amende honorable
Example Sentences
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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 Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
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 Sir Owen Seaman
This was positive proof, and the captain gave her back, saying this was a clear case of mistaken identity, and as he was honestly mistaken he would make the amende honorable.
From Octavia The Octoroon by J. F. Lee
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 Henry Cabot Lodge
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 William Frend De Morgan
