do obeisance
Example Sentences
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"We have not come here to do obeisance to the lash nor to dance to Madame Pompadour's tune," said he.
From Time Magazine Archive
When folk like these come down the road, I respectfully do obeisance to them.
From The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, Volume I by Hendrick, Burton Jesse
Then the Emperor and chief mandarin arose, and the latter solemnly bade the officers to do obeisance to their Emperor.
From 1931: A Glance at the Twentieth Century by Hartshorne, Henry
S: He said: O Iblis! what prevented you that you should do obeisance to him whom I created with My two hands?
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf
He therefore sent another embassy, which was charged to summon the King of Japan to Peking, there to do obeisance to the Yuan Emperor.
From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)
