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 the procession of her relations come up, they all do obeisance to Linkerton.

From The Standard Operaglass Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fifty-one Celebrated Operas by Annesley, Charles, pseud.

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

And all these lords do obeisance to him, and bring him the revenue, with which they have to come into his presence.

From A Description of the Coasts of East Africa and Malabar in the Beginning of the Sixteenth Century by Barbosa, Duarte

I sometimes feel inclined to kneel down and, do obeisance before the dresses in the Bond Street shops.

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.