Both Uses of
gratification
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- The poetry of motion is a phrase much in use, and to enjoy the epic form of that gratification it is necessary to stand on a hill at a small hour of the night, and, having first expanded with a sense of difference from the mass of civilised mankind, who are dreamwrapt and disregardful of all such proceedings at this time, long and quietly watch your stately progress through the stars.†
Chpt 1-3
- I am too gratified to get such a mark of your friendship at any price to cavil at the tone.†
Chpt 25-27 *
Definition:
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(gratification) great satisfaction (pleasure)