that's tuff because ether answer won't make sense
Answer:
(1) 'cried Scrooge' - the verb 'cried' is lively and shows that Scrooge is excited. (2) 'making a perfect Laocoön of himself' - Dickens is referring to a famous statue of a man in agony. He means that Scrooge is struggling with his stockings.
Explanation:
Itself, himself is the answer i think
I believe the answer is 'tobacco' - that commodity drove the new global economy in the late 18th century.