Entering, she at once Prostrated herself, and when Mr. Rawlinson ordered her to rise, she raised herself but remained on her knees.
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
M'Rua, now entirely emboldened, drew near the elephant and Prostrated himself once more before the "Good Mzimu" and after that, bowing to Stas, spoke in the following manner: "Would the great master, who leads the white divinity on the elephant, be pleased to eat a small piece of M'Rua, and would he consent that M'Rua should eat a small piece of him, in order that they should become brothers, among whom there is no falsehood and treachery?"
"In Desert and Wilderness"
Henryk Sienkiewicz
She was too much Prostrated to be able to think with clearness; but her thoughts kept turning to her career since she left England, and the dark, threatening face of Murad was constantly before her eyes.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn