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

But Spring in the country,—O season rightly named!—a goddess-queen glides through the heavens and the earth, and all that is therein springs up to meet her and do obeisance.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 by Various

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

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

Fire, air, and water bow down and do obeisance to man.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various