Pip's abject leave-taking of Miss Havisham, during which he kneels to kiss her hand, signalizes his homage to a supposed patroness who seems to be opening up for him a new world of glamour ; ;

He flies into the embassy and walks up to a throne, kneels down, and presents the Sandman vial to Doctor Doom in some plot to develop super-soldiers for Latveria.

The figure himself kneels on the base, head tilted up, eyes open, jaw tensed, with his mouth half open and his arms opened to the heavens.

He picks up a stick, kneels down, and begins to poke at a huge spider web.

Vercingetorix resigns in the fate of the conquered Gauls and rides out to give himself up to the Romans at their fort, where he lays down his weapons and kneels before Caesar.

The memorial now consists of the shrouded figure of Rachel, full length with her face, one arm and hand exposed, and the small figure of a child which kneels at her head.

" Sylvie kneels next to the still breathing dog when all of a sudden Ivy crushes the dog's skull with a pipe ( to put it out of its misery ).

To lie down, the animal kneels on its front legs and then lowers the rest of its body.

After the Little Entrance, the arch-priest and arch-deacon conduct the bishop-elect before the Royal Gates where he is met by the bishops and kneels before the altar on both knees and the Gospel Book is laid over his head and the consecrating bishops lay their hands upon the Gospel Book, while the prayers of ordination are read by the eldest bishop ; after this, the newly consecrated bishop ascends the synthranon ( bishop's throne in the sanctuary ) for the first time.

The candidate is then taken to the southeast corner of the Holy Table and kneels on both knees, resting his forehead on the edge of the Holy Table.

The ordination of a deacon occurs after the Anaphora ( Eucharistic Prayer ) since his role is not in performing the Holy Mystery but consists only in serving ; the ceremony is much the same as at the ordination of a priest, but the deacon-elect is presented to the people and escorted to the holy doors by two sub-deacons ( his peers, analogous to the two deacons who so present a priest-elect ) is escorted three times around the Holy Table by a deacon, and he kneels on only one knee during the Prayer of Cheirotonia.

Each player kneels and faces one another on either side of the box, and each attempts to move the puck to the hole on their left.

alt = A man in baggy robes and split pants kneels on one knee and holds a Japanese sword above his head.

Ankhefenmut kneels before the royal cartouche of Siamun, on a lintel from the Temple of Amun in Memphis.

He kneels on the floor and clutches Martyn's body to him until the police arrive.

Denarius coin, Reverse: Sulla seated left on a raised seat ; before him kneels Bocchus, offering an olive-branch ; behind, Jugurtha kneeling left, 56 BC.

:* In a variant on the doggy position, the receiving partner kneels upright.

* The penetrating partner kneels while the receiving partner lies on his or her back, ankles on each side of penetrating partner's shoulders.

* The active partner lies on their back while the woman kneels with her legs at their sides and her genitals on their mouth.

* The woman sits on the bed with her legs open, the active partner kneels in front of her.

** The man lies on his back while his partner kneels between his legs.

** The man stands while his partner either kneels in front of him or sits ( in a chair or on the edge of a bed, etc.

* Hairpin-A pose in which one kneels down, sits on top of the feet, and bends backwards until the top of the head comes into contact with the tailbone ; it may also done with a starting position on hands and knees.

She is attended by two ladies-in-waiting, or meninas: doña Isabel de Velasco ( 2 ), who is poised to curtsy to the princess, and doña María Agustina Sarmiento de Sotomayor ( 3 ), who kneels before Margarita, offering her a drink from a red cup, or bucaro, that she holds on a golden tray.

alt = An African-American man in a white baseball uniform with " GIANTS " on the chest takes a left-handed baseball swing as a catcher kneels behind him to receive the pitch.

Indeed, other pilgrims venture a much more demanding regimen, performing body-length prostrations over the entire length of the circumambulation: The pilgrim bends down, kneels, prostrates full-length, makes a mark with his fingers, rises to his knees, prays, and then crawls forward on hands and knees to the mark made by his / her fingers before repeating the process.

The instrument can be rested between the knees while the player kneels, or more commonly rested on the knee of the player while sitting, or also on the floor just in front of the player, with the neck leaning on the left shoulder.

A priest will kneel in the same manner at his ordination, but on both knees ; and a bishop kneels ( on both knees ) in front of the altar as the Gospel Book is laid over his head and the consecrating bishops read the prayer.

After the querent has finished their devotions to the main deity, the querent kneels and thinks silently or whispers it to the deity about their question while holding the cup between their palms.

In the third he stands almost upright ; in the first he kneels ; in the second he stoops, halfway between the upright and the kneeling position.

And when the bell strikes midnight, Columba goes to the church and kneels beside the altar.

It depicts a young woman crossing herself as she kneels, and marks the first step toward abstracted, non-literal representation, and shows his drive to depict " not the outer form but the idea, the essence of things.

* seated in a landscape as a young man ( Saint Valerian ) kneels before him and a priest holds a book.

After that, Dallas ran out most of the clock with three quarterback kneels and an intentional delay of the game penalty before punting the ball back to the Steelers.

Theodosius filled with remorse, kneels in humility and strips of his royal purple, before the altar of the cathedral in Milan, humbling himself before the Christian church.

Suzuki kneels in front of a Buddha, praying that Butterfly will stop crying.

" Butterfly kneels in front of her son and asks him, " Do you know that that gentleman had dared to think that your mother would take you in her arms and walk to town, through the wind and rain, to earn your bread and clothes.

" She kneels in front of Sharpless and says that she will never do that, " that trade which leads to dishonor.

Butterfly then kneels before the statue of Buddha and prays to her ancestral gods.

Joséphine kneels before Napoléon during his coronation at Notre Dame.

" She then returns to her grave, beside Mrs. Gibbs, watching impassively as George kneels weeping at her graveside.

The plain desk at which she kneels is draped with a richly-patterned textile that is so densely encrusted with embroidery that its corners stand away stiffly.

In the film it is Dutour who is dying of cancer of the larynx at the end, and who goes to the Lourdes shrine, kneels at the gates to the grotto and says, " Pray for me, Bernadette.

General Marion Inviting a British Officer to Share His Meal by John Blake White ; his slave Oscar Marion kneels at the left of the group.

Then I heard also the singing of the angels, which was of miraculous sweetness and great beauty ... After this the Virgin kneels to pray to her child, to be joined by St. Joseph, and this ( technically known as the Adoration of the Child ) becomes one of the commonest depictions in the fifteenth century, largely replacing the reclining Virgin in the West.