gratify [r鎡ifai] v. 使高兴；使满意满足（愿望、需要等）
It gratified him to think that it was all his work.
想到这都是他的工作成果，他感到十分欣慰。
merchant [m：tnt] n. 商人；批发商；（尤指）进出口批发
Venice was once a city of rich merchants.
威尼斯曾是富商云集的城市。
由此可见，他不仅向我伸出了魔掌，还包括我的朋友。
不过，我愿意以宽容来结束此信。
但愿您千万别再让我改变（哪怕是任何一条）对您的人品业已形成的观点和看法。
Where I am confined by want of health.
confined by：局限
That you were a lady adorned with all perfection.
adorn with：装饰着
威廉·华兹华斯致托马斯·昆西
William Wordsworth to Thomas Quincey
威廉·华兹华斯（1770－1850），英国浪漫主义诗歌的奠基人之一，“湖畔派”诗人代表。他曾和柯勒律治、骚塞在英国西北山地的湖区居住，故被合称为“湖畔诗人”。1789年他与柯勒律治联名出版了《抒情歌谣集》，其清新自然的格调和明快流畅的语言，开创了英国浪漫主义诗歌的一代新风。1843年被授予“桂冠诗人”称号。其诗作大都歌咏湖光山色、田园风光，语言朴素清新，感情自然真挚，风格宁静幽远。代表作品有长诗《序曲》、《远游》，组诗《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.