| 单词 | point of honor |
| 例句 | Since they had married, it was a point of honor between them that Lillian serve grits and Bull refuse to eat them. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It was not only a point of honor, he’d said, it was also a matter of having to go because his face was Japanese. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z My father made it a point of honor. Scholastique Mukasonga on Tutsi Life and the Rwandan Genocide 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z They are all rather understated, as if the actresses regarded it as a point of honor never to block the view of their characters. Theater Review: ‘I Remember Mama’ Reminisces at the Gym at Judson 2014-03-31T02:00:01Z So it became a point of honor to find a version of Dickens' classic that would resonate for my son and his generation, just as Sim's film had once done for me. 2009-12-25T01:45:00Z As much as we may be amused or even enthralled by such spectacles, it’s become a point of honor to know that they’re only illusions. Review: ‘Penn & Teller on Broadway’ Explores the Illusions of Technology 2015-07-12T04:00:00Z Even when the facts are known, Megacle feels duty-bound to his friend, one of those points of honor that in opera one simply must accept. Review: A Spotlight for an Unsung Talent 2010-08-17T15:23:00Z “The canal has become an almost historical point of honor. Haitians want to make it clear that they are a nation that will not allow themselves to be humiliated by their neighbor.” Dominican Republic has partially reopened its border with Haiti. But a diplomatic crisis persists 2023-10-11T04:00:00Z The atlas was a great federal achievement, when that was still a point of honor — 84 agencies, led by the Interior Department, contributed. Perspective | 765 maps that drew Americans together 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z Ms. Trotta said the church made it a “point of honor” not to proselytize to newly arrived migrants. Protestant Church That Found Refuge in Italy’s Hills Helps Syrians Do the Same 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z Van Avermaet made a point of honor to be first at the top to the delight of home fans cheering him along on the side of the road. Mike Teunissen opens Tour de France with unexpected stage victory 2019-07-06T04:00:00Z “It’s a point of honor to stay in Russia and try to make things better.” Pussy Riot Activist May Have Been Poisoned, German Doctors Say 2018-09-18T04:00:00Z If you ask someone if they’d like a big, bold red or something a bit more delicate and refined, most people will tend to choose big and bold as if it’s a point of honor. The best for your budget: Wine and beer to bring to your holiday party 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z She added that the Kurds “will not hear of us paying; they say it is a point of honor.” Families face a long wait and uncertainty in repatriating American militiamen killed in Syria 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z It's apparently a point of honor among some corporations to be named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies. The ethics of firms paying to be honored for ethics 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z It was a point of honor with her to observe the utmost secrecy. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z A mere point of honor! a trophy of insolence to England, and of humiliation to Spain! The Diplomatic Correspondence of the American Revolution (Volume VI) 2012-04-03T02:00:34.180Z In general, this is a point of honor which almost all men are proud to achieve. The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness Being a Complete Guide for a Gentleman's Conduct in all his Relations Towards Society 2012-03-30T02:00:17.867Z With him revenge is an overpowering instinct; nay, more, it is a point of honor and a duty. The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada 2012-03-26T02:00:34.423Z Mayhew entered the room, but, being acquainted with their customs, took no notice of the visitors, it being with them a point of honor for an inferior to salute the superior. Nooks and Corners of the New England Coast 2012-02-22T03:00:25.113Z The thoroughly English character of mind of these innovators led them to make it a sort of point of honor to find a sanction for their conduct in tradition. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z His former masters Parsons was willing enough to find fault with, but Lord Stanyhurst he seemed to think it a point of honor to defend. Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color 2012-02-20T03:00:20.550Z The latter had been second in command before the advent of the chief of the Three Hundred, but made it a point of honor to yield this post to him. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z And one of the 'points of honor,' as Dave calls 'em, is never to postpone. Dick Randall The Young Athlete 2012-01-04T03:00:45.467Z Heroic youth, ready to maintain all points of honor! The Enemies of Women (Los enemigos de la mujer) 2012-01-02T03:00:27.980Z I will make it a point of honor! Fr?d?rique; vol. 1 2011-12-19T03:00:39.830Z The "point of honor" was not to be estimated by the ordinary scale in the present maniac state of Europe. Thomas Jefferson The Apostle of Americanism 2011-11-23T03:00:55.563Z It seemed to be a special point of honor with him to bid defiance to fatigue. Fridtjof Nansen A book for the young 2011-11-17T03:00:36.810Z "If Robert has failed in a point of honor, I ought to know it, because in that case I have a duty to do—a painful one, but a duty nevertheless." A Man of Honor 2011-10-02T02:00:16.927Z Thus each one made it a point of honor to make his chapel as sumptuous as possible, a form of vanity very acceptable to the Church. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z What I think is, that there is some reason—perhaps some point of honor with him—that keeps him away from her. The Main Chance 2011-08-26T02:00:27.127Z This was excusable in him as it was a point of honor for an apprentice not to betray his master's secrets, but James had no such plea behind which to shelter himself. Benjamin Franklin; Self-Revealed, Volume II (of 2) A Biographical and Critical Study Based Mainly on his own Writings 2011-08-16T02:00:39.793Z The reason of it is that among barbarous populations, where security is feeble, it was the point of honor which guaranteed the security of strangers. Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State 2011-08-10T02:00:16.913Z “That is just it,” declared the girl turning toward him quickly, surprised that a negro 170 should grasp the point of honor affected. Peggy Owen at Yorktown 2011-07-17T02:00:35.830Z It was a point of honor with him to make good these dates even to the smallest appointment at a country crossroads. The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South 2011-07-10T02:00:23.033Z But, in general, whenever one nation in dealing with another relies simply on force or fraud, and denies to its neighbor the common consideration due to human beings, a point of honor must arise. