Both Uses of
repose
in
Sense and Sensibility
- She would have been ashamed to look her family in the face the next morning, had she not risen from her bed in more need of repose than when she lay down in it.†
Chpt 16 *
- The repose of the latter became more and more disturbed; and her sister, who watched, with unremitting attention her continual change of posture, and heard the frequent but inarticulate sounds of complaint which passed her lips, was almost wishing to rouse her from so painful a slumber, when Marianne, suddenly awakened by some accidental noise in the house, started hastily up, and, with feverish wildness, cried out,— "Is mama coming?†
Chpt 43
Definition:
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(repose as in: repose on the sofa) to rest or lie