Both Uses of
subsist
in
Middlemarch
- He was quite aware of this; indeed in some respects he was rather afraid of this ingenuous wife, whose imitative piety and native worldliness were equally sincere, who had nothing to be ashamed of, and whom he had married out of a thorough inclination still subsisting.†
Chpt 6 *
- I shall therefore, in case of my ultimate decision to leave Middlemarch, consider that I withdraw other support to the New Hospital than that which will subsist in the fact that I chiefly supplied the expenses of building it, and have contributed further large sums to its successful working.†
Chpt 7
Definition:
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(subsist) to survive -- especially without being able to manage comforts or luxuries