amende honorable
Example Sentences
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Do, worthy Mr. Editor, make the amende honorable by publishing the true characters of the MSS. forwarded by S. H. H., which you have so inadvertently published as original.
It is said, I know not how truly, that he has since made the amende honorable.
From The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
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 Bill Nye
Probably he thought he might now do so with impunity, as he was making the amende honorable.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
Why, he came down to Hedgerow House to look after certain books and papers, and ran over here to make his amende honorable in form.
From The Secret of Lonesome Cove by Samuel Hopkins Adams
