“ the wisdom of our ancestors is in the simile ”
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
|---|---|
| Source | A Christmas Carol |
| Topic | wisdom simile |
| Date | 1843 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm |
Context
“I don't mean to say that I know, of my own knowledge, what there is particularly dead about a door-nail. I might have been inclined, myself, to regard a coffin-nail as the deadest piece of ironmongery in the 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. You will therefore permit me to repeat, emphatically, that Marley was as dead as a door-nail.
Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years.” source
Scrooge knew he was dead? Of course he did. How could it be otherwise? Scrooge and he were partners for I don't know how many years.” source
Meaning and analysis
