amende honorable

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I never dined like that before or after, not even a week later, when Dr. V�ron and Sophie made the amende honorable in the Rue Taitbout.

From An Englishman in Paris Notes and Recollections by Albert D.

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 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

In the Dreyfus case, too, she made amende honorable, and today Captain Dreyfus, the martyr of Devils Island, Major Dreyfus, as he is now, is actively working for the salvation of his country.

From The Allied Countries and the Jews by Enelow, Hyman Gerson

The good-natured Irishwoman herself chose to make the amende honorable, but after her own fashion.

From Making People Happy by Fisher, Harrison

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