God's acre
Example Sentences
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This God's acre, where is traced indelibly in these rows of glorious stones the symbol of the spirit of this great country, and the record of the nation's sacrifice in the cause of freedom.
From Time Magazine Archive
We walked about among the friends whom we had known who were resting in God's acre.
From Revisiting the Earth by Hill, James Langdon
For it stood on a knoll, whence the ground sloped down to the Tochty, and it lay with God's acre round it in the shining of the sun.
From Kate Carnegie and Those Ministers by Maclaren, Ian
Feuerbach teaches that the memento mori of reason meets us everywhere in the spiritual God's acre of literature.
From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville
During the hours that the body of the sainted Thompson lay in state and was deposited in God's acre the flags were flying at half-mast, and every business place was closed.
From Alter Ego A Tale by Walker, W. W. (William Wesley)
