They were obtained from recitation; and, as they contrast the brutal indifference of the elder brother with the zeal and spirit of his associates, they add considerably to the dramatic effect of the whole.
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
It is becoming more and more the custom in the best schools to plan to do all the school work in school hours, alternating periods of recitation and play with periods of study, so that no school-books need be taken home at night.
"A Handbook of Health"
Woods Hutchinson
Are the recitation periods too long?
"Civics and Health"
William H. Allen