rule of the sword
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As a result, the rule of law overcame the rule of the sword.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2012
Since the Cromwellian rule of the sword, the army is so hated in England that an officer, going on duty from his home to the barracks, has to drive in a closed carriage.—O.A.H.
From Gems (?) of German Thought by William Archer
Since 1871 the object of every Prussian Government had been to reconcile the German people to the veiled rule of the sword by exhibiting results which, it was contended, could not otherwise have been secured.
From A Short History of the Great War by A. F. (Albert Frederick) Pollard
Its traditional instincts were outraged by the wreck of its institutions, its good sense by the effort to enforce godliness by civil penalties, its self-respect by the rule of the sword.
From History of the English People, Volume VI Puritan England, 1642-1660; The Revolution, 1660-1683 by John Richard Green
It was based on the rule of the sword.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 5 English History by Various
