Both Uses of
impediment
in
Middlemarch
- Partly it was the reception of his own artistic production that tickled him; partly the notion of his grave cousin as the lover of that girl; and partly Mr. Brooke's definition of the place he might have held but for the impediment of indolence.†
Chpt 1
- He had two selves within him apparently, and they must learn to accommodate each other and bear reciprocal impediments.†
Chpt 2 *impediments = things that interfere with action or progress
Definition:
something that interferes with action or progress