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
Fire, air, and water bow down and do obeisance to man.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 81, July, 1864 by Various
At last the recitation was ended, and the signal given for them to form a line to do obeisance to the Sultan.
From An Artist in Crime by Ottolengui, Rodrigues
We were all simply bursting with pride over him, and the whole neighbourhood came up in batches to do obeisance.
From The Heart of Una Sackville by Tarrant, Peter
They only conclude that you are not an asl, or born, saheb, and rejoice that at any rate you cannot take away their right to do obeisance to you.
From Behind the Bungalow by Aitken, Edward Hamilton
