obsequiousness

• A like obsequiousness was shown by the officials and legislators of France, who meekly listened to the Emperor's reproaches for their weakness in the Malet affair, and heard with mild surprise his denunciation against republican idealogy— the cloudy metaphysics to which all the misfortunes of our fair France may be attributed . —  The Life of Napoleon I (Volume 2 of 2)
• But this acquiescence, this formal display of obsequiousness is a real eye-opener. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
• Nothing could surpass Louis's obsequiousness: "_Sicut mandasti ... pellimus dejicimus stirpitusque abrogamus," etc. He pledges his royal word to overcome opposition: "Quod si forte obnitentur aliqui aut reclamabunt, nos in verbo regio pollicemur tuæ Beatitudini atque promittimus exsequi facere tua mandata, omni appellationis aut oppositionis obstaculo prorsus excluso," etc. Louis was never more to be distrusted than when he bound himself by the most stringent promises Footnote 57: See the Remonstrances of Parliament, Ordonnances, etc., xv. —  The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2)
• It attaches to all classes; whether it be called snobbery or obsequiousness, it is all one. —  The Moral Economy
• Little did he expect such an attendance; but Fra Biagio of San Vivaldo, who himself had offered no obsequiousness or respect, had scattered the secret of his visit throughout the whole country. —  Imaginary Conversations and Poems A Selection

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