Lawson did really do in the Streights, for which all this great fame and honour done him is risen.
Crumlum did me much honour by telling many what a present I had made to the school, shewing my Stephanus, in four volumes, cost me L4 10s.
For which the Lord be praised, for I know no honour I desire more.
The next morning all the Ladies of Honour appeared early at Court for their vindication, so that nobody could tell whose this mischance should be.
To my office and set down this day's journall, and so home with my mind out of order, though not very sad with it, but ashamed for myself something, and for the honour of the office much more.
Only just to show your honour O'Sullivan's cascade," was the reply.
And, if your honour would like to see him, he lives at Corrigmalvin, at the top of High Street, in the town of Killarney.
Why, then, that's the quare question for your honour to be after axing me.
The General then rode forward, and in a loud voice said: "The King desires me to transmit to you his hearty congratulations for your splendid conduct at Ramscappel; this is an honour of which your commander is justly proud.
To the British army therefore in this scheme was assigned a post which was at once a post of honour and of danger.
King Albert of Belgium desired in person to honour the French troops who had helped to reconquer the village (Ramscappel), and an impressive ceremony was held a few days later.
It ran: I have made many calls upon you, and the answers you have made to them have covered you, your regiments, and the Army to which you belong with honour and glory.
This Batu Tulis, for instance; though they venerate it as a record of the Hindoo empire, they yet, at the same time, honour it as a monument of the Mohammedan conquest.
For this man was a truly great soul; and he preferred the honour of the game very far indeed to his own as a player.
The way of the land, the honour of the land," as the Dutch proverb puts it.
But shure, yerhonour knows the thing had been talked over.
He had also made out, it is presumed with the aid of his affianced, that some other motive was probably ensuring their attendance than merely that of doing honour to his, Denis's, nuptials.
Didn't I tell yer honour I thought all along how he'd be killed.
If you will allow me the honour of considering the remainder of your visit one of compliment, I shall be proud to increase my acquaintance with a gentleman for whom I entertain so profound a respect.
Great was the crowd round Mrs. McKeon's car, and plentiful the partners who solicited the honour of dancing with Lyddy, Louey, and Feemy.
I have been the victim of a long and dastardly persecution, but I now hope to clear my honour before you, Ralph, and before my Creator.
All ceremonies in honour of the Pitris were suspended, and the sacred sound of Vashat and the whole circle of auspicious rites ceased.
Then comes Sauptika describing incidents disgraceful (to thehonour of the Kurus).
Then sacrifices in honour of the gods, the Rishis, and Pitris commenced, and no creature was deprived of life sinfully.
For it is the wise alone that honour the wise; the wicked never act like the virtuous.
On earth, besides thee, there was none else to deserve the honourof being their begetter.
Yayati answered, 'Well do I know that honour of birth is thine, born as thou art in the proud race of the Danavas.
And when the Muni sits in yoga meditation, becoming indifferent to happiness and misery, honour and insult, he then leaveth the world and enjoyeth communion with Brahma.
And they all grew up into heroes, performing numerous sacrifices in honour of the gods.
Thou art ready to sacrifice the good name and honour of all the Rakshasas, thy ancestors!
That good man actually sent a message for him, when Emily was on honour to do no such thing.
Oh, miracles will never cease--well, I said all along, that your honour was a prince.
Lord, your honour, what need your honour mind the bill now?
Madam, that I might have the superlative honour of twisting your husband by the nose.
But, consider, my dear, if Colonel Epaulette does us the honour of a visit, how he'll be shocked at your appearance!
Let glory re-echo the strain; The full tide of honour may flow from the scar, And heroes may smile on their pain.
I am about to propose the health of a gentleman, who is not only an honour to society at large, but to the 'Crack-Shots' in particular.
Nothing would please him better than to take my honour first, and my life afterwards.
Anne does not seem to understand," he said with mock courtesy, "that I have the honour to welcome him to my house the Hotel Bezers, Rue de Platriere.
I have the honour on her behalf to acknowledge your congratulations, M.
I have not the honour of knowing you, but you seem to be a gentleman.
At the conclusion of peace the man went back to politics, a trade for which his temperament was better fitted; and it was he who was chosen as the chief impugner of the conduct and honour of Andrew Johnson!
A Democratic banquet was held at Washington in honourof the founder of the party.
But it is in his dealings with the natives that Penn's humanity and honour stand out most conspicuously.
He also, disapproving of Slavery, could honour those terms.
It is the more to his honour that he did this to the advantage of a man whom he could not appreciate and who was his enemy.
When their honour was thus attacked, there was no longer any reply to be made; they merely bowed and remained silent.
At Kowno, as it had been after the disasters of Wiazma, of Smolensk, of the Berezina, and of Wilna, it was to him that the honour of our arms and all the peril of the last steps of our retreat were again confided.
In this scene the Emperor, it was said, beheld nothing but glory: he exclaimed, that "the honour of so proud a day belonged exclusively to Prince Eugene.
