gratify [r鎡ifai] v. 使高興；使滿意滿足（願望、需要等）
It gratified him to think that it was all his work.
想到這都是他的工作成果，他感到十分欣慰。
merchant [m：tnt] n. 商人；批發商；（尤指）進出口批發
Venice was once a city of rich merchants.
威尼斯曾是富商雲集的城市。
由此可見，他不僅向我伸出了魔掌，還包括我的朋友。
不過，我願意以寬容來結束此信。
但願您千萬別再讓我改變（哪怕是任何一條）對您的人品業已形成的觀點和看法。
Where I am confined by want of health.
confined by：局限
That you were a lady adorned with all perfection.
adorn with：裝飾著
威廉·華茲華斯致托馬斯·昆西
William Wordsworth to Thomas Quincey
威廉·華茲華斯（1770－1850），英國浪漫主義詩歌的奠基人之一，“湖畔派”詩人代表。他曾和柯勒律治、騷塞在英國西北山地的湖區居住，故被合稱為“湖畔詩人”。1789年他與柯勒律治聯名出版了《抒情歌謠集》，其清新自然的格調和明快流暢的語言，開創了英國浪漫主義詩歌的一代新風。1843年被授予“桂冠詩人”稱號。其詩作大都歌詠湖光山色、田園風光，語言樸素清新，感情自然真摯，風格寧靜幽遠。代表作品有長詩《序曲》、《遠遊》，組詩《露西》等。
Dear Sir，
Your Letter dated May 3 (owing I presume to the remissness of Messeurs Longman and Rees in forwarding it) I did not receive till the day before yesterday. I am much concerned at this as though I am sure you would not suppose me capable of neglecting such a Letter， yet still my silence must needs have caused you some uneasiness.
It is impossible not to be pleased when one is told that one has， given so much pleasure， and It is to me a still higher gratification to find that my poems have impressed a stranger with such favorable ideas of my character as a man. Having said this which is easily said I find some difficulty in replying more particularly to your Letter.