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
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
Chatted quite calmly for a moment, then blushed and started wriggling, trying to do obeisance from her wheeled chair.
From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
One of these gifts was a horse taught to do obeisance.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 5, Books 61-76 (A.D. 54-211) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form By Herbert Baldwin Foster by Foster, Herbert Baldwin
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