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z It was, of course, a point of honor with the officers not to fall back into English, even in an emergency. Our Army at the Front 2011-06-26T02:00:07.933Z He went there, but merely as a point of honor. A Man's Hearth 2011-06-25T02:00:17.093Z "Is it not the same with all points of honor?" said our friend. Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and Travels, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-06-22T02:00:23.137Z What folly is this that exhausts itself on a point of honor? The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z In the case of a nation the material consequences are much larger, and the point of honor is apt to be less clear. Lest We Forget World War Stories 2011-07-07T02:00:28.183Z This whole matter involves a point of honor with me. A Cry in the Wilderness 2011-06-01T02:00:28.933Z A distinguished caterer or steward, a gentleman described as possessing talent enough to have governed a province, commits suicide on a professional point of honor: French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z He was noted for his scrupulous regard for the code as a basis of settlement between honorable men, and was generally consulted upon points of honor. Sons and Fathers 2011-05-16T02:00:19.893Z Each kept his eyes to himself as if it were a point of honor so to do. The Girl from Alsace A Romance of the Great War, Originally Published under the Title of Little Comrade 2011-04-23T02:00:05.477Z “While your husband has treated us fairly,” he said, “we have to thank you, and that makes it a point of honor to show you were not mistaken.” The Secret of the Reef 2011-04-12T02:00:26.980Z The Emperor had made it a point of honor with his confidant to guard the secret absolutely; and many a bad hour had Allard passed in consequence. The Game and the Candle 2011-04-03T02:00:16.907Z No, it could not be amicably arranged--under the circumstances there was but one way of satisfying the point of honor. Our Own Set A Novel 2011-03-26T02:00:12.923Z How piteous is the reflection that the slaves made a point of honor of preserving their backs free from scars,—so that the lash inflicted a double wound at every stroke! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 2011-02-11T03:00:30.570Z "You have raised a point of honor on which we cannot agree, that is all." Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z Minola made it a point of honor not to hesitate, or start, or show that she had nerves. The Galaxy Vol. XXIII?March, 1877.?No. 3 2011-01-31T03:00:16.193Z He considered it necessary to take it up solely because a point of honor came in question. The Sign of Flame 2011-01-27T03:00:43.087Z Men like these died for a point of honor, as much as did Alexander Hamilton. The Life of Bret Harte With Some Account of the California Pioneers 2011-01-14T03:00:47.427Z Perhaps they decided correctly—at all events, a military, or naval man, cannot go very far astray, who abides by the point of honor. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z The majority of the officers made it a point of honor to debark the Maccrow unbroached at their respective posts, and make the contents spin religiously through the next twelve months. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. "You will be taking care of mine, and it will be a point of honor." The Sentimental Adventures of Jimmy Bulstrode She never took her eyes off Earlscourt while he spoke, and I wondered if she regretted having lost him for a point of honor. Beatrice Boville and Other Stories It is a point of honor with mother to take meals in restaurants or buy delicatessen stuff. The Preliminaries And Other Stories Strong men make a promise to themselves early in life, and they feel it a point of honor to keep it. Tony Butler He had insulted somebody—in a country where men still fought on the point of honor. The Great Miss Driver Possibly there was a point of honor in thus remaining with these men of the mines. First Fam'lies of the Sierras In her place, I should have felt it a point of honor not to hide my low birth. Was It Right to Forgive? A Domestic Romance We had used a rope at first, but he felt it a point of honor to gnaw this apart, coming cheerfully to meet us with a section of our clothesline trailing from his collar. Sigurd Our Golden Collie and Other Comrades of the Road It seemed a point of honor amongst this class that none should descend to such a union, nor stoop to an alliance with the usurer. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience It is a point of honor with all governments, and especially with monarchical governments, not to give way in the slightest degree to what they call rebellion. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 In him, the desire for wine and pillage, the eagerness for quarrel, the sentiment of a point of honor, were carefully substituted for the family affections and the consciousness of moral duties. Paris From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; Volume 2 It is a point of honor with the Prince of Wales's to have nothing that is not "real." The Galaxy, May, 1877 Vol. XXIII.—May, 1877.—No. 5. It is a point of honor with them to deserve it when they are trusted. The Children of the Poor But ambition," he adds, "and the point of honor are alike opposed to this. History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 They carry the point of honor so high that there is no sacrifice they are not capable of making, if it only serve to elevate their opinion of themselves. The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly It is now a point of honor with Justinian to save or avenge his dethroned and imprisoned friend. The Scarlet Banner For it is a point of honor among Arabs not to attack or harm anybody or anything that has been placed under the protection of a woman. Oriental Women "You appear to measure all men by your own standard, sir," said Dunn, indignantly; "and let me tell you that in point of honor it is a scant one." Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day As for seconds, umpires of the point of honor, we'll have the people who pass by in the street—if any do pass. Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 His letters you shall see them yourself bore all the evidence of a man more touchy on the score of a point of honor than mindful of a mere money matter. The Daltons, Volume I (of II) Or,Three Roads In Life They were all ready at that moment, and only waited till four because the agent had advertised that they would,—merely a technical point of honor. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 1 The worshipful corporation held it as a point of honor that when once they had condemned a man to death, that man's head must be severed from his body. Pretty Michal Feeling—like honesty—is a moral point of honor, an attribute of whose possession no one will permit denial, which claims a place in life and art alike. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music This might seem to be the very perversity of ignorance; but it was, in fact, renunciation on a point of honor, and native pride refused to see the matter in any other light. Our Southern Highlanders Hence, he made it a point of honor to pass every Maloja owned vehicle on the road. The Silent Barrier I do not mean that they should in any wise hasten actual marriage; but only that they should hold it a point of honor to have the right to marry. Time and Tide by Weare and Tyne Twenty-five Letters to a Working Man of Sunderland on the Laws of Work It must be a point of honor to leave no suspicious place unexamined. What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes Both were determined that it was a point of honor to stay where they were. