 On each couch there were commonly three. They lay with the upper part of the body reclined on the left arm, the head a little raised, the back supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first...  Orations - Pagina 138di Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1859 - 278 pagineVisualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | 1822 - 428 pagine
...on the couch was as follows. The feet of the first were disposed behind the back of the second; and the head of the second was opposite to the breast of the first. Hence the expressions, ' leaning on his bosom,' and' into,' or ' in his bosom.' The dignity or familiarity... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1834 - 1028 pagine
...stretched behind the back of the second, and die feet of the second behind the back of the third. Thus the head of the second was opposite to the breast of the first, separated only by a pillow; and when any of them wished to converse with another, placed higher on... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1835 - 570 pagine
...by cushions,5 and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the second was opposite to the breast of the first, go that, if he wanted to speak to him, especially if the thing was to be secret, he »vas obliged to... | |
 | Edward Hazen - 1836 - 462 pagine
...cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length or a little bent. The feet of the first were placed behind the back of the second, and his feet behind the back of the third. Reclining at meals was customary in Asia in the time of our Saviour, as is clearly shown in John, xiii.... | |
 | Thomas Swinburne Carr - 1836 - 488 pagine
...raised, the back supported by cushions (pulvlni v. —Uli) ; the head of the second (medius) was opposite the breast of the first, so that if he wanted to speak to him (especially if the thing was secret), he was obliged to lean upon his bosom (in sinum recumbere, Plin.... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1836 - 476 pagine
...by cushions,3 and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the first, so that, if he wanted to speak to him, especially if the thing was to be secret, he was obliged to lean upon his bosom,4 thus, John xiii.... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1838 - 594 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
 | Alexander Adam - 1839 - 666 pagine
...by cushions,9 and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the first, so that, if he wanted to speak to him, especially if the thing was to be secret, he was obliged to lean upon his bosom," thus, John xiii.... | |
 | John Henry Brady - 1839 - 420 pagine
...first, or as some assert, in the centres and the next in consequence or power, laid" with his head opposite to the breast of the first, so that if he wanted to speak to him, he was compelled to lean his bead on his bosom: and this Situation we are, therefore, to understand JOHN to... | |
 | Marcus Tullius Cicero - 1841 - 586 pagine
...supported by cushions, and the limbs stretched out at full length, or a little bent ; the feet of the first behind the back of the second, and his feet behind...the back of the third, with a pillow between each. When they ate they raised themselves on their elbow, and made use of the right hand, sometimes of both... | |
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