amende honorable

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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

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

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

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

I even offered to contribute myself, that it might be taken as an amende honorable on behalf of the English Government.

From The Soul of a People by Fielding, H. (Harold)

Although not admitting the reason for his conduct, I am strongly convinced that the step is a mere acknowledgment of an error on his part, and an effort, however late, at the amende honorable.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James