I have scarcely remained in one posture for a minute together.It has been with the utmost difficulty that I have been able to command myself far enough to add a few pages to my story....
It plunges into the cell, leaving no part of itself outside but its wide hind quarters, with the red dots of the two breathing tubes.It remains in this posture for some time, occupied with its work at the bottom of the cell.Meanwhile, the wasps present do not interfere, remain impassive, showing that the grub visited is in no peril....
The girls were already kneeling together on the left side.They never changed their posture for more than four hours; they wept, but made no noise.The boys stood at the foot of the bed, deeply moved, but calm and self-possessed....
For a thousand more years they lived on air and meditated.They stood on their heads and meditated in this posture for yet another thousand years....
A guitar player learns how to strum and pluck strings; players of wind instruments learn about breath control and embouchure, and singers learn how to make the most of their vocal cords without hurting the throat or vocal cords.Teachers also show students how to achieve the correct posture for most efficient playing results.For all instruments, the best way to move the fingers and arms to achieve a desired effect is to learn to play with the least tension in your hands and body....
It was the same day, I think, that one of the boats was seen to be getting up steam, and shortly afterward she paddled out from the island, and came directly toward Virgin Bay.Things were quickly put in posture for a fight.The neutral residents, who had returned from San Juan, again set out over the Transit road....
For his various characters, the actor assumed a different posture for each persona.As the conquistador, Jackman was upright and forward-leaning to evoke an unstoppable nature....
"Sure, Fardorougha, the world won't be as much in your heart now, nor your temper so dark as it was."He made no reply; but, placing his other hand over his eyes, he sat in that posture for some minutes.On raising his head the tears were running as if involuntarily down his cheeks....
He instead prefers to deflect the praise he receives to the players, athletic department, and his mentors.He has not been known to posture for more money, or to leak his name for open coaching positions.He has been described as humble, modest, and not "about the money"....
Several thousand prisoners were under the same sentence, standing in rows around the room; they had their names written upon their foreheads, but none of them were allowed to speak.We all remained in this silent, inactive posture for some years.Now and then a stranger was admitted to see us: these generally wondered at our number, beauty, and the order in which we stood; but our young jailor would never allow a person to touch us, or take us from our cell....
The one dread of Maliwe's life was the rivalry of a rich suitor.Maliwe bent his head over his knees, and remained in this posture for a few minutes.He then stood up suddenly and strode out of the hut....
But if she cannot do this, then also the woman must rock herself until the child is in a more convenient posture for delivery.Sometimes it happens that the child presses forward with one arm extended on its thighs, and the other raised over its head, and the feet stretched out at length in the womb....
An 1884 amendment to the Act mandated education for Indian children, to bring them to read and write English.A defensive posture for those who wished to remain of Indian status was therefore to remain illiterate.The Canadian Indian residential school system can be seen as an attempt to force Indians off their lands, and one can readily envision the trouble between residential school teachers and their students, for which on 11 June 2008 the government of Canada apologized....
Although the opium habit was broken, it was only to leave me in a condition of much feebleness and suffering.I could not sleep, I could not sit quietly, I could not lie in any one posture for many minutes together....
The lady in the gallery is half crazy with anxiety for St. George; and well she may be.THERE'S a posture for a man to fight in!His weight isn't resting on his legs; one touch of a child's finger would upset him....
