Both Uses of
pertinacious
in
Don Quixote
- The distressed damsel strove with much pertinacity to kiss his hands; but Don Quixote, who was in all things a polished and courteous knight, would by no means allow it, but made her rise and embraced her with great courtesy and politeness, and ordered Sancho to look to Rocinante's girths, and to arm him without a moment's delay.†
Chpt 1.29-30 *pertinacity = persistent determination (unyielding stubbornness)
- Both father and son were amazed afresh at the strange medley Don Quixote talked, at one moment sense, at another nonsense, and at the pertinacity and persistence he displayed in going through thick and thin in quest of his unlucky adventures, which he made the end and aim of his desires.†
Chpt 2.17-18
Definition:
stubbornly unyielding