amende honorable
Example Sentences
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I have been called upon several times to make the amende honorable, and I admit that it is not an occasion of much mirth and merriment.
From Cordwood by Nye, Bill
And then came a sort of amende honorable.
From From Pillar to Post Leaves from a Lecturer's Note-Book by Bangs, John Kendrick
If so, I make amende honorable of all that I said up to this minute.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by De Gurowski, Adam G., count
His party made the amende honorable to Lyndhurst, and went down in a body to back him.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles
Dorothy looked up at him in surprise, then she realised that he was referring to her previous remark, and that he was making the amende honorable.
From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Jenkins, Herbert George