He always marched with the same order and moderation in the midst of the most immoderate disorder; and yet, what does honour to the age, he attained to the highest distinctions as quickly and as rapidly as any who could be named.
The claims of these two commanders to the honour were by no means equal.
As to Latour-Maubourg, he received the honour or the charge without expressing either pleasure or regret.
He merely warned the detachments sent out in quest of provisions, that "if they did not return the following day, they would deprive themselves of the honour of fighting.
So great was their ardour, that two divisions of the advanced guard disputed for the honour of being the first to pass, and were near coming to blows; and some exertions were necessary to quiet them.
Their honour was saved, but there were immense gaps in the ranks.
Their hearts yearned after France, to be once more in the bosom of their families, and to flee from this horrible climate; but not one of them ventured to express a wish of the kind; duty and honour restrained them.
Soon after my entering the building I went to have a look at my classes, and shortly afterwards, the secretary came up to me and said, "Do you know you have the great honour of being the first man to judge any dogs from Her Majesty's kennels?
He then said, "Well, I am most anxious they should all be in the prize list, as I consider it a high honour that Her Majesty has allowed them to be entered.
Champion of champions," in a class composed of all the specimens of all kinds of dogs, that had been awarded a championship at that show, and the gratified owner had the honour of receiving the splendid prize from H.
Since then I have very often had the honour of judging dogs from the Royal Kennels, both Sandringham and Windsor.
He was present in the following battles, in several of which he had the honour to command the above distinguished corps, viz.
Then Saul made it known that whoever could kill Goliath should have great riches, should marry the princess his daughter, and win great honour for himself and for his family.
The name was given in honour of the memory of my friend, the late J.
Thomson and I, in our "Flora Indies," have proposed the name Decaisnea (in honour of my friend Professor J.
This I did with reference especially to the cultivation of Rhododendrons, in a paper which the Horticultural Society of London did me the honour of printing.
There are twenty-four separate designs, all in honour of the Virgin.
Then suppose you now take this parable to the gentleman who is surprised at finding that philosophers have no honour in their cities; explain it to him and try to convince him that their having honour would be far more extraordinary.
And what is honoured is cultivated, and that which has no honour is neglected.
Adeimantus added: Has no one told you of the torch-race on horseback in honour of the goddess which will take place in the evening?
And so at last, instead of loving contention and glory, men become lovers of trade and money; they honour and look up to the rich man, and make a ruler of him, and dishonour the poor man.
Gerald, in honour of the occasion, and because Marietta, under the stress of excitement, had forgotten to give him his supper, was allowed to dine en famille.
I thought I would wear it in honour of Mr. Sybert; it's so seldom we have him with us.
Every instinct of his nature urged him forward; only honour held him back.
And,' he added, with his eye on the young man, 'I have the honour of informing you that you were made chairman.
Shall I make a grande toilette in honour of the occasion?
I don't know how you guessed it, but you must promise on your honour as a gentleman and a diplomat not to tell a single soul!
Almost immediately, a man appeared at the door, whose aspect it must be admitted was not at all what one would have expected of a person who had joined the police for honour alone.
I will confide our secret to your honour and your friendship.
Sir, I have the honour to inform you, that I am on the track of the man with the earrings.
Ah, my friend, he was more jealous of your honour than you yourself!
This evening, at your house, I shall have the honour of giving you an account of my proceedings.
You were right, sir," continued the count, "our honour is involved.
Is it not his duty to exercise some self-denial, in return for the honour of our company?
What connection could possibly exist between Noel's honour and the assassination at La Jonchere?
My honour, yours, the honour of our house, are involved.
He ought to risk his life sooner than the honour of her who has trusted in him; but be assured Albert relied on me.
He hesitated, he whose honour was usually so great.
Come, my friend, do not be uneasy, your honour is not at stake here, no one questions it.
Not within the present generation had a lynching taken place in the town, and the people were deeply concerned to preserve the honour and good name of their community.
Tanner, whose pictures have been in the Luxembourg, and who has been an honour to American art, is a mulatto.
He made a grave mistake in treating other men as if they were as utterly devoid as he was himself of all sentiment of honour and morality.
Most of all his foes, he hated England; because, to the eternal honour of our country, be it remembered, England took the lead in rousing the other nations of Europe to resist him.
The other, to whom the romantic name of Sabrina Sydney had been given, was more promising, and at one time it seemed as if the perilous honour of being Mrs. Day would be hers.
Honour to those whose words or deeds Thus help us in our daily needs, And by their overflow Raise us from what is low.
The work was received with commendation by jurists in France, Germany, and the United States, but the crowning honourof all was that the Pope placed her and her books on the “Index Expurgatorius.
Every true woman is more sensitive on what touches the honour and sanctity of her home than on any other subject.
What are our lives compared with the honourof our country?
It meant the honour and welfare of the man I loved, as opposed to the honour and welfare of a man for whom I cared comparatively little.
I must go on paying to the end--it's my honour that's involved.
Honour forbids that I should even try to clear myself.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "honour" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
