“ Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. ”
Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol (1843). copy citation
| Author | Charles Dickens |
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| Source | A Christmas Carol |
| Topic | laugh |
| Date | 1843 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | https://www.gutenberg.org/files/46/46-h/46-h.htm |
Context
“«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. Ha ha ha!»
Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!
«I don't know what day of the month it is!» said Scrooge. «I don't know how long I've been among the Spirits. I don't know anything. I'm quite a baby.” source
Really, for a man who had been out of practice for so many years, it was a splendid laugh, a most illustrious laugh. The father of a long, long line of brilliant laughs!
«I don't know what day of the month it is!» said Scrooge. «I don't know how long I've been among the Spirits. I don't know anything. I'm quite a baby.” source
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