Tennyson.
And that drags down his life.
Tennyson.
There is not a more melancholy object in the learned world than a man who has written himself down.
Addison.
The French . . . shone down [i. e., outshone] the English.
Shak.
(b) In a low or the lowest position, literally or figuratively; at the bottom of a descent; below the horizon; on the ground; in a condition of humility, dejection, misery, and the like; in a state of quiet.