Both Uses of
gratification
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- "I am highly gratified," said Mr. Lorry, "though, upon my honour, I had no intention of rendering those trifling articles of remembrance invisible to any one.†
Chpt 2.18gratified = gave or received what was desired; or pleased
- Then, began one of those extraordinary scenes with which the populace sometimes gratified their fickleness, or their better impulses towards generosity and mercy, or which they regarded as some set-off against their swollen account of cruel rage.†
Chpt 3.6 *
Definition:
great satisfaction (pleasure)