“What does make you so sober?” said Eliza, kneeling on one knee, and laying her hand on his.
— from Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe

But now came forty noble knights out of King Arthur’s host, and prayed that he would suffer them to break the enemy.
— from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights by Knowles, James, Sir

"Monsieur," she said, in a voice not much above a whisper, "who are you?" "Mademoiselle," replied the young man, kneeling on one knee and pressing a fervent kiss on the diva's hand, "I AM THE LITTLE BOY WHO WENT INTO THE SEA TO RESCUE YOUR SCARF.
— from The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux

'Why did you keep out of knowledge all this time, Hal?'
— from The Adventures of Harry Richmond — Volume 7 by George Meredith

Aka, hookahi mea oi aku o ka ona, o ke Alii nana ka papaaina.
— from The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai by S. N. Haleole

Whilst I knelt on one knee and on the other wrote my report for the Colonel, Vercherin and Finet, at an interval of 100 yards, kept a good look-out on the ridge for the enemy's movements.
— from In the Field (1914-1915): The Impressions of an Officer of Light Cavalry by Marcel Dupont

In the second verse, they kneel on one knee at the same words, and make believe hold the corn with one hand and cut with the other.
— from Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class; and Moral Culture of Infancy. by Mary Tyler Peabody Mann

Trevor knelt on one knee and taking up the rose kissed it.
— from My Lady Clancarty Being the True Story of the Earl of Clancarty and Lady Elizabeth Spencer by Mary Imlay Taylor

The man who knelt on one knee at the edge of the cellar told the little boy about it as the men worked.
— from The Doers by William John Hopkins

“After some minutes he brought it,” writes Dr. Busch, “and the King wrote it out, sitting on one chair, while the seat of a second was held up by Major von Alten, who knelt on one knee and supported the chair on the other.”
— from The Campaign of Sedan: The Downfall of the Second Empire, August-September 1870 by George Hooper

Princes, [Pg 310] ministers of state, grandees and generals high in office, knelt on one knee as he passed.
— from Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Elbert Hubbard

Then came a rustling sound, and when Cleek had mastered himself and looked down, a figure with head uncovered knelt on one knee at his feet.
— from Cleek, the Master Detective by Thomas W. Hanshew

whispered Roland, kneeling on one knee, and taking her hand, which, in the warmth of exhortation, Catherine held towards him.
— from The Abbot by Walter Scott