truce of God
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In that month, the period of the second generation of the Halictus, there is a sort of truce of God: the parasite rests and the Bee works in peace.
From Bramble-Bees and Others by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos
The truce of God being past, the battle was now on again.
From The High Heart by Basil King
The truce of God, insisted upon by William himself, had helped to the same end.
From The Story of Rouen by Sir Theodore Andrea Cook
"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 S. Weir (Silas Weir) Mitchell
Waking is strife: sleep is the truce of God!
From The House of Rimmon A Drama in Four Acts by Henry Van Dyke
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