He discovered that by taking as nearly as possible a reclining posture, he got temporary relief.He kept settling more and more till at last he was nearly on his back....
The form is lying on its back, the head towards the east and the feet toward the west.The reclining posture is a perfectly natural one, the limbs and feet being slightly drawn up.The figure appears as if a person had fallen there and died....
Buddha is seen in a reclining posture keeping his head on the right hand.The pedestal is depicted with the scenes of Subaddha (Last Disciple), the coffin, monks and the common folk of Kusinara where the event took place....
He had been very careful to gather them up.He said he thought they were buried in a sitting or reclining posture, as he came to the skulls first.The skulls, arm and thigh bones were in the best state of preservation, and in fact, the most that was left of them....
In the chapel is the tomb built for Abelard by Peter the Venerable, at the priory of St. Marcel.He is represented as in a reclining posture, the head a little inclined and the hands joined....
I observed, however, that on this occasion, instead of interposing himself between me and the ladies as usual, her father left vacant the place next to her; and I seated myself at her feet.She would have exchanged her reclining posture for that of the others, but her mother gently drew her down to her former position....
He was caught in a reclining posture, his back firmly supported by a solid beam.Another lay across his breast, but he had been able to shrink a little away from it so that it no longer oppressed him, though it was immovable....
Petrarch was found lying on a folio in his library, from which volume he had been busied making extracts for the biography of his countrymen.His domestics having often observed him studying in that reclining posture for days together, it was long before they discovered that the poet was no more.The fate of LEIBNITZ was similar: he was found dead with the "Argenis" of Barclay in his hand; he had been studying the style of that political romance as a model for his intended history of the House of Brunswick....
The craft was about twenty feet long, and was sharp at both ends.She had a cuddy forward, which was large enough to accommodate both of her crew in a reclining posture.It had been furnished with a couple of berthsacks, and with several blankets....
It is probable, however, that in these cases there may be coincident arterial disease in the brain.These sudden syncopal attacks are likely to occur when a patient suddenly rises from a reclining posture, especially if he has been asleep.Many persons whose circulation is none too strong may feel faint on suddenly rising, but in a person whose pulse is slow and the circulation weak the danger of causing anemia of the brain by the sudden erect posture is much increased....
He stretched out his limbs easefully, and dropped into a reclining posture.The tree he had chosen to rest under was a mighty elm, whose broad branches, thick with leaves, formed a deep green canopy through which the sunbeams filtered in flecks and darts of gold....
Buchan's reply was arrested on his lips by the entrance of the royal chamberlain, announcing that the Earl of Berwick had arrived in all haste from Berwick, and earnestly besought a few minutes' audience with his sovereign."Berwick!" repeated Edward, half raising himself in his surprise from his reclining posture....
Good effects often follow the use of a small piece of ice applied to the nape of the neck.This, with a reclining posture, will cause contraction of the blood-vessels.If the Subnitrate of Bismuth is not to be readily obtained, the use of any other powder such as starch, finely divided and baked so as to be free from a tendency to form starch paste when applied to a mucous surface, is equally good....
It is one of the most sacred of Ranganatha temples.Ranganatha, or the reclining posture of the God, can be found in this temple.The people celebrate the main festival during Ekadasi Festival celebrations....
What exact train of thought occupied the monarch's mind at this time we may better judge, perhaps, from the sequel.He rose from his reclining posture and lightly touched a shining key, which instantly answered in a remote part of the royal palace.The door opened, and an officer bowed himself into the apartment....
