Knees

Examples

• We were then led up to the door, where we were directed to get down on our hands and knees with our backs toward the room we were to enter. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Affery, who had watched her in terror, darted to her in the middle of the room, caught hold of her dress, and went on her knees to her. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• But I have asked him to forgive me since,' cried Bella; 'and I would ask him to forgive me now again, upon my knees, if it would spare him! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• As he saw his mate go down he crouched, and, with a low snarl, sprang upon the captain crushing him to his knees with a single mighty blow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Our legs would refuse to bear us, our knees would double up, our ankles would turn over, and we should come to the ground. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He sat quiet in a corner, with his fat hands hanging over his thick knees, and his head down, and his eyes looking at nothing. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• They sprang back, and fell upon their knees, each hiding her face upon the other's neck. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• Mr Sampson immediately expressed his fervent Opinion that this was 'more than human', and was brought upon his knees at Miss Lavinia's feet. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The servant who had followed me staggered back shuddering, and dropped to his knees. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I tried a second time to run out and find Laura, but my head was giddy and my knees trembled under me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She fell upon her knees, and clinging to this stroller's child looked up at her almost with veneration. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• The poor creature fell on her knees before me, and strove in vain to express her gratitude, with wild incoherency. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• O dearest Charles, let me thank God for this on my knees as I have prayed to Him. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I was the last to leave the chamber of the submarine, and as I followed the rear of the column toward the corridor, I moved through water to my knees. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Our single boatman attended to the sail; Raymond steered; Clara sat at his feet, clasping his knees with her arms, and laying her head on them. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Christy glanced at his own threadbare knees, and then at Fred's beautiful white trousers. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I saw him--I wept--I cried--I fell at his odious knees. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She set down her basket, squatted herself down, and resting her elbows on her knees said, O Lord! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Down upon her knees before that good woman, she rocked herself upon her breast, and cried, and sobbed, and folded her in her arms with all her might. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Crouched on his knees he took the big 9 mm. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Why, as to the friendly move,' observed the last-named gentleman, rubbing his knees peevishly, 'one of my objections to it is, that it DON'T move. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I have been on my knees all the morning. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They told me that YOU were on your knees, Sir Pitt: do kneel once more, and let me see this pretty couple! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Nancy, she fell upon her knees, and cried bitterly; and your brother, he walked about the room, and said he did not know what to do. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• Her father had followed her, and would have fallen on his knees to both of them, but that Darnay put out a hand and seized him, crying: No, no! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• This she did upon her knees, humming a lively little tune the while. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• It is quite clear that we shall have extreme difficulty in getting to the bottom of this mystery, unless we can bring this man, Monks, upon his knees. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Edmunds gradually raised himself to his knees, and looked more and more earnestly on the old man's face. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• The next he had thrown himself on his knees beside the table, and burying his face in his hands, he had burst into a storm of passionate sobbing. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Uriah stopped short, put his hands between his great knobs of knees, and doubled himself up with laughter. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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