 | Harvey Reeves Calkins - 1914 - 376 pages
...THE PROGRAM OF STEWARDSHIP " 'BUT you were always a good man of business, Jacob,' faltered Scrooge. " 'Business !' cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again....water in the comprehensive ocean of my business.' It held up its chain at arm's length, as if that were the cause of all its unavailing grief, and flung... | |
 | Sister Mary Domitilla - 1916 - 384 pages
...faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing his hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common...forbearance, and benevolence, were all my business." Scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the specter going on at this rate, and began to quake exceedingly.... | |
 | Charles Alphonso Smith - 1916 - 312 pages
...good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. " Business l " cried the ghost, wringing its hands again. " Mankind...welfare was my business ; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive... | |
 | Bertram Waldrom Matz - 1917 - 414 pages
...I ! Oh ! such was I. SCROOGE. — But you were always a good man of business. GHOST. — Business ! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my...benevolence were all my business. The dealings of any trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business ! At this time of the... | |
 | William Iler Crane, William Henry Wheeler - 1919 - 458 pages
...always a good man of business, 2s Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. benevolence, were all my business. The dealings of...water in the comprehensive ocean of my business." Scrooge was very much dismayed to hear the specter going on at this rate, and began to quake exceedingly.... | |
 | Robert Howie Fisher - 1919 - 328 pages
...Christmas Books. " Business ! " cried the Ghost, " mankind was my business, the common welfare was my business ; the dealings of my trade were but a...water in the comprehensive ocean of my business." If a man does not learn that sooner, he learns it when he comes to die. But our Lord meant that he... | |
 | William Harris Elson, Christine M. Keck - 1920 - 668 pages
...were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again,...charity, mercy, forbearance, and benevolence were all my busi15 ness. The dealings of my trade were but a drop of water in the comprehensive ocean of my business!"... | |
 | Israel Horovitz - 1979 - 60 pages
...man of business, Jacob. MARLEY. (Screams word "business"; a flashpot explodes with him.) BL'SLVESS!!! Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance, benevolence, were, all, my business. (Scrooge is quaking.) Hear me, Ebenezer Scrooge! My time is nearly... | |
 | Charles Dickens, Patrick M. Clepper - 1985 - 44 pages
...opportunity misused. Yet such was I! SCROOGE. But you were a good businesswoman. MARLEY. Business! Humanity was my business. The common welfare was my business....forbearance, and benevolence were all my business. But I paid no attention to that business. (Groaning.) Oh, at this time of year I suffer most. Why did... | |
 | Pope John Paul I - 2001 - 292 pages
...the ghost of his dead partner Marley, he hears the spirit's sad lament: 'Business!' cries the ghost. 'Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forebearance, and benevolence were all my business. . . . Why did I walk through crowds of fellow-beings... | |
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But you were always a good man of business, Jacob," faltered Scrooge, who now began to apply this to himself. "Business!" cried the Ghost, wringing its hands again. "Mankind was my business. The common welfare was my business; charity, mercy, forbearance,... 
