she proceeded, actually addressing herself to the opposite wall of her kitchen, and referring to her interlocutrice in the third person.
— from Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto by Abraham Cahan

"Have your own way," said he; "but if I ought to mix myself up in the matter at all, it should be to go to Ivan Kouzmitch and report to him, in accordance with the rules of the service, that there was a design on foot to commit a crime within the fortress, contrary to the interest of the crown, and to request him to take the necessary measures——" I felt alarmed, and implored Ivan Ignatitch not to say anything about the matter to the Commandant; after much difficulty I succeeded in talking him over, he gave me his word, and then I took leave of him.
— from The Prose Tales of Alexander Pushkin by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

Had they not brought to Ireland, to Kerry, to Morristown, the craft and skill in counsel, the sagacity and courage, which had won for them the favour of foreign kings, and raised them high in exile?
— from The Wild Geese by Stanley John Weyman

The Entire Court ( falling on their knees, and raising their hands in supplication ).
— from Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, May 7, 1892 by Various

In life's mere minute, with power to use that proof, Leave knowledge and revert to how it sprung?
— from The Complete Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning Cambridge Edition by Robert Browning

In the fifth, they kneel on one knee and rest the head in the hand; in the sixth, they jump straight up and down, turning to each point of the compass, till the chorus, "la, la," begins, when each takes his next neighbor for a partner, and they skip round the room.
— from Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mary Tyler Peabody Mann

But the {243} Christian preacher who stands up in the presence of his brethren knows, and rejoices, that he is in the presence of those who can put what he says to the proof.
— from The Expositor's Bible: The Epistles to the Thessalonians by James Denney

In life’s mere minute, with power to use the proof, Leave knowledge and revert to how it sprung?
— from Browning and His Century by Helen Archibald Clarke

When he finished, the king and queen fell upon their knees and raised their hands in thanksgiving.
— from A Beginner's History by William H. (William Harrison) Mace