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

We were all simply bursting with pride over him, and the whole neighbourhood came up in batches to do obeisance.

From The Heart of Una Sackville by Tarrant, Peter

Zounds! not a soul Will pass and do obeisance to the cap.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

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

So he kissed the hand reverently, and said: "And these my lords, may they enter and do obeisance and kiss hands, my Lady?"

From Child Christopher and Goldilind the Fair by Morris, William