...privilege of shaking theirs. Was there ever a better charity sermon preached in the world than Dickens's " Christmas Carol " ? I believe it occasioned immense...Christmas-time ; caused a wonderful outpouring of Christmas good feeling ; of Christmas punch brewing ; an awful slaughter of Christmas turkeys, and roasting and...

...for sermonizing. Humorists are "weekday preachers"; Mr. Punch himself "preaches from his booth"; and "Was there ever a better charity sermon preached in the world than Dickens' 'Christmas Carol'?" Thackeray's tone sounds forced whenever he speaks of Dickens, and he must surely do so on this occasion:...

...stories for the Christmas season, surrendered the field to his rival in the 1840s for that reason.71 "Was there ever a better charity sermon preached in the world than . . . Christmas CarolT' he asked. "I believe it occasioned immense hospitality throughout England,...

...& women. The atmosphere in wh. <25>30 [fol.] these people live is wholesome to breathe in, you feel that to be allowed to speak to them is a personal...for your contact with them, your hands seem cleaner f<or>m having the privilege of shaking theirs. Was there ever a better Charity Sermon preached in the...

...good men and women. , Tin atmosphere in which these people live is wholesome to breathe in ; you feel that to be allowed to speak to them is a personal...privilege of shaking theirs. Was there ever a better charity-sermon preached in the world than Dickens's Christmas Carol 1 I believe it occasioned immense...