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Fariba_sabok Posted 14 years ago
Essay & Composition Writing
Can you tell me the meanings of "artery, life-blood and throbbing" in this context?
Hi. Can you help me with this sentence of "the ambitious guest"? and what's the meaning of artery here? "The romantic pass of the Notch is a great artery, through which the life-blood of internal commerce is continually throbbing between Maine, on one side, and the Green Mountains and the shores of the St. Lawrence, on the other." and this is the paragraph of the story: The daughter had just uttered some simple jest that filled them all with mirth, when the wind came through the Notch and seemed to pause before their cottage--rattling the door, with a sound of wailing and lamentation, before it passed into the valley. For a moment it saddened them, though there was nothing unusual in the tones. But the family were glad again when they perceived that the latch was lifted by some traveller, whose footsteps had been unheard amid the dreary blast which heralded his approach, and wailed as he was entering, and went moaning away from the door.Though they dwelt in such a solitude, these people held daily converse with the world. The romantic pass of the Notch is a great artery, through which the life-blood of internal commerce is continually throbbing between Maine, on one side, and the Green Mountains and the shores of the St. Lawrence, on the other.
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Artery used here is somewhat of a metaphor. An artery is a major highway, river, or lines that carries a lot of traffic (trucks, cars, ships, barges, trains, etc). Trading and shipping of products and raw materials is the "life-blood" of an economy.
- Artery used here is somewhat of a metaphor.
- An artery is a major highway, river, or lines that carries a lot of traffic (trucks, cars, ships, barges, trains, etc).
- Trading and shipping of products and raw materials is the "life-blood" of an economy.
- It is what keeps an economy healthy and growing.
- The metaphor is like the major blood vessels in animals that keep them healthy.
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Artery used here is somewhat of a metaphor.
An artery is a major highway, river, or lines that carries a lot of traffic (trucks, cars, ships, barges, trains, etc).
Trading and shipping of products and raw materials is the "life-blood" of an economy. It is what keeps an economy healthy and growing.
The metaphor is like the major blood vessels in animals that keep them healthy
An artery is a major highway, river, or lines that carries a lot of traffic (trucks, cars, ships, barges, trains, etc).
Trading and shipping of products and raw materials is the "life-blood" of an economy. It is what keeps an economy healthy and growing.
The metaphor is like the major blood vessels in animals that keep them healthy
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Crawford Notch is the steep and narrow gorge of the Saco River in the White Mountains of the US state of New Hampshire.To early settlers, crossing through this gorge was the easiest and least dangerous way to get from New Hampshire and Maine through to the Green mountains and the Saint Lawrence river on the other side. The Saint Lawrence is a large river with access to the Atlantic ocean an
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You're welcome farbia - I am so sorry the image did not display as I had wished. Here is the link: http://www.nga.gov/education/classroom/19th_century_america/art_crawfordnotch.shtm
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