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
Chatted quite calmly for a moment, then blushed and started wriggling, trying to do obeisance from her wheeled chair.
From An Unknown Lover by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.
But after a few skirmishes they melted away, and Menelek was obliged to submit and do obeisance to John.
From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg
If only she could have met some one deserving of her love whom she might place at the crossings of all earthly and heavenly roads, and to whom she might do obeisance!
From The Created Legend by Cournos, John
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
