The Only Use of
sustenance
in
The Scarlet Letter
- To say the truth, there was much need of professional assistance, not merely for Hester herself, but still more urgently for the child—who, drawing its sustenance from the maternal bosom, seemed to have drank in with it all the turmoil, the anguish and despair, which pervaded the mother's system.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(sustenance) food or something else that supports or strengthens the body or spirit; or the support provided