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 Honour (h silent).Honour paid to Learning. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Honour and Glory Griffiths.
 
Capt. Griffiths (in the reign of William IV.) was so called, because all his despatches were addressed “To their Honours and Glories at the Admiralty.”   1
 


 Honour (h silent).Honour paid to Learning. 

 
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