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
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 Hendrick, Burton Jesse
Fire, air, and water bow down and do obeisance to man.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
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
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
