Both Uses of
yearn
in
A Tale of Two Cities
- He once yearned so frightfully for that occupation, and it was so welcome when it came; no doubt it relieved his pain so much, by substituting the perplexity of the fingers for the perplexity of the brain, and by substituting, as he became more practised, the ingenuity of the hands, for the ingenuity of the mental torture; that he has never been able to bear the thought of putting it quite out of his reach.†
Chpt 2.19yearned = strongly desired
- "No, father," said Lucie, yearning and weeping as she kissed her hand, "no."†
Chpt 3.5 *yearning = strongly desiring; or a strong desire
Definition:
have a strong desire -- often for something difficult or impossible to have