fall prostrate
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She spent all her weak breath in blowing that laudatory trumpet, as if she expected the defenses of the best guarded heart to fall prostrate before it, like the walls of Jericho.
From Guy Livingstone; or, 'Thorough' by Lawrence, George A. (George Alfred)
It was only necessary to wave this imperial sceptre over the nations, and all of them would fall prostrate and acknowledge the supremacy of the power which wielded it.
From The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy by Various
What he meant was, that he should doff his helmet and fall prostrate on the ground.
From Waverley Novels — Volume 12 by Scott, Walter, Sir
In the threatening obscurity the whole island seemed a mightier House of Usher, intricate of many buildings, cleft by Broadway in its middle, and ready to fall prostrate into the dark waters of the tarn.
From Hints to Pilgrims by Brooks, Charles Stephen
The king expected everybody to fall prostrate before him when he appeared and pretend to go to sleep,—to be of as little account as possible.
From Myths & Legends of our New Possessions & Protectorate by Skinner, Charles M. (Charles Montgomery)
