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

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)

Men will not bow down to crowned power nor philosophic power nor esthetic power; but, in the presence of a great soul, filled with vigor of inspiration and glowing with love, man will do obeisance.

From The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service by Hillis, Newell Dwight

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

S: He said: O Iblis! what prevented you that you should do obeisance to him whom I created with My two hands?

From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Ali, Abdullah Yusuf