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
Ziba said, I do obeisance; let me find favor in your sight, my lord, O king.
From The World English Bible (WEB): 2 Samuel by Anonymous
They shape their souls beforehand to this necessary condition; and, despairing of remaining free, they already do obeisance in their hearts to the master who is soon to appear.
From Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Reeves, Henry
Zounds! not a soul Will pass and do obeisance to the cap.
From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno
In the year 1307, Gessler, Vogt of the Emperor Albert of Hapsburg, set a hat on a pole, as symbol of imperial power, and ordered every one who passed by to do obeisance towards it.
From Curious Myths of the Middle Ages by Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine)