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 92, June, 1865 I, sir, am a Talbot, and have no need to go to you for information on points of honor. A Castle in Spain A Novel We felt them to be our own, and as such it became a point of honor with us to conform to them in spirit as in letter. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 Well, gentlemen, it got to be a point of honor, as you might say, for Sam to convince that guy. Seven Keys to Baldpate The laws of England are therefore, in point of honor and justice, extremely watchful in ascertaining and protecting this right. Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First I suppose that we destroyed the signs as a point of honor, and preferred Clark's Field to all the other open land free to us because we could see no reason for the prohibition. Clark's Field He seems to raise a point of honor on it, or something. The Bondboy But don't let's drive the point of honor into the quick. The Passionate Friends The "point of honor" is the excuse for a practice which has lost its original sanction. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) The British, on the contrary, make it a point of honor to recover all their poles and wire. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone "Madame, I am poor, I am ridiculous and vain; I am what is termed a man of expediencies; but even I have my point of honor." A Romance of the West Indies “You are making a point of honor of it?” said the judge, sharply but not unkindly, looking over his glasses at the raw citadel of virtue which rose towerlike before him. The Bondboy When he was seven or eight this breakfast came at mid-day, but the older he grew the longer he fasted, and it became a point of honor to beat his record every successive year. Dreamers of the Ghetto Let it be a point of honor to protect birds, trees and flowers, and so to make our country more beautiful and not more ugly, because we have lived in it. Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 The chances are you've only made them hate us more than ever, and they will feel that it's a point of honor now to get even with us for this. The Camp Fire Girls in the Mountains or Bessie King's Strange Adventure The flower of the French, Dutch, Belgian, English, Swiss and Roman youth made it a point of honor to swell the ranks of the Papal Zouaves. Pius IX. And His Time Last requests are a sort of point of honor, aren't they. The Einstein See-Saw It is especially a point of honor on the gentleman's part to retain nothing that the lady may have given, or written, him. Social Life or, The Manners and Customs of Polite Society "The point of honor," answered Moli�re, "consists in my not deserting more than a hundred persons, whom my personal exertions are necessary to support." Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History And, moreover, it was deemed by the North a point of honor that, having conferred freedom on the negro, he should be provided with the right of suffrage. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III It became a point of honor to yield nothing to an ignored companion. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories The farmer’s lawsuit is his point of honor; and he will carry it through, though he knows from the very first day that he shall get nothing by it. The Essays of "George Eliot" Complete "Then, monsieur, to this point of honor you sacrifice everything, even Helene?" The Regent's Daughter It was a point of honor with them to take the foremost rank, and to expose themselves fully at all times to the worst dangers of the combat. Richard I Makers of History Punctilious on all points of honor, they sought but one reward—victory. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 2 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History Now, philosophers tell us that what is called the point of honor is a barbarous feudal prejudice. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851 It's a point of honor with us; and—yes, a matter of policy. The Grain Ship A man's courage is often a mere animal quality, and in its most elevated form a point of honor. Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical When ordered to do a thing it was a point of honor to accomplish it or die in the attempt. Sioux Indian Courts An address delivered by Doane Robinson before the South Dakota Bar Association, at Pierre, South Dakota, January 21, 1909 He felt it was a point of honor that he should recover his clothes. An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America Herodotus says that he refused to fight till his own day came regularly round,—but we can scarcely believe that a general of his ability would risk defeat on such a childish point of honor. Historic Tales, vol 10 (of 15) The Romance of Reality His hatred of Blackbeard was one motive but there was a point of honor even more compelling. Blackbeard: Buccaneer It is artillerymen's point of honor not to abandon their pieces till the last extremity. A Treatise on the Tactical Use of the Three Arms: Infantry, Artillery, and Cavalry But Hawthorne's regard made it a point of honor with me. A Little Girl in Old Boston For a moment Cosmo Waynflete was a Spaniard, and to him it was a point of honor to aid the weaker party. Tales of Fantasy and Fact So much precaution had I, O my God! for a vain point of honor, and I had so little of true honor, which is not to displease you. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 13 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers There were men, it is true, engaged in it, with whom the “point of honor” was more omnipotent than the dread of law in regular trade. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver A distinguished caterer or steward, a gentleman described as possessing talent enough to have governed a province, commits suicide on a professional point of honor:— Paris, Sunday, April 26, 1671. Classic French Course in English The wooden barriers, which covered the entrance, were displaced by some traitress within, who left no protection to her companions but the point of honor. The History of Tasmania , Volume II It had been a point of honor with the men to observe sacredly the right of ownership, and any breach of confidence would have been considered unpardonable. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 24, March, 1873 But a point of honor kept me from it. The Autobiography of Madame Guyon This conception of democracy has come latterly to be as fine a point of honor as any article in the code of chivalry or noblesse. The Moral Economy It was a point of honor on one side to invade, on the other to defend, Mother Guillette's hearth. The Devil's Pool He said the boy had suffered enough already for concealing the truth, even if he was guilty, seeing that he could have no motive but a mistaken point of honor for so doing. The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. IV (of X)—Great Britain and Ireland II It was a point of honor to take, or to hold, Charleston, and the Confederates held it till 1865! A Little Traitor to the South A War Time Comedy With a Tragic Interlude The tramps who establish these "holes" are invariably professionals, and never casual vagabonds; and apparently they make it a point of honor to conduct themselves with a certain propriety while they are in camp. