There are some nooks and summits in that Adirondack region where one can really "recline on one's divine composure," and, as long as one stays up there, seem for a while to enjoy one's birth-right of freedom and relief from every fever and falsity.
"The Letters of William James, Vol. II"
William James
Let my lord, then, recline indolently upon the floor of his inner chamber while this person sumptuously lulls him into oblivion with the music of her voice, regardless of the morrow and of the fate in which his apathy involves us both.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
Pardon me if I seat myself first; I find it more comfortable to sit than to stand, to recline than to sit.
"Flowing Gold"
Rex Beach