Upon reaching his quarters, the latter invited us to recline on the mattresses which had been provided for us by old Caesar.
Chairs and divans are none too plentiful, even in the homes of the cultured rich, the people in general preferring to recline or to sit Turk-fashion upon mats or mattresses laid along the floor.
Every one wants if possible to recline in the shade of the tree planted by genius, and to escape the dreadful necessity of working for him, so that his procreation may be made possible.
If you insist upon having that place among the trees, grant us at least the permission to recline there also.
Pardon me if I seat myself first; I find it more comfortable to sit than to stand, to recline than to sit.
To lean or incline; as, to recline against a wall.
They sat, recline On the soft downy bank, damasked with flowers.
To assume, or to be in, a recumbent position; as, to recline on a couch.
The old men, of whom there were many in the vale, seldom stirred from their mats, where they would recline for hours and hours, smoking and talking to one another with all the garrulity of age.
Here would they slumber through the hours of the night, and recline luxuriously during the greater part of the day.
Her husband looked up from the recline seat where he was still lying, and winked at his sons.
I still don't like the idea," Mrs. Carver said as the four made themselves as comfortable as possible in the recline seats before Jon turned on more acceleration.
Carefully he administered the dosage of nutrients to the other three, then lay down on his recline seat and gave himself his own dose.
His father silently motioned him to set the seat back to full recline and lay there, concentrating, for some time before he spoke.
Mrs. Carver looked up apathetically from the recline seat where she had been sitting, worrying, during the several hours the boys had been in the control room.
There they sat her down in her favorite recline seat.
Mr. Carver reached out from his recline seat to lay a hand soothingly on his wife's.
Mother has already dropped off," Jak said softly, glancing toward the recline seat in which she lay.
There was something stiff and unnatural about the man's body, too, lying there on the deck beside his recline seat.
My overpowered spirit will recline Upon thy inmost heart, till it become, O sinless seraph!
It is evening, and two persons recline in the cool shade on the summit of Mount Anchesmus, near the temple of Jupiter.
But the mothers would recline under the boughs of the opposite forest, and feed their children with soft, cooling fruits of the orange-tree.
And even the poorest in Israel must not eat till he can recline at ease, and they must not withhold from him the four cups of wine, even though he receives the weekly alms.
And at the first meal(382) after a funeral, all the people recline on the ground, and he sits on a stool.
And at the first meal after a funeral, all the people recline on the ground, and he sits on a sofa.
The school of Shammai say that in the evening all men are to recline when they recite the Shemah; and in the morning they are to stand up; for it is said, “when thou liest down and when thou risest up.
To his work without flinching the accoucheur comes, I see the elder-hand pressing receiving supporting, I recline by the sills of the exquisite flexible doors, And mark the outlet, and mark the relief and escape.
The King will come out and say: "Welcome to the palace; bathe in these waters, recline on these banks.
When we would rest our bodies we cease to support them; we recline on the lap of earth.
So, when we would rest our spirits, we must recline on the Great Spirit.
Thousands are the supports required For the stem of the sago-palm to recline upon; [606] Though it be thousands I would accept the debt So I be betrothed to Somebody's daughter.
Custom, which is stronger than law, forces the patient to recline upon this couch two or three times in the course of the day, and to remain upon it each time for an hour or two.
But through her brain of weal and woe So many thoughts moved to and fro, That vain it were her lids to close; So half-way from the bed she rose, And on her elbow did recline To look at the lady Geraldine.
There two or three persons may sit or recline upon the canvas, and talk over their secrets without much risk of being overheard.
In Rome it was the custom to recline at banquets, but at home Lygia occupied a place between Pomponia and little Aulus.
In fact, at Nerva's feast Cæsar himself asked that Petronius recline opposite, for he wished to speak with the arbiter about Achæa and the cities in which he might appear with hopes of the greatest success.
S: He said: This is my staff: I reclineon it and I beat the leaves with it to make them fall upon my sheep, and I have other uses for it.
Y: For them will be Gardens of Eternity; beneath them rivers will flow; they will be adorned therein with bracelets of gold, and they will wear green garments of fine silk and heavy brocade: They will recline therein on raised thrones.
Y: They will recline on Carpets, whose inner linings will be of rich brocade: the Fruit of the Gardens will be near (and easy of reach).
Some of these logs were so soft and mossy that one could sit or recline upon them as upon a sofa.
Recline so that the upper part of the body almost touches the mat, at the same time swinging the legs upward.
Next time when you have one of your annoying headaches, recline comfortably in a chair or on a couch, relax completely and then Will the blood to flow away from the brain in order to relieve the congestion and the attendant pain.
He selects his place for the encampment in the first opening adjoining the clearing, as it commands a noble view of the harbour, and there is grass enough to recline upon.
