lip-homage

They satisfied their consciences by paying Him lip-homage, by confessing their sins, and by asking for a vague, far-distant mercy, to which they attached no great importance.

The Getting of Wisdom 2003

Daily the injustice of campus organization grew on him; he saw democracy held high as an ideal -- lip-homage only.

An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker Cornelia Stratton Parker

We are glad to see the reproof which the reviewer bestows upon those critics of LONGFELLOW'S poetry, who to escape the trouble of analysis, offer some smooth eulogium upon his 'taste,' or some lip-homage to his

The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, February 1844 Volume 23, Number 2 Various

The lip-homage given by orthodox economics to the field of consumption seems to be inspired merely by the feeling that disaster might overcome production if workers were starved or business men discouraged ....

An American Idyll The Life of Carleton H. Parker Cornelia Stratton Parker

You may know a man (or woman) not by his lip-homage, but by what he genuinely admires, by that which evokes his real enthusiasm and praise.

The Foundations of Personality 1921

If a man laughs heartily at sex jokes, one may at least say, that while he may live up to the conventions in this matter, it is certain that he regards the inhibitions as conventions, even though he give them lip-homage.

The Foundations of Personality 1921

The lip-homage given by orthodox economics to the field of consumption seems to be inspired merely by the feeling that disaster might overcome production if workers were starved or business men discouraged ....

An American Idyll Parker, Cornelia Stratton, 1885- 1919

Twenty years ago both parties laughed at it; now both try to treat it with a show of respect and to render unto it lip-homage; and the control of the immediate political future probably lies with the party which treats it most seriously.

Civil Government in the United States Considered with Some Reference to Its Origins John Fiske 1871

It is not a mere lip-homage, but a homage expressed in actions -- not a mere professed respect, but a respect proved by the sacrifice of time, thought, and labour.

Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library Herbert Spencer 1861

To abandon the whole object of the siege, when resistance seemed hopeless, was perhaps pardonable, but to offer such lip-homage to the conqueror was surely transgressing the bounds of decorum.

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) John Lothrop Motley 1845