fall prostrate

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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

Does another fall prostrate beneath their power? a painful feeling, and such as pronounces to him the sentence of reproof and punishment is found to follow.

From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) by Clarkson, Thomas

We come into the temple of God; we fall prostrate before Him; we pray to Him, that He will have mercy upon us.

From The History of the Rise, Progress and Accomplishment of the Abolition of the African Slave-Trade, by the British Parliament (1839) by Clarkson, Thomas

Generally those under the influence would, at the end, fall upon the ground and remain rigid for hours, and sometimes whole multitudes would become dumb and fall prostrate.

From Belford's Magazine, Vol 2, December 1888 by Various

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