fall prostrate

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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

Nonnus seemed about to fall prostrate, when a sharp rap came to the door.

From The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales by Garnett, Richard

If I am not mistaken, it will sink deep into the world's heart; and while many will shudder at its blasphemy, all must fall prostrate before its grandeur.

From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 With His Letters and Journals by Moore, Thomas

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

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