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches He was interviewed but proved refractory on a point of honor. The Little Gold Miners of the Sierras and Other Stories In Innocencia the "point of honor" is quite as strong and vindictive as in any play of the Spanish Golden Age. Brazilian Tales "We cannot understand it, but we must not attempt to sway him in any point of honor." The Skylark of Space Having that burro meant a lot to us, for those packs228 were heavy—and it was a point of honor, too, that we recapture our own. Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies It has been a point of honor with me not to republish an English story or a short story whose immediate publication in book form elsewhere seems likely. The Best Short Stories of 1915 And the Yearbook of the American Short Story A soldier, it was reasonable that Hamilton should feel very differently on the point of honor from a mere civilian, and that he should not have felt himself at liberty to decline Burr's challenge. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 It was that point of honor which made you follow your prince into Russia, when your gray hairs seemed to assure you a happier destiny in Paris. Captains of Industry or, Men of Business Who Did Something Besides Making Money Aggie and I make it a point of honor never to pry into Tish's secrets, so we did not, of course, look into the drawer. More Tish These gentlemen have come here without animosity toward each other; they are fighting merely upon a point of honor. Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective There are as nice points of honor, and as much jealous regard for professional credit in the merchant service as in any other. Border and Bastille And all this distress they suffered, not for any national interests or necessity, but from vain points of honor and personal resentments, of which it was difficult to give a satisfactory account to the public. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part E. From Charles I. to Cromwell Rigorous punishments had been inflicted on the most eminent of the Protestant party; and a point of honor seemed to have arisen, whether the one sect could exercise, or the other suffer, most barbarity. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Chamberlain himself was detected and hanged; but maintained so steadily the point of honor to his accomplices, that he could not be prevailed on, by offers or promises, to discover any of them. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. The necessity of self-preservation had superseded the ambition of power; and the ancient point of honor, never to contract the limits of the empire, could no longer be attended to in this desperate extremity. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John From every platform devoted friends and relatives are spilling—it is a point of honor in Homeburg to remain with your loved ones in the car as long as you dare before leaping for life. Homeburg Memories Besides, he made it a point of honor not to smoke on duty; he had not had a pipe in his mouth since eleven o'clock; and he felt now off duty. The Terrible Twins A seat in the house was, in itself, of small importance: but the former became a point of honor among the gentlemen. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part D. From Elizabeth to James I. Revenge alone had carried Philip into these impolitic measures; and a point of honor had hitherto induced him to maintain them. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. It was deemed a point of honor that a member breaking his vows should confess and retire from the society. Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View In this ceremonious fashion, as gentlemen were wont to meet with pistols to dispute some point of honor, did the Chesapeake sail out to fight the waiting Shannon. The Fight for a Free Sea: A Chronicle of the War of 1812 The Chronicles of America Series, Volume 17 One evil result was that it exalted "those wretched composers of metaphysical polemics, the theologians," to a point of honor that no poet or philosopher had ever attained. The Age of the Reformation Their statements are in no sense obscure; according to them the son of Bernardone not only patterned himself after the young men of his age, he made it a point of honor to exceed them. Life of St. Francis of Assisi All these prudential considerations were overborne by a vain point of honor, not to turn their backs to the enemy; and they resolved to await the arrival of the duke of Bedford. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part B. From Henry III. to Richard III. It has been a point of honor with me not to republish a story by an English author or by any foreign author. The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story The prefects and wardens have been chosen as leaders, and it ought to be a point of honor with you to uphold their authority. A Popular Schoolgirl The murder of unfaithful wives was an especial point of honor. The Age of the Reformation For the most trivial point of honor, because the Brothers Minor were determined not to enjoy the smallest privileges. Life of St. Francis of Assisi So far the reparation, in point of honor, to Mr. Fowke was complete. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) It is a point of honor differently taken by two men," said Elk MacNair; "and the issue is a matter of character. Tales of the Chesapeake Do you think a Silenus would hesitate and stickle and scruple over a point of honor; though some of us have seen Silenus blunder into a paradise which he promptly transformed into a sty? The Freebooters of the Wilderness Athletes.—Many continued these exercises all their lives as a point of honor and became Athletes. History Of Ancient Civilization Our community frowns with indignation upon the profaneness of the duel, having its rise in this irrational point of honor. Public Speaking His reparation to that gentleman, in point of honor, is as full as possible. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) Sometimes a check-roll would be called, at some uncertain hour, but it was always a point of honor for the boys in camp to answer "present" for any absent mates. "Over There" with the Australians In other words, it was a point of honor with him not to take the slightest risk of involving his wife's private fortune. The Submarine Boys' Trial Trip "Making Good" as Young Experts It would be very delicate, and could have but one of two objects; either to recover the arms, which are not worth receiving, or to satisfy us on the point of honor. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 2 Are you aware that you indulge the same sentiment on a gigantic scale, when you recognize this very point of honor as a proper apology for war? Public Speaking Of this, however, he took no care; but he was not so inattentive to the satisfaction of the sufferers, either in point of honor or of interest. