External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth coul…

Charles Dickens
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External heat and cold had little influence on Scrooge. No warmth could warm, no wintry weather chill him. No wind that blew was bitterer than he, no falling snow was more intent upon its purpose, no pelting rain less open to entreaty. ✨ Charles Dickens (1858). A Christmas Carol, p.3
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