do obeisance
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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 William Morris
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 Burton Jesse Hendrick
The kings pass by, and do obeisance one by one.
From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Third series by John Addington Symonds
They shape their souls beforehand to this necessary condition; and, despairing of remaining free, they already do obeisance in their hearts to the master who is soon to appear.
From Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Henry Reeves
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