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
All these grandees do obeisance to the very earth as they catch sight of the face of the Padishah making his way through innumerable richly carved doors on his way to his dressing-chamber.
From Halil the Pedlar A Tale of Old Stambul by Jókai, Mór
And when he came before the emperor's seat, they stripped off the purple garment, and compelled him to fall prone on the ground and do obeisance to the Emperor Justinian.
From History of the Wars, Books III and IV The Vandalic War by Dewing, H. B.
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.
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
