fall prostrate
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Again and again recurs the motif of her beauty before which the world must fall prostrate.
From The Evolution of Love by Ellie Schleussner
P: He said: What hindered thee that thou didst not fall prostrate when I bade thee?
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Why did they so humbly salute her, and fall prostrate before her, kissing the hem of her garment?
From The Lancashire Witches A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth
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 Charles Stephen Brooks
Where I have learn'd me to repent the sin Of disobedient opposition To you and your behests; and am enjoin'd By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here, To beg your pardon:—pardon, I beseech you!
From Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
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