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We do not say that those who do not share our opinion of Buddha, Socrates, Mohammed, Bruno, Cromwell, Danton, or even Plato or Shakespeare, are grovelling materialists and candidates for perdition.

From Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) by Foote, G. W. (George William)

And now here they are grovelling before brute forms painted on the walls in a hole in the dark.

From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ezekiel, Daniel, and the Minor Prophets. St Matthew Chapters I to VIII by Maclaren, Alexander

The three servants still are grovelling on the floor.

From Five Little Plays by Sutro, Alfred

They themselves are grovelling and groping in the dark whenever they pretend to fly from the trammels of empiricism, and, like our forefathers, account for what is unaccountable.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

"Poor fool!" exclaimed Mrs. Pimble, with great indignation; "you are grovelling in the mire of ignorance, and man's foot is on your neck to hold you there."

From Eventide A Series of Tales and Poems by Afton, Effie