And yet I am unwilling to break a truce of so many years' standing!

Not alone had he fought at the memorable battle of Ipsus, in Phrygia, but he had proven a formidable opponent to Demetinus, king of Macedonia, having forced the latter powerful monarch to conclude a truce with him, though afterward he had been conquered and driven back to his little kingdom of Epirus.

On the morning after the assault a white flag was raised over the fort, and when St. Leger sent in hot haste a messenger to learn what we wanted, thinking, most like, we had made up our minds to surrender, he was informed that Colonel Gansevoort was willing to grant an hour's truce that the British and Indian dead might be buried.

Rumor spoke of the near approach of a Persian army, and the besieged, under the plea of wishing to arrange terms of capitulation, obtained a truce which they sought probably only for the sake of gaining time.

And then when the quarrel reached a crisis, and he was entirely at the end of his resources for keeping the peace, he could always threaten to take to the woods, and that usually brought a short truce.

It is this that it may be remarked, during the memorable conflicts of the thirteenth century, that when even the bravest of the knights advised their counts or dukes to grant or demand a truce, the citizen militia never knew but one cry"To the charge!" Evidence was soon given of the importance of this new nation, when it became forced to take up arms against enemies still more redoubtable than the counts.

But to their suggestions and counsels Commodus bade farewell, and, after making a truce with the barbarians, he hastened to Rome.

ZAIDA'S LAMENT Now the hoarse trumpets of the morn were driving sleep away; They sounded as the fleeting night gave truce unto the day.

They must have had a good heart-to-heart talk, for when Roland appeared again, he was smiling broadly, and hastened to say: "We've not only patched up a truce, boys, but made an enduring covenant.

Hamilton declined to surrender, but proposed a three days' truce instead.

I ask no truce, I have no qualms, I seek no quarter and no alms.

Some say there was a quarrel with Dombrowski, that the latter thought fit to sign a truce without the authority of Clusereta truce, what an idea!

These did not, however, immediately openly avow their sentiments, though they were chagrined that ambassadors had been sent to Appius Claudius to negotiate a ten days' truce, and that on obtaining this, others were sent to treat for the renewal of the old alliance.

Tacitly, it was as if we had treated together; a treaty that bound me to observe a perpetual truce.

It gave shelter to the Buddhist in the first and second centuries of the Christian era; It was excavated and fortified by early Hindu Kings who in turn yielded place to the "imperial banditti," and they held it until the English came and cried a truce to the old fierce wars.

was guilty of a monstrous political and military blunder when he forced a truce upon Francis Joseph.

During this year, the consul Fabius fought with the remnants of the Etrurians at Perusia, which city also had violated the truce, and gained an easy and decisive victory.

"Markeld and I have called a truce for a week, and by that time" He paused again, evidently on the verge of another indiscretion.

Louise insisted upon warding off her enmity, or at least establishing a truce, and Beth, however suspicious and ungracious, could find no way of rejecting the overtures.

They urged and struggled eagerly to gain the one point respecting a truce.

And in one tale of old Japan, when one Daimio was besieging another, the besieged party, having run short of ammunition, requested a truce in order to fetch some morewhich the besiegers courteously granted!

The sublimity and elevation it gives to carnal loveliness are themselves hostile to the spirit that holds no truce or compromise of traffic with the flesh.

With Antony he secretly arranged a truce, and he assembled the men who had escaped from the battle, whom he himself had conquered and the senate had voted to be enemies, and in their presence made many accusations against both the senate and the people.

Accordingly he too lost no time in signing [on the 13th of September, 1475] a truce with King Louis for nine years, and directing his ambition and aiming his blows against other quarters than Western France.

Nor shall our feet be guilty of new steps Till I obtayne a truce from murdering war.