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

Let me make haste to carve the pedestal that I may know how low to do obeisance to wisdom.

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

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 Reeves, Henry

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.

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