amende honorable
Example Sentences
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"I give way," was the characteristic of his attitude to Crashaw, and the rector suppled his back again, remembered the Derby office-boy's tendency to brag, and made the amende honorable.
From The Wonder by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)
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.
So heinous a crime could not be overlooked, and Tanee, was banished to his native island; but after a short time he declared his penitence, made amende honorable, and was restored to favour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
The good-natured Irishwoman herself chose to make the amende honorable, but after her own fashion.
From Making People Happy by Fisher, Harrison
The consequence was an amende honorable to the young man, on whom—he having no idea whatever of its provoking cause—it produced the effect that might have been anticipated.
From Somehow Good by De Morgan, William Frend
