amende honorable
Example Sentences
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Dorothy looked up at him in surprise, then she realised that he was referring to her previous remark, and that he was making the amende honorable.
From John Dene of Toronto A Comedy of Whitehall by Herbert George Jenkins
Come down, sole ally and accomplice of my heinous vanity, and plead for me, and make the amende honorable to this grim guardian of Miss Muriel’s peace!”
From Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part by Augusta J. Evans Wilson
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
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 Hyman Gerson Enelow
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
