Sound and deep, beyond natural rest, was the sleep of Hamish MacTavish on that eventful evening, but not such the repose of his mother. Scarce did she close her eyes from time to time, but she awakened again with a start, in the terror that her son had arisen and departed; and it was only on approaching his couch, and hearing his deep-drawn and regular breathing, that she reassured herself of the security of the repose in which he was plunged.英文原著 · 《Chronicles of the Canongate》
``You don't understand,'' said Cyrilla. ``You've never lived with a man.'' She forgot completely, as did Mildred herself, so completely had Mrs. Siddall returned to the modes and thoughts of a girl. ``At home--to live with--you want only reposeful things. That is why the Greeks, whose instincts were unerring, had so much reposeful statuary. One grows weary of agitating objects. They soon seem hysterical and shallow. The same thing's true of persons.英文原著 · 《The Price She Paid》
His arm across his head: thus should the hero repose; thus should he also surmount his repose.英文原著 · 《Thus Spake Zarathustra》
And severed was that beauteous neck, Round which her arms had fondly closed: And mangled was that beauteous breast, On which her love-sick head reposed:英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
The sea one pearl, the shore one rose,
All round him all the flower-month flamed
And lightened, laughing off repose.英文原著 · 《A Century of Roundels》
She wore red homespun and coarse shoes; her hands were brown and hardened. Her arms and shoulders looked muscular, her waist was rather large-being as nature meant it-and her face in repose had a heavy look. But the poise of her head suggested native pride and dignity; her eyes were deep, and full of changing lights; the scarlet dress, loose as it was, showed rich curves in her figure, and her movements had a certain childlike grace. Her brow was low, and her mouth had character; the chin was firm, the upper lip short, and the teeth were even and white.英文原著 · 《A Cumberland Vendetta》