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12) They were severely handicapped running with a fifty-six pound can of water, but it was a point of honor not to leave this behind. "Over There" with the Australians I come of a family that has chosen exile rather than yield a point of honor that involved the crown. Montlivet It was a point of honor, the old inborn clan pride that never compromised an injury or an insult or an injustice, which neither forgave nor forgot. Poor Man's Rock Achilles treats Brisëis as a slave, whom he is anxious to preserve in point of honor, and as a testimony of his glory. The Iliad of Homer Translated into English Blank Verse by William Cowper But it all involves a point of honor which I feel that I am not unprejudiced enough to decide. The Gay Cockade Your punctiliousness on this point of honor entitles you, in my mind, to an elevation above and beyond all others of your profession. Guy Rivers: A Tale of Georgia To all these reasons nothing was opposed but a false point of honor and a mistaken courage in Harold, who urged his fate, and resolved on an engagement. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 07 (of 12) It is a huge factory of sentiment, of character, of points of honor, of conceptions of conduct, of everything that finally determines the destiny of a nation. The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets He no longer held out on the point of honor. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. XVI., December, 1880. It was a point of honor for me to ask Anne again. The Gay Cockade It was a point of honor to be effected at every hazard. The Empire of Austria; Its Rise and Present Power I never knew a man nicer than Captain Galsworthy on the point of honor. Humphrey Bold A Story of the Times of Benbow The loan is certainly not legally completed, but morally and in point of honor it is. The Tithe-Proctor The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two "This," said Norton, as he was about to go, "is a point of honor between us." The Black Baronet; or, The Chronicles Of Ballytrain The Works of William Carleton, Volume One In the college world it is a point of honor for the successive classes to treat each other with contumely. Humanly Speaking Men sometimes make a point of honor not to be disabused; and they had rather fall into an hundred errors than confess one. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 04 (of 12) No, he had not accepted the offer of a lift, being doubtful upon the point of honor as to whether he would be expected to pay a pro rata of the taxi charge. Success A Novel The true knight was equally sensitive upon the point of honor, in all that concerned the maintenance of an unsullied self, whether he found himself in a king's court or a robber's den. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots I fear 'tis but for a visionary point of honor. The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times A few weeks later, when in Chicago, she had left the young man, acting from what she considered a point of honor, as his invitation had been limited to the journey which was now completed. A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil She hesitated upon the point of honor as to what she would do with it. Sevenoaks He therefore consented, in order to satisfy the point of honor of the Mahrattas, that an article should be inserted to admit Hyder Ali to accede to the pacification. The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) The Pisans on the other hand had been reduced to subjection by Florence: their civic life had been stifled, their pride wounded in the tenderest point of honor, their population decimated by proscription and exile. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots He was alive to delicate points of honor. From Canal Boy to President Or the Boyhood and Manhood of James A. Garfield It was a point of honor with all the boys he knew to pretend that the policeman was after them. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood It had come to be a self-instituted point of honor to play the game through without blundering. The Lonesome Trail and Other Stories They were, therefore, drawn up upon the gangway, to satisfy this cruel point of honor; and there, without the possibility of annoying the enemy, they were mowed down! The Life and Correspondence of Sir Isaac Brock Here's a man who's up against a point of honor; he has, I understand, a long, clean record, and now he's prepared to take a course that may cost him dear. The Intriguers "And it's a point of honor with me, Rupert—" "To stand by me," he broke in, quickly. The Street Called Straight There are generally some points of honor, which will bind the most abandoned men. Christopher Carson The people, too, throughout the provinces, made it a point of honor to come forward and pay their taxes before they were due. France in the Nineteenth Century "So I understand; but it is sometimes difficult for persons who are delicate on points of honor." The Forty-Five Guardsmen So you and the Master discuss these knotty points of honor and expediency together, do you, as a recreation from the Greek syntax? Halcyone "I am—sorry—about your loss, Mr. Banks," she said, then, and her voice fluctuated softly, "but I shall do my best—I shall make it a point of honor—to sometime reimburse you." The Rim of the Desert With her it seemed to be a point of honor that she should bring in her game and display it. Our Vanishing Wild Life Its Extermination and Preservation There was no carpet, but bright-colored rag rugs lay about on the bare floor, and it was a point of honor with the Ladies' Aid Society of the church to keep these renewed. Hillsboro People Many bourgeois points of honor may be false; but at least they exist. Back to Methuselah “On points of honor I have that sensitiveness that you say to be—be of a woman.” The Daredevil Many soldiers make it a point of honor never to report sick, and in their obstinacy there is an obscure and profound heroism. Light She knew how embarrassing it is to receive presents from one to whom no present has been sent, and she made it a point of honor somehow to forewarn her prospective beneficiaries betimes. Mrs. Budlong's Christmas Presents Where are the royal cricket-matches of old, the great games of football, when the obtaining of victory was a point of honor, and crowds assembled on the Delta to witness the all-absorbing contest?—Harvardiana, A Collection of College Words and Customs The commonplace sound people submit, and compel the rest to submit, because they have been taught to do so as an article of religion and a point of honor. Back to Methuselah It was a point of honor on one side and the other to attack and to defend La Guillette's fireside. The Devil's Pool Hospitality was a point of honor to both. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 "But you are too particular on a point of honor," insisted Don Luis Montez, with a shrug of his shoulders. