ACC Quotation Longlist

Marley's … friend and sole …

Marley's sole friend and sole mourner, Scrooge, Stave 1

he was an … man of … on the very day …

he was an excellent man of business on the very day of the funeral, Scrooge, Stave 1

tight-fisted … at the …

tight-fisted hand at the grindstone, Scrooge, Stave 1

… clutching, covetous … sinner

scraping, clutching, covetous old sinner, Scrooge, Stave 1

hard and … as flint, solitary as …

hard and sharp as flint / solitary as an oyster, Scrooge, Stave 1

warning all … sympathy to keep … distance

warning all human sympathy to keep its distance, Scrooge, Stave 1

every idiot who goes around with … on his lips should be … with his own pudding

every idiot who goes around with ‘Merry Christmas’ on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, Scrooge, Stave 1

if they would rather … they had better do it and decrease …

if they would rather die… they had better do it and decrease the surplus population, Scrooge, Stave 1

incessant … of remorse

incessant torture of remorse, Marley, Stave 1

I wear the … I forged …

I wear the chain I forged in life, Marley, Stave 1

It is enough for a man to … his own business, and not to … with other people's

It is enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's, Scrooge, Stave 1

The common welfare was … charity, mercy, forbearance and …

The common welfare was my business… charity, mercy, forbearance and benevolence were my business, Marley, Stave 1

a good … kind, forgiving, … pleasant …

a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time, Fred, Stave 1

There are many things from which I might have … good, by which I have not …

There are many things from which I might have derived good, by which I have not profited, Fred, Stave 1

from the … of its head sprung a bright … of light

from the crown of its head sprung a bright clear jet of light, Ghost of Christmas Past, Stave 2

uncommon … delicately …

uncommon strength / delicately formed, Ghost of Christmas Past, Stave 2

a solitary … neglected by his … wept to see his poor … self

a solitary child, neglected by his friends… wept to see his poor forgotten self, Scrooge, Stave 2

Always a … creature but she had a large …

Always a delicate creature… but she had a large heart, Fan, Stave 2

I have come to … you home, dear …

I have come to bring you home, dear brother, Fan, Stave 2

laughed all … himself, from his shoes to his organ of …

laughed all over himself, from his shoes to his organ of benevolence, Fezziwig, Stave 2

His power lies in … and looks… the … he gives is quite as great as if it cost a …

His power lies in words and looks… The happiness he gives is quite as great as if it cost a fortune, Fezziwig, Stave 2

another … has displaced me… a … one

another idol has displaced me… a golden one, Belle, Stave 2

a fair … girl in a mourning … in whose eyes were …

a fair young girl in a mourning dress, in whose eyes were tears, Belle, Stave 2

there is nothing on which it … is so hard as …

there is nothing on which it [the world] is so hard as poverty, Scrooge, Stave 2

Our … is an old one. It was made when we were both … and content to be …

Our contract is an old one. It was made when we were both poor, and content to be so, Belle, Stave 2

if you have … to teach me, let me … from it

if you have aught to teach me, let me profit from it, Scrooge, Stave 3

his own kind, … hearty nature, and his … with all poor men

his own kind, generous, hearty nature, and his sympathy with all poor men, Ghost of Christmas Present, Stave 3

Are there no …? Are there no …?

Are there no prisons?… Are there no workhouses?, Ghost of Christmas Present, Stave 3

even here, a … company assembled round a glowing …

even here… a cheerful company assembled round a glowing fire, Miners, Stave 3

brave in …

brave in ribbons, Mrs Cratchit, Stave 3

threadbare … darned up and … to look seasonable

threadbare clothes darned up and brushed to look seasonable, Bob Cratchit, Stave 3

happy, … pleased with one …

happy, grateful, pleased with one another, The Cratchits, Stave 3

nobody said or thought it was at all a … pudding… it would have been …

nobody said or thought it was at all a small pudding… it would have been flat heresy, The Cratchits, Stave 3

his … carry their own punishment, and I have … to say against him

his offences carry their own punishment, and I have nothing to say against him, Fred, Stave 3

he … like a boy to be allowed to …

he begged like a boy to be allowed to stay, Scrooge, Stave 3

When this … of music sounded… he thought that if he could have … to it often, years ago, he might have cultivated the … of life

When this strain of music sounded… he thought that if he could have listened to it often, years ago, he might have cultivated the kindness of life, Scrooge, Stave 3

two … wretched, abject, … hideous, miserable… yellow, meagre, … scowling, …

two children; wretched, abject, frightful, hideous, miserable… yellow, meagre, ragged, scowling, wolfish, Ignorance & Want, Stave 3

They are …

They are man’s, Ignorance & Want, Stave 3

The … slowly, gravely, silently …

The Phantom slowly, gravely, silently approached, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come, Stave 4

resolved to … up every word he …

resolved to treasure up every word he heard, Scrooge, Stave 4

I … you more than any spectre I have … but I hope to live to be …

I fear you more than any spectre I have seen. But as I know your purpose is to do me good, and as I hope to live to be another man from what I was, I am prepared to bear your company and do it with a thankful heart, Scrooge, Stave 4

I am not the … I was… assure me that I yet may … these shadows by an … life

I am not the man I was… Assure me that I yet may change these shadows you have shown me by an altered life, Scrooge, Stave 4

I will … Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the … I will not shut out the … they teach

I will honour Christmas in my heart and try to keep it all the year. I will not shut out the lessons they teach, Scrooge, Stave 4

I'll … to assist your struggling …

I'll endeavour to assist your struggling family, Scrooge, Stave 5

To Tiny Tim, who did not …, he was a second …

To Tiny Tim, who did not die, he was a second father, Scrooge, Stave 5

found that … could yield him …

found that everything could yield him pleasure, Scrooge, Stave 5

I am as … as a feather, as … as an angel, as merry as a …

I am as light as a feather, I am as happy as an angel, I am as merry as a schoolboy, I am as giddy as a drunken man, Scrooge, Stave 5

a splendid … a most illustrious … the father of a long, long line of brilliant …

a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs, Scrooge, Stave 5

I am quite a … I'd rather be a …

I am quite a baby… I'd rather be a baby, Scrooge, Stave 5