Both Uses of
sustain
in
Mansfield Park
- The young people were all at home, and sustained their share in the introduction very well, with much good humour, and no embarrassment, at least on the part of the sons, who, at seventeen and sixteen, and tall of their age, had all the grandeur of men in the eyes of their little cousin.
Chpt 2sustained = held up (provided support)
- A day, and a very early day, was actually fixed for the Crawfords' departure; and Sir Thomas thought it might be as well to make one more effort for the young man before he left Mansfield, that all his professions and vows of unshaken attachment might have as much hope to sustain them as possible.
Chpt 35 *sustain = support
Definition:
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(sustain as in: sustained by her faith) provide support or necessities