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

He therefore sent another embassy, which was charged to summon the King of Japan to Peking, there to do obeisance to the Yuan Emperor.

From A History of the Japanese People From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era by Brinkley, F. (Frank)

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

I sometimes feel inclined to kneel down and, do obeisance before the dresses in the Bond Street shops.

From The Daughters of a Genius by Vaizey, George de Horne, Mrs.

Paracelsus demands he should do obeisance to him, the Knower.

From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward