1 But perhaps the abuse of such people as yourself and Marianne will make amends for the regard of Lady Middleton and her mother.
2 They afforded her no companion that could make amends for what she had left behind, nor that could teach her to think of Norland with less regret than ever.
3 Her idea was my refuge in disappointment and distress, and made some amends to me, even for the loss of my friend.
4 It was an aggravating circumstance in the case that he had no idea of this, but conceived that he was making me amends in every new discovery: not to say, heaping obligations on my head.
5 I told the gentleman at first, when he told me upstairs it was come to light, that I would answer for your being umble, and making amends.
David Copperfield By Charles DickensContext Highlight In CHAPTER 52. I ASSIST AT AN EXPLOSION 6 I do not know how you will ever make him amends for his kindness; or me, either, for that matter.
7 At that instant, she felt that years of happiness could not make Jane or herself amends for moments of such painful confusion.
8 As far as I can see, it will be your chief diversion hereafter; unless Linton make amends for other losses: and your provident parent appears to fancy he may.
9 That noon he sat down to dinner with us, and received a heaped-up plate from my hands, as if he intended to make amends for previous fasting.
10 There was a rich amends, however, preparing for her.
11 He hoped she might make some amends for the many very plain faces he was continually passing in the streets.
12 As to you, Mr. Carruthers, I think that you have done what you could to make amends for your share in an evil plot.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In IV. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SOLITARY CYCLIST 13 If I have committed a sin in killing an Inquisitor and a Jesuit, I have made ample amends by saving the lives of these girls.
14 The antechamber, indeed, was only encrusted with rubies and emeralds, but the order in which everything was arranged made amends for this great simplicity.
15 The host had not quite so good a bargain as he at first hoped for, but he made amends by slipping in two bottles of Anjou wine instead of two bottles of champagne.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre DumasContext Highlight In 46 THE BASTION SAINT-GERVAIS