truce of God
Example Sentences
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I need not inquire whether it is the body, the weather, or who or what, that rings in this truce of God in our breast; but I must describe how they look, the Sabbatical weeks.
From Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. I. A Biography by Jean Paul
The truce of God, so often and so ineffectually proclaimed by the clergy of the eleventh century, was an obvious imitation of this ancient custom.
From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1 by Milman, Henry Hart
Do not even the sailors of war and trade peer across the tossing waters of the great deep, longing for a truce of God if only for an hour upon this winter morning?
From A Little Book for Christmas by Brady, Cyrus Townsend
In 1042 he insisted that the "truce of God" should be proclaimed and observed in Normandy.
From Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 1 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
"Same to you, Yank," and during that sacred night there was the truce of God and overhead the silence of the solemn stars.
From Westways by Mitchell, S. Weir (Silas Weir)
