amende honorable
Example Sentences
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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
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 Charles James Lever
First, let me make the amende honorable, Doctor Vaughan.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
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
Once again in these pages I tender her with all my heart my amende honorable.
From War by Pierre Loti