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers Intensely partisan and, as usual with his class, touchy on the point of honor, he did precisely the wrong thing on every occasion where cool decision was demanded. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado We were taught bourgeois manners and bourgeois points of honor. Back to Methuselah At the age of eighteen, the young Count had received an appointment as sub-lieutenant in a regiment of dragoons, and had made it a point of honor to follow the emigrant Princes into exile. Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories I am not preparing myself for a governess, that I should make a point of honor of such things, little pragmatical prig that you are; nor are you, that I know of. Miriam Monfort A Novel "I regret that I have not yet succeeded in making an engineer's point of honor clear," Tom replied, placing the pen back on the stand. The Young Engineers in Mexico Or, Fighting the Mine Swindlers Marescotti was no atheist; he was a religious reformer, sincerely and profoundly pious, and conscientious to the point of honor. The Italians Some romantic points of honor and a few conventions. Back to Methuselah In "The Merchant of Venice" I found that Henry Irving's Shylock necessitated an entire revision of my conception of Portia, especially in the trial scene, but here there was no point of honor involved. The Story of My Life Recollections and Reflections It is my misfortune to be extremely sensitive upon the point of honor. Round the Block Whereupon, he asked me how he could remain, when there was to be an attack upon his brother, seeing that they were but one, both in point of honor and as brothers. A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 6 "Alas!" replied Moliere, with a sigh, "it is a point of honor that prevents me." A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 5 Neither the Indians nor the wild white Indian fighters made any point of honor about retreating. The Winning of the West, Volume 4 Louisiana and the Northwest, 1791-1807 Meanwhile the dying chief, resolute to save the long locks his enemies coveted—always a point of honor among the red men,—painfully rolled himself into the stream. The Winning of the West, Volume 2 From the Alleghanies to the Mississippi, 1777-1783 They helped to enforce the fashion of paying deference to women, and made it a point of honor, thus forcing many a boor to assume at least the outward semblance and conduct of a gentleman. Primitive Love and Love-Stories First, let us look at it from a point of honor, as people consider it who call themselves, and whom the world regards as, gentlemen. Without Dogma We are made to stand things; they have their pride,—their orgueil, as we say in French,—and that is the point of honor with some men. Balcony Stories The trapper was in no mood to put up with the loss of his dinner, and he considered it rather a point of honor that he should bring the offending savage to justice. The Lost Trail I expected every day some of the men to give out, but their pride to conquer hardships was, with them, the point of honor. Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers In the former case the husband looks upon the matter as a point of honor to oblige his friend, the greatest compliment that can be paid him, provided that permission is previously asked. Primitive Love and Love-Stories What is to be said of a profession in which such obscenities are made points of honor, or of institutions in which they are an accepted part of the daily routine? Treatise on Parents and Children To a point of honor Motassem had sacrificed a flourishing city, two hundred thousand lives, and the property of millions. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 5 It was a point of honor that he should recover them. The Life of Francis Marion "Would you cling to a barren point of honor in despite of love?" The Cruise of the Jasper B. Which point of honor had like to have cost him dear; for not long after he was overreached by a stratagem, which had almost amounted to the loss of Sparta. Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans She laughs when she sees grave persons, persons of orison, caring for points of honor for which she now feels profoundest contempt. Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature If they requested him, as a point of honor, to refrain from examining the battery of Yerba Buena with his glass, their consciences would be as light as their hearts. Rezanov He was altogether too red-blooded for that, and I believe the students whom he antagonized rather admired his chivalric point of honor even if they failed to imitate it. Adventures and Letters of Richard Harding Davis "No point of honor is a barren one, dear," he said. The Cruise of the Jasper B. It was a point of honor in the old days to treat a captive with kindness. Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains He had been clean; had taken it A kind of point of honor from the first... Young Adventure, a Book of Poems A capable woman, she had no sympathy with his exquisite points of honor, and yet loved him all the more because of what seemed to her his surpassing folly. The Certain Hour "I don't in the least admit it," said Bernard, conscious only for the moment of the duty of loyalty to his friend and feeling that negation here was simply a point of honor. Confidence He felt the frown slipping, but it was a point of honor with him to retain it. The Cruise of the Jasper B. Country practitioners used to be an irritable species, susceptible on the point of honor; and Mr. Wrench was one of the most irritable among them. Middlemarch Besides, she had made it a point of honor for him to keep away from her daughter. Lo, Michael! It was a point of honor that many would have held finicky and inconsistent, but one which young Fisbee had comprehended was vital to Harkless. The Gentleman from Indiana The peasant flies the Tower, although it leads A noble knight to seek adventure there, And, from his point of honor, dangers dare. Poems Oh," said Mrs. Mowbray, "my son is very quick and very sensitive, and very nice on a point of honor. The Living Link Motives are points of honor, I suppose—nobody can prove them. Middlemarch We feel that his talent has laid him the wager of Carneades; it will lose no cause, however bad, as soon as the point of honor Is engaged. Amiel's Journal One would think it was a point of honor with you to admit yourselves beaten. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House It was as though it was a point of honor with her. Jean-Christophe, Volume I But this point of honor had to be abandoned. Napoleon's Campaign in Russia Anno 1812 Or if I won a lot it was a point of honor to go on and play again, and give them their chance. The Avalanche Had not Bob assumed an obligation that must be lived up to and that was quite as binding as if it existed on paper instead of in a mere invisible point of honor? The Story of Sugar He made it a point of honor to tell everything against himself: the brawl with the soldiers, the warrant out against him, his flight from the country. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House No doubt Christophe could have applied to Rodolphe, who was more in a position to help Ernest, but he would not: he made it a point of honor to help his brother alone. