amende honorable
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I can't answer all those questions,” laughed Owen and now his manner changed quite charmingly as he made an amende honorable.
From Possessed by Cleveland Moffett
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 Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
Dee was convinced and offered the amende honorable, confessing herself beaten in argument.
From At Boarding School with the Tucker Twins by Nell Speed
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.
But, in the certainty of an amende honorable, which must hereafter be made, he overcame the many temptations which the moment offered, and re-mounting his horse rode away from the scene of his disgrace.
From A Simple Story by G. L. Strachey
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