amende honorable
Example Sentences
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The good-natured Irishwoman herself chose to make the amende honorable, but after her own fashion.
From Making People Happy by Harrison Fisher
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
Whatever it was, and we will let all that go, he made the amende honorable the night we had tea together up there in the great house.
From Hope Mills or, Between Friend and Sweetheart by Amanda Minnie Douglas
First, let me make the amende honorable, Doctor Vaughan.
From Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter by Lawrence L. Lynch
So heinous a crime could not be overlooked, and Tanee, was banished to his native island; but after a short time he declared his penitence, made amende honorable, and was restored to favour.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847 by Various
