Both Uses of
paralysis
in
The Prince and The Pauper
- He did not even struggle, so paralysed was he with the mere thought of the monstrous outrage that was proposed to be inflicted upon his sacred person.†
Chpt 28unconventional spelling: This is the British spelling. Americans spell it paralyzed.
- The hands were withheld; a paralysis fell upon the house; no one moved, no one spoke; indeed, no one knew how to act or what to say, in so strange and surprising an emergency.†
Chpt 32 *
Definition:
loss of the ability to move the body or a part of it
or:
inability to act or make a decision
or:
inability to act or make a decision