All 15 Uses of
gratification
in
Jane Eyre
- We feasted that evening as on nectar and ambrosia; and not the least delight of the entertainment was the smile of gratification with which our hostess regarded us, as we satisfied our famished appetites on the delicate fare she liberally supplied.†
Chpt 8
- Some years older than I, she knew more of the world, and could tell me many things I liked to hear: with her my curiosity found gratification: to my faults also she gave ample indulgence, never imposing curb or rein on anything I said.†
Chpt 9
- I smiled at Bessie's frank answer: I felt that it was correct, but I confess I was not quite indifferent to its import: at eighteen most people wish to please, and the conviction that they have not an exterior likely to second that desire brings anything but gratification.†
Chpt 10
- She was gratified: there it stood, a little carton, on the table when we entered the dining-room.†
Chpt 14 *
- So happy, so gratified did I become with this new interest added to life, that I ceased to pine after kindred: my thin crescent-destiny seemed to enlarge; the blanks of existence were filled up; my bodily health improved; I gathered flesh and strength.†
Chpt 15
- My whim is gratified; and now I think Mr. Eshton will do well to put the hag in the stocks to-morrow morning, as he threatened.†
Chpt 18
- "Oh, I will go by all means," I answered: and I was glad of the unexpected opportunity to gratify my much-excited curiosity.†
Chpt 18
- Well then, sir, have the goodness to gratify my curiosity, which is much piqued on one point.†
Chpt 24
- I was an intellectual epicure, and wished to prolong the gratification of making this novel and piquant acquaintance: besides, I was for a while troubled with a haunting fear that if I handled the flower freely its bloom would fade — the sweet charm of freshness would leave it.†
Chpt 27
- He now smiled: and not a bitter or a sad smile, but one well pleased and deeply gratified.†
Chpt 30
- In a few months, it is possible, the happiness of seeing progress, and a change for the better in my scholars may substitute gratification for disgust.†
Chpt 31
- Of course these objections wrought my eagerness to a climax: gratified it must be, and that without delay; and I told him so.†
Chpt 33
- Deep was my gratification to find I had really a place in their unsophisticated hearts: I promised them that never a week should pass in future that I did not visit them, and give them an hour's teaching in their school.†
Chpt 34
- They were delighted with the renovation and decorations of their rooms; with the new drapery, and fresh carpets, and rich tinted china vases: they expressed their gratification ungrudgingly.†
Chpt 34
- Both by nature and principle, he was superior to the mean gratification of vengeance: he had forgiven me for saying I scorned him and his love, but he had not forgotten the words; and as long as he and I lived he never would forget them.†
Chpt 35
Definition:
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(gratification) great satisfaction (pleasure)