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on bended knee

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on bended knee
like a servant. The governors have to ask on bended knee for more money from Washington to pay for increased security.
See also: bended, knee


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So saying, a noble stroke he lifted high, Which hung not, but so swift with tempest fell On the proud Crest of SATAN, that no sight, Nor motion of swift thought, less could his Shield Such ruin intercept: ten paces huge He back recoild; the tenth on bended knee His massie Spear upstaid; as if on Earth Winds under ground or waters forcing way Sidelong, had push't a Mountain from his seat Half sunk with all his Pines.
His favorites and the women kept on bended knees during this solemn visit.
 
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