fall prostrate
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The very earth from Debra Libanos is carried away as an antidote to maladies, and all who meet the returning pilgrim, fall prostrate upon the ground, and kiss the dust from off his feet.
From The Highlands of Ethiopia by Harris, William Cornwallis
Come, go: I will fall prostrate at his feet, 115 And never rise until my tears and prayers Have won his Grace to come in person hither, And take perforce my husband from the abbess.
From The Comedy of Errors The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] by Clark, William George
In a moment, we saw the chief let fall the bridle from his horse, spring to the ground, and fall prostrate.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
They fall prostrate before it, as before an idol.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
The worship of Odin astonishes us—to fall prostrate before the Great Man, into deliquium of love and wonder over him, and feel in their hearts that he was a denizen of the skies, a god!
From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas
