"Recline" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. (10)And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel. (11)And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; (12)but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth! (13)And Jesus said to the ...
— The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. • Various
... The cat and her kittens recline in the sun, Mew! mew! mew! They're fond of their food and they're fond of their fun; Mew! mew! mew! Their old mother says they must sit in a row, The biggest is Jack and the little one Joe, And now altogether they make the place ring, With ...
— The Nursery, March 1877, Vol. XXI. No. 3 - A Monthly Magazine for Youngest Readers • Various
... this newly invented task no one noticed a wheel-chair being driven along the pleasant country footpath. In the chair was a little girl about the age of the scouts—perhaps fourteen years. Her pretty face betrayed not the slightest hint of the infirmity which compelled her to recline in that chair, in fact her cheeks were as pink as the much-lauded color Grace was so often complimented upon, but which to herself ...
— The Girl Scout Pioneers - or Winning the First B. C. • Lillian C Garis
... kingdom. They are long, narrow, and low, the wheels being placed under the seat, so as to occupy as little space as possible. The shafts are fastened to the axles, and two or three perpendicular pieces of wood—the hindermost being the longest— support the seat, on which a person can recline at his ease. It will thus be seen that wherever the horses can go, ...
— A Yacht Voyage Round England • W.H.G. Kingston
... were contented. But I must confess it did somewhat disturb our pleasure, in this withdrawn spot, to have our own village newspaper handed us by our host, as if the greatest charm the country offered to the traveller was the facility of communication with the town. Let it recline on its own everlasting hills, and not be looking out from their summits for some petty Boston or New ...
— Excursions • Henry D. Thoreau
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