1 I always give too much to ladies.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 2 "I have none to give," the Ghost replied.
3 Come back with the man, and I'll give you a shilling.
4 He had never dreamed that any walk--that anything--could give him so much happiness.
5 The Spirit paused a moment, as observing his condition, and giving him time to recover.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 6 I mean to give him the same chance every year, whether he likes it or not, for I pity him.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 3 THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS 7 'If I can be of service to you in any way,' he said, giving me his card, 'that's where I live.'
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 8 Go and buy it, and tell 'em to bring it here, that I may give them the directions where to take it.'
9 That's your account," said Joe, "and I wouldn't give another sixpence, if I was to be boiled for not doing it.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 10 For he had an expectation that the conduct of his future self would give him the clue he missed, and would render the solution of these riddles easy.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 11 They were severally examined and appraised by old Joe, who chalked the sums he was disposed to give for each upon the wall, and added them up into a total when he found that there was nothing more to come.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 4 THE LAST OF THE SPIRITS 12 But, if you had judged from the numbers of people on their way to friendly gatherings, you might have thought that no one was at home to give them welcome when they got there, instead of every house expecting company, and piling up its fires half-chimney high.
A Christmas Carol By Charles DickensContextHighlight In 3 THE SECOND OF THE THREE SPIRITS