All 3 Uses of
paralysis
in
Bleak House
- The cousins, even those older cousins who were paralysed when Sir Leicester married her, do her feudal homage; and the Honourable Bob Stables daily repeats to some chosen person between breakfast and lunch his favourite original remark, that she is the best-groomed woman in the whole stud.†
Chpt 28-30
- It happens surely that every one who comes into the darkened room and looks at these things looks up at the Roman and that he is invested in all eyes with mystery and awe, as if he were a paralysed dumb witness.†
Chpt 46-48
- Sir Leicester Dedlock, Baronet, has had a fit—apoplexy or paralysis—and couldn't be brought to, and precious time has been lost.†
Chpt 55-57 *
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