Both Uses of
paralysis
in
Don Quixote
- Such was the din of the bells and the squalling of the cats, that though the duke and duchess were the contrivers of the joke they were startled by it, while Don Quixote stood paralysed with fear; and as luck would have it, two or three of the cats made their way in through the grating of his chamber, and flying from one side to the other, made it seem as if there was a legion of devils at large in it.†
Chpt 2.45-46
- This thought blunts my teeth, paralyses my jaws, cramps my hands, and robs me of all appetite for food; so much so that I have a mind to let myself die of hunger, the cruelest death of all deaths.†
Chpt 2.59-50 *
Definition:
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(paralysis) loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision