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- Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, said that whenever he could not see his way clearly, he knelt down and… — Nathan Eldon Tanner
- Speaking the words he had been taught, directing them no longer upward but to the earth on which he knelt, he prayed:… — J M Coetzee
- The groves were God's first temple. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above… — William C. Bryant
- He knelt by the bed and bent over her, draining their last moment to its lees; and in the silence there passed… — Edith Wharton
- When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were… — Cormac McCarthy
- The lake was silent for some time. Finally, it said: "I weep for Narcissus, but I never noticed that Narcissus was beautiful.… — Paulo Coelho
- Lying under such a myriad of stars. The sea’s black horizon. He rose and walked out and stood barefoot in the sand… — Cormac McCarthy
- He knelt and bent lower, till her breath warmed his face, and in a moment his cheek was in contact with hers.… — Thomas Hardy
- You have no dower," he said. "Live, Keturah. Go home." "But I do have a dower," I said plainly. "This is my… — Martine Leavitt
- Again, stepping nearer, he besought her with another tremulous eager call upon her name. 'Margaret!' Still lower went the head; more closely… — Elizabeth Gaskell