Honour
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579 examples of Honour in a sentence
She asked him for some verses—some verses "for herself," a "love poem" in
honour
of her.
She yielded to his words, still more to his voice and the sight of him, so that, she pretended to believe, or perhaps believed; in the pretext he gave for their rupture; this was a secret on which depended the honour, the very life of a third person.
He could not by temperament keep away from celebrities, so he begged Monsieur Lariviere to do him the signal
honour
of accepting some breakfast.
It was about this time that the widow Dupuis had the
honour
to inform him of the "marriage of Monsieur Leon Dupuis her son, notary at Yvetot, to Mademoiselle Leocadie Leboeuf of Bondeville."
Look at the Justice here, so wise a man, always so honest until now, sacrificing his honour, at his age, from fear of offending a young vicar of thirty.
I have the
honour
to inform you that I shall be absent for some hours.''Ah, my dear Julien,' said M. de Renal, laughing in the most insincere manner, 'the whole day, if you wish, the whole of tomorrow, my worthy friend.
In spite of the horrible fear that a horse inspired in him, M. de Moirod ended by accepting this
honour
like a martyr.
Ten thousand peasants shouted: 'Long live the King' when the Mayor had the
honour
of addressing His Majesty.
I ask Monsieur le Marquis for the Verrieres lottery office, which cannot fail to be vacant soon in one way or another, the present holder being seriously ill, and besides voting the wrong way at the elections; etc.DE CHOLINOn the margin of this petition was an endorsement signed de Moirod, which began with the words:'I had the
honour
yesterday to mention the respectable person who makes this request,' and so forth.
Apart from his superb house in town on which the King of ---- had just conferred everlasting
honour
by sleeping beneath its roof, he had made an admirable piece of work of his country house at Vergy.
The Mayor of Verrieres felt it incumbent on him to reply in the Ancient Roman style: 'If the King's Minister did me the
honour
to consult me, I should say to him: "Ruin without compunction all provincial printers, and make printing a monopoly like the sale of tobacco."'
'Sir,' she answered him finally, 'I speak as a woman whose honour, that is to say her most priceless possession, has been outraged.'
That vast and illustrous corporation to which I have the
honour
to belong; I am a perfect fool.'M. Chelan had refused the offers of hospitality which the most respected Liberals of the place had vied with one another in making him, when his deprivation drove him from the presbytery.
He craved the
honour
of being presented to Madame Valenod; she was making her toilet and could not see him.
He tried to hide it with the green glass, but it was simply impossible for him to do
honour
to the Rhine wine.
He was obliged, nevertheless, obeying Madame de Renal's orders, to attend several dinners of this sort; Julien was the fashion; people forgave him his uniform and the guard of honour, or rather that imprudent display was the true cause of his success.
'Yes, Ma'am, where I had the
honour
to be taken for the Mayor's spy.''If he had taken my advice, he would have gone away somewhere.'
'Eight years ago I was, like you, a young scholar in the Conservatorio of Naples, by which I mean that I was your age; for I had not the
honour
to be the son of the eminent Mayor of the beautiful town of Verrieres.'
I have foreseen and settled everything, but you must go, and not return to Verrieres for a year.'Julien made no answer; he was considering whether his
honour
ought to take offence at the arrangements which M. Chelan, who after all was not his father, had made for him.
'Tomorrow at this hour I shall have the
honour
of seeing you again,' he said at length to the cure.
It is M. Pirard that I have the
honour
to address,' said Julien in a feeble voice.
'I give you my word of honour,' said Julien with the heartfelt warmth of an honest man.
'That expression is not in keeping here,' he told him; 'it is too suggestive of the vain
honour
of men of the world, which leads them into so many errors and often into crime.
I have come five times to Besancon,
honour
bound, to see you.
Wagers were made in the Seminary that in the aggregate list of the examinations, Julien would occupy the first place, a distinction that carried with it the
honour
of dining with the Bishop.
'I can support with official proof what I have the
honour
to say before Monseigneur.
He is the direct descendant of a courtier, who had the
honour
to have his head cut off on the Place de Greve, on the 26th of April, 1574, for a political intrigue.
In the Cemetery of Pere-Lachaise a gentleman who seemed highly obliging, and even more Liberal in his speech, offered to guide Julien to the tomb of Marshal Ney, from which a wise administration has withheld the
honour
of an epitaph.
'I think,' he said to Julien, 'that presently you might go to the riding school; and after a few weeks I shall be delighted to ride with you.''I wished to have the
honour
of thanking you for all your kindness to me; pray believe, Sir,' Julien added with a most serious air, 'that I am fully conscious of all that I owe you.
One morning when the abbe was working with Julien, in the Marquis's library, on the endless litigation with Frilair:'Sir,' said Julien suddenly, 'is dining every evening with Madame la Marquise one of my duties, or is it a favour that they show me?''It is a signal honour!' replied the abbe, greatly shocked.
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