truce of God

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Let the bugles sound the truce of God to the whole world forever.

From Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by Elson, William H.

There was the truce of God between them for the few days that Adrienne Lecouvreur remained on earth.

From Francezka by Seawell, Molly Elliot

And if these guarantees can not be denied them, how could they be other than barriers to competition, just as the truce of God, invented by the bishops, was a barrier to feudal wars?

From System of Economical Contradictions; or, the Philosophy of Misery by Proudhon, P.-J. (Pierre-Joseph)

Waking is strife; sleep is the truce of God!

From The Poems of Henry Van Dyke by Van Dyke, Henry

Waking is strife: sleep is the truce of God!

From The House of Rimmon A Drama in Four Acts by Van Dyke, Henry