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1  He knew these men, also, perfectly.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
2  He knew no more, for the Spirit neither spoke nor moved.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
3  Scrooge knew the men, and looked towards the Spirit for an explanation.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
4  The Ghost stopped at a certain warehouse door, and asked Scrooge if he knew it.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 2 THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
5  We knew pretty well that we were helping ourselves before we met here, I believe.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS
6  The jocund travellers came on; and as they came, Scrooge knew and named them every one.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 2 THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
7  The yard was so dark that even Scrooge, who knew its every stone, was fain to grope with his hands.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 1 MARLEY'S GHOST
8  Scrooge knew this by the smart sound its teeth made when the jaws were brought together by the bandage.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 1 MARLEY'S GHOST
9  My opinion is, that it was a done thing between him and Scrooge's nephew; and that the Ghost of Christmas Present knew it.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 3 THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS
10  He became as good a friend, as good a master, and as good a man as the good old City knew, or any other good old city, town, or borough in the good old world.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 5 THE END OF IT
11  He only knew that it was quite correct: that everything had happened so; that there he was, alone again, when all the other boys had gone home for the jolly holidays.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 2 THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
12  The panels shrunk, the windows cracked; fragments of plaster fell out of the ceiling, and the naked laths were shown instead; but how all this was brought about Scrooge knew no more than you do.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 2 THE FIRST OF THE THREE SPIRITS
13  He had no further intercourse with Spirits, but lived upon the Total-Abstinence Principle ever afterwards; and it was always said of him that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 5 THE END OF IT
14  For they were a musical family, and knew what they were about when they sung a Glee or Catch, I can assure you: especially Topper, who could growl away in the bass like a good one, and never swell the large veins in his forehead, or get red in the face over it.
A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens
ContextHighlight   In 3 THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS