Mrs. Yeobright's exertions, physical and emotional, had well-nigh prostrated her; but she continued to creep along in short stages with long breaks between.
I remember that the poorer people would greet the richer people by bending down and touching their feet or prostrating them and throwing themselves on the feet.
They called Peter the Great White Father, prostrating themselves [lying down] before him; and he liked this tremendously, so that it was not really good for him.