amende honorable

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In due time Douglas Jerrold, as in duty bound, made the amende honorable to the sex he had maligned.

From The History of "Punch" by Spielmann, M. H. (Marion Harry)

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 Seaman, Owen, Sir

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

As early, therefore, as I have the opportunity of doing it, I make the amende honorable to my readers for having unwittingly misled them on this point.

From The Well in the Desert An Old Legend of the House of Arundel by Irwin, M. (Madelaine)

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