amende honorable
Example Sentences
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His party made the amende honorable to Lyndhurst, and went down in a body to back him.
From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. III by Greville, Charles
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
Whatever it was, and we will let all that go, he made the amende honorable the night we had tea together up there in the great house.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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.
I spoke before Sala, and referred to a misquotation from a speech I had made in the country, and purposely then and there made the amende honorable, of which he at least understood the meaning.
From The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 2 by Furniss, Harry
