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

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 Morris, William

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

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

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