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

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.

But as the old prelate prepared to do obeisance before Meneptah, he was stayed with a gesture, and after a word of greeting was dismissed to his place.

From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth

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

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