Both Uses of
infirm
in
The Idiot
- 'Most learned judge!' said he, 'picture this unhappy man, crippled by age and infirmities, who gains his living by honourable toil—picture him, I repeat, robbed of his all, of his last mouthful; remember, I entreat you, the words of that learned legislator, "Let mercy and justice alike rule the courts of law."†
Chpt 2.2 *infirmities = weaknesses from old age or disease
- Well, prince, to do you justice, you certainly know how to make the most of your—let us call it infirmity, for the sake of politeness; you have set about offering your money and friendship in such a way that no self-respecting man could possibly accept them.†
Chpt 2.9infirmity = weakness from old age or disease
Definition:
weak from old age or disease