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Why make it a point of honor to augment your glory? Chicot the Jester These walls are very thin, you know, and these Spanish gentlemen are very punctilious on points of honor. The Motor Girls on Waters Blue Or the Strange Cruise of the Tartar But for a point of honor the conductor would show her the vacant place; this forbidding, however, how can he? Suburban Sketches It was a point of honor with them, quite fatuously. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House All the musicians of any account made it a point of honor to take their places in the orchestra. Jean-Christophe, Volume I Roland started; his face assumed the grave expression of a man who is arguing a point of honor in his own mind. The Companions of Jehu Accordingly, rudeness is a quality which, in point of honor, is a substitute for any other and outweighs them all. The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer: the Wisdom of Life It was a point of honor to stick by ship and captain while ship and captain remained to stick by; for the success of a voyage depended on such mutual trust and help. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 15, January, 1859 These people seemed to make it a point of honor to bury themselves alive, each in his own mausoleum. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House All such admirers of great and noble sentiments, spoiled by romances or by prudes, make it a point of honor to spiritualize their passion. Life, Letters, and Epicurean Philosophy of Ninon de L'Enclos The Celebrated Beauty of the Seventeenth Century That was a point of honor which Fernando insisted upon, as he would neither agree to steal or wear stolen goods. Sustained honor The Age of Liberty Established Perhaps I shall go to jail with whichever of the duelists survives; but you see it is a point of honor with us all. Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation It was with him a point of honor always to be in company the social triumph of his generation. The Rivet in Grandfather's Neck A Comedy of Limitations It was a point of honor with him, a sort of daily declaration of independence, never to put in an appearance before nine-thirty. The Prince and Betty "See," writes Father Ragueneau, "how much our Indians stand on the point of honor!" The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century It is, therefore, a point of honor with me, dear L., to utilise my title of Haji by entering the city, visiting the ruler, and returning in safety, after breaking the guardian spell. First Footsteps in East Africa They knew the good she was capable of effecting, and made it a point of honor to assist her. Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois The point of honor was as strictly observed as it ever has been in the idlest and most artificial society. Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 Poor Bob! he was not sensitive on the point of honor, not a chivalrous character. The Mill on the Floss Hence, with all savages alike, the point of honor lies in treachery—in stratagem—and the utmost excess of what is dishonorable, according to the estimate of cultivated man. Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 A point of honor on which I quite agree with you. A Romance of Billy-Goat Hill But even as burglars will have their fine points of honor among themselves, so the business world set certain tacit limitations of action beyond which none could go without being regarded as violating the code. Great Fortunes from Railroads Besides, merely for what may be called a point of honor, for it is no more, in what an unpleasant situation will you put his majesty! The Children of the New Forest Like Sir Walter Scott in a similar misfortune, Mark Twain made it a point of honor to assume the whole debt. History of American Literature I think if it is as Mr. Brudenell says, judge, that you had better not make any difficulty about this 'point of honor' with the Senor Don Filipo. Self-Raised Or, From the Depths This was touching "the point of honor and the pride of virtue." Public Speaking Thus, according to the President of the Senate, France, after waiting, commenced war because she was ready,—- while, according to the Cabinet, it was on the point of honor. The Duel Between France and Germany It is in compliance with a point of honor that the professed libertine yet endeavors to excuse and save the partner of his wantonness. Confession, or, the Blind Heart; a Domestic Story Moreover, war in itself, excepting as a defensive measure or on a point of honor, seemed rather poor business to the thrifty Rivermouthians. The Queen of Sheba & My Cousin the Colonel Give the woman a vote, and she comes under the operation of the political point of honor. Considerations on Representative Government But Grace, remaining firm, finally received her three dollars, though they made it a point of honor to pay her in the smallest change they could muster. The Motormaniacs No private claims of any sort should be founded on it: the real point of honor is to take no corrupt advantage of it. Getting Married "I refer no points of honor," growled the Rajput. The Eye of Zeitoon Passengers have to submit their persons into the arms of loud-lunged Swahili longshoremen, who recognize one sole and only point of honor: neither passenger nor luggage shall be dropped into the surf. The Ivory Trail Those Spaniards are usually pretty scrupulous on points of honor. Rainbow's End The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor. The Doctor's Dilemma: Preface on Doctors After some deliberation as to the point of honor involved, he decided to go to Raimonda, who, alone in Caracuna City, seemed to be on personal terms with the hermit. The Unspeakable Perk In the country it is a point of honor to find out the writer of a letter by the direction, not the signature. It Is Never Too Late to Mend It was a point of honor with M. Champcey, and it was so with me. The Clique of Gold Certainly; for although he is the direct offender, we can't overlook the fact, dear Eynhardt, that you first insulted him, which by a nice point of honor would justify him in taking the first steps. The Malady of the Century His point of honor is not a bit of rag, but a bit of his skin. Oak Openings But your conduct has now made that a point of honor. Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends It is my point of honor as an innkeeper to come when I am called. The Man of Destiny To be wealthy, says Undershaft, is with me a point of honor for which I am prepared to kill at the risk of my own life. Bernard Shaw's Preface to Major Barbara It was a point of honor for no one to stop. Napoleon Bonaparte The point of honor, which no one understands better than yourself, attaches me to Hungary, our country. