amende honorable

Example Sentences

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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

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

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

He was conducted by a Garde Bourgeoise to his palace at Versailles, and thus concluded an "amende honorable," as no sovereign ever made, and no people ever received.

From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IX (of X) - America - I by Lodge, Henry Cabot

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

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