amende honorable

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As early, therefore, as I have the opportunity of doing it, I make the amende honorable to my readers for having unwittingly misled them on this point.

From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

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 Adams, Samuel Hopkins

First, let me make the amende honorable, Doctor Vaughan.

From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lynch, Lawrence L.

But at least it is the amende honorable to the Land of Promise.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, August 26th, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

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