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 2 from Rome to the End He was a man of a sensitive temperament, easily piqued on the point of honor. Pioneers of France in the New World He is a good fellow, but a little awkward, and wanting in a certain point of honor, without which a man is not a man as I understand the word. Letters of Franz Liszt -- Volume 1 from Paris to Rome: Years of Travel as a Virtuoso For the rest, it was a point of honor with me—writing for a person who was blind—not to change a single word in the sentences which Lucilla dictated to me. Poor Miss Finch No such thing exists; but what does that matter to people trained from infancy to make a point of honor of belief in abstractions and incredibilities? Captain Brassbound's Conversion It was a point of honor with them to stay "until the last dog was hung." The Blazed Trail Straker sits up to yawn for a moment before he gets on his feet, making it a point of honor not to show any undue interest in the excitement of the bandits. Man and Superman "It's a point of honor," he said, thickly. Now It Can Be Told Every people considers it a point of honor to repudiate the idea that its ancestors fed on human flesh, and yet everywhere history tells us of the practice of cannibalism. Manners and Monuments of Prehistoric Peoples His acknowledged place was at the head of the procession, and it was a point of honor that that place should be retained. The Sky Pilot, a Tale of the Foothills It was a point of honor that no blood should be drawn at the first round. Glengarry School Days: a story of early days in Glengarry That obstacle Blaine had attempted in vain to remove; in fact his bungling diplomacy had riveted it yet more closely by making Great Britain maintain it as a point of honor. The Path of Empire; a chronicle of the United States as a world power "It's in the woods where—" He would have added where he met Mornie; but it was a point of honor with the twins, after reconciliation, not to allude to any topic of their recent disagreement. The Twins of Table Mountain Jack's ideas of morality were vague, but his convictions on points of honor were singularly direct and positive. A Protegee of Jack Hamlin's and Other Stories He wasn't going to lie under any obligation to a stranger, and, by Jove! he made it a special point of honor! The Bell-Ringer of Angel's He seemed to make it a sort of point of honor to retain it. Notre-Dame De Paris Tears are no longer concealed, as it is a point of honor to be a human being. The Ancient Regime Few men were so jealous about the point of honor in those days; and gentlemen of good birth and lineage thought a royal blot was an ornament to their family coat. The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. A Colonel in the Service of Her Majesty Queen Anne The buggies and riders kept perforce almost entirely to the roads; but the beaters were supposed, as a point of honor, to face everything, and keep the front unbroken. Animal Heroes He was excessively punctilious, too, upon small points of honor, and, after his own fashion, was a man of his word, beyond doubt. The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 The only gain I obtained from my repeated perusals was the knowledge that this certainty, of which I had made a point of honor to myself, could only be psychological. The Lock and Key Library The most interesting stories of all nations: French novels Its recovery had become a point of honor. Something New My obstinacy was but increased by what she said, and I made it a point of honor to remain. The Lock and Key Library Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English Of the manifold Parisian miseries, the most difficult to discover, and the bitterest, is that of worthy persons of the middle classes who have fallen into poverty; for they make concealment a point of honor. The Brotherhood of Consolation The chevalier made it a point of honor to have new ailments. Beatrix If you mean to make your mark in the world, you must keep your word; let it be a second religion to you, and a point of honor. A Woman of Thirty I am a marriageable girl, but I have brothers, a family, relations, who are sensitive on the point of honor. Letters of Two Brides There were a crowd of men operating, and I was told that the point of honor was to "put through" a hog a minute. North America — Volume 2 It is, however, a point of honor with these owners, as it is also in Maryland, not to sell their slaves; and a man who cannot sell his slaves must keep them. North America — Volume 1 It became a point of honor with his cousin's circle to win Jeff for the cause. The Vision Splendid Does he sympathize in the least with the poor man's point of honor against official institutions? What's Wrong with the World It is a point of honor, meeting death so, even when, as often befalls, their death is a slow and hard one. 1492 He was ready to die for a false point of honor—he is a Corsican! Scenes from a Courtesan's Life It is the old point of honor which, till it had been made absurd by certain changes of circumstances, was always grand and usually beneficent. North America — Volume 1 Doisy gave credit, for he reckoned on the sisters and aunts of the pupils, who made it a point of honor to pay their debts. The Lily of the Valley The napkins were fringed, a fashion altogether Spanish; and as for the linen, it will readily be supposed that the Claes's household made it a point of honor to possess the best. The Alkahest Appointed sub-lieutenant of dragoons, at the age of eighteen, the young Comte de Dey had obeyed the point of honor of the period by following the princes of the blood in their emigration. The Recruit Individual cases of the kind dwell in the recollections of whole tribes; and it is a point of honor and conscience to revenge them. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U. S. A., in the Rocky Mountains and the Far West These changes of circumstances have altered the manner in which appeal may be made, but have not altered the point of honor. North America — Volume 1 The Army was the "point of honor" with the allotment farmers: it was themselves turned into masters, defending abroad their newly established property, glorifying their recently conquered nationality, plundering and revolutionizing the world. Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte I made it a point of honor not to be long about dying, and that my zeal and prowess should eclipse those displayed by all others in the jolliest company. The Magic Skin Even then as now the Nucingens lived at the higher end of financial society, and the Baron de Nucingen made it a point of honor to treat the honest banker well. The Firm of Nucingen In general he accompanies the person of the chief, and when ordered to any duty, however dangerous, it is a point of honor rather to die than to refuse obedience. First Across the Continent The story of the exploring expedition of Lewis and Clark in 1804-5-6 It was a point of honor with the chivalry of the period to court danger by displaying their rank in the splendor of their military attire and the caparisons of their horses. History of the Conquest of Peru Set out for Naples, the Hague, or St. Petersburg—calm countries, where the point of honor is better understood than among our hot-headed Parisians. The Count of Monte Cristo The stakes are sometimes a kingdom or a kingdom's tribute, often a lady, or the combatants fought for "love" or the point of honor. The Danish History, Books I-IX You appear to consider this a point of honor, and it may be for this reason, that you have delayed acknowledging your name. The Count of Monte Cristo |
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