Both Uses of
refuge
in
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
- In almshouse, hospital, and jail, in misery's every refuge, where vain man in his little brief authority had not made fast the door, and barred the Spirit out, he left his blessing, and taught Scrooge his precepts.†
p. 88.8
- "Have they no refuge or resource?" cried Scrooge.†
p. 90.9 *
Definition:
something giving protection or comfort -- especially a safe place