And it is of no use to try to conceal this sorrowful fact by fine words, and to talk to the workman about the honourableness of manual labour and the dignity of humanity.
"An Ocean Tramp"
William McFee
The woes of the two lovers were as different as possible, though equally balanced; and the honourableness of their undertaking was equally high.
"The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 2"
Rupert Hughes
And this involved more; for so thoroughly had the old man come to regard the boy as his offspring, that he had nourished in him his own pride of family; and it added a sting of mortification to Malcolm's sorrow, that the greatness of the legendary descent in which he had believed, and the honourableness of the mournful history with which his thoughts of himself had been so closely associated, were swept from him utterly.
"Malcolm"
George MacDonald