"Obeisance" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... on your head," replied I, kissing respectfully his lordship's hand; "and may my father, when I find him, be as like unto you as possible." I made my obeisance, and ...
— Japhet, In Search Of A Father • Frederick Marryat
... They bowed obeisance and withdrew, retiring, But not by the same door through which came in Baba and Juan, which last stood admiring, At some small distance, all he saw within This strange saloon, much fitted for inspiring Marvel and praise; for both or none things win; And I must ...
— The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 6 • Lord Byron
... corner of this he installed the ring of cork and canvas, and remained by it, patting and caressing it. When it rained again, he appreciated, for the first time, the comfort of shelter, and became a cave-dweller, with a new god—a fetish, to which he transferred his allegiance and obeisance because more powerful ...
— "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Stories of the Sea • Morgan Robertson
... before noontide the youth WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE, accused of deer-stealing, and apprehended for that offence, was brought into the great hall at Charlecote, where, having made his obeisance, it was most ...
— Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare • Walter Savage Landor
... the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore; Not the least obeisance made he: not an instant stopped or stayed he; But, with mien of lord or lady, perched above my chamber door— Perched upon a bust of Pallas just above my chamber door— Perched, and sat, ...
— Edgar Allan Poe's Complete Poetical Works • Edgar Allan Poe
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