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

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

At last the recitation was ended, and the signal given for them to form a line to do obeisance to the Sultan.

From An Artist in Crime by Ottolengui, Rodrigues

All these grandees do obeisance to the very earth as they catch sight of the face of the Padishah making his way through innumerable richly carved doors on his way to his dressing-chamber.

From Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul by Jókai, Mór

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