Both Uses of
sustenance
in
Frankenstein - 1831 version
- Beaufort had saved but a very small sum of money from the wreck of his fortunes, but it was sufficient to provide him with sustenance for some months, and in the meantime he hoped to procure some respectable employment in a merchant's house.†
p. 34.1 *
- I had first, however, provided for my sustenance for that day by a loaf of coarse bread, which I purloined, and a cup with which I could drink more conveniently than from my hand of the pure water which flowed by my retreat.†
p. 109.7
Definition:
food or something else that supports or strengthens the body or spirit; or the support provided