 trying
20 trying 21 to
20 trying 22 overtake
21 to 22 overtake
22 overtake 24 o'clock
23 nine 24 o'clock

" [hallo] [!] " [growled] [scrooge] [in] [his] [accustomed] [voice] [as] [near] [as] [he] [could] [feign] [it] [.] 
1 " 4 "

" [what] [do] [you] [mean] [by] [coming] [here] [at] [this] [time] [of] [day] [?] " 
1 " 15 "

" [i] [am] [very] [sorry] [,] [sir] [,] " [said] [bob] [.] 
1 " 9 "

" [i] [am] [behind] [my] [time] [.] " 
1 " 8 "

" you are [!] ["] [repeated] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 2 you
2 you 3 are

["] [yes] [.] 

i think you are [.] 
1 i 2 think
2 think 3 you
2 think 4 are
3 you 4 are

step this way [,] [sir] [,] [if] [you] [please] [.] ["] 
1 step 3 way
2 this 3 way

" [it] ['s] [only] [once] [a] [year] [,] [sir] [,] " [pleaded] [bob] [,] [appearing] [from] [the] [tank] [.] 
1 " 11 "

["] [it] [shall] [not] [be] [repeated] [.] 

i was making rather merry yesterday [,] [sir] [.] ["] 
1 i 2 was
2 was 3 making
3 making 5 merry
4 rather 5 merry
5 merry 6 yesterday

" [now] [,] [i] ['ll] [tell] [you] [what] [,] [my] [friend] [,] " [said] [scrooge] [.] 
1 " 13 "

["] [i] [am] [not] [going] [to] [stand] [this] [sort] [of] [thing] [any] [longer] [.] 

bob trembled , and got a little nearer to the ruler [.] 
1 bob 4 and
2 trembled 4 and
3 , 4 and
4 and 5 got
5 got 8 nearer
6 a 7 little
7 little 8 nearer
8 nearer 9 to
9 to 11 ruler
10 the 11 ruler

["] [a] [merrier] [christmas] [,] [bob] [,] [my] [good] [fellow] [,] [than] [i] [have] [given] [you] [for] [many] [a] [year] [!] 

make [up] [the] [fires] [and] [buy] [another] [coal-scuttle] [before] you [dot] [another] [i] [,] [bob] [cratchit] [!] ["] 
1 make 10 you

scrooge was better than his word [.] 
1 scrooge 2 was
2 was 3 better
3 better 4 than
4 than 6 word
5 his 6 word

he did it [all] [,] [and] [infinitely] [more] [;] [and] to [tiny] [tim] , [who] [did] [not] [die] , he was a second father [.] 
1 he 2 did
2 did 3 it
2 did 11 to
11 to 14 ,
14 , 19 ,
19 , 21 was
20 he 21 was
21 was 24 father
22 a 23 second
23 second 24 father

his own heart laughed [:] [and] [that] [was] [quite] [enough] [for] [him] [.] 
1 his 2 own
1 his 3 heart
3 heart 4 laughed

may that be truly [said] of us , and all of us [!] 
1 may 2 that
1 may 3 be
3 be 4 truly
3 be 6 of
6 of 9 and
7 us 9 and
8 , 9 and
9 and 10 all
9 and 11 of
11 of 12 us

and [so] , as [tiny] [tim] [observed] [,] [god] [bless] [us] [,] [every] [one] [!] 
1 and 3 ,
3 , 4 as

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