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
And when he came before the emperor's seat, they stripped off the purple garment, and compelled him to fall prone on the ground and do obeisance to the Emperor Justinian.
From History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War by Dewing, H. B.
Men will not bow down to crowned power nor philosophic power nor esthetic power; but, in the presence of a great soul, filled with vigor of inspiration and glowing with love, man will do obeisance.
From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Hillis, Newell Dwight
The kings pass by, and do obeisance one by one.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by Symonds, John Addington
Fire, air, and water bow down and do obeisance to man.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
