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.
The Sheikh is carried in on his litter and with greatest difficulty descends to do obeisance to the Sultan.
From Dramatic Technique by Baker, George Pierce
They only conclude that you are not an asl, or born, saheb, and rejoice that at any rate you cannot take away their right to do obeisance to you.
From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
In the year 1307, Gessler, Vogt of the Emperor Albert of Hapsburg, set a hat on a pole, as symbol of imperial power, and ordered every one who passed by to do obeisance towards it.
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
