| It was redamancy. It was heaven. It was peace. It was more than he could have ever hoped for or wanted. |
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| The government has made a significant peace overture by opening the door to negotiation. |
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| Violent skirmishes with the enemy continue despite talks of peace. |
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| Our nation should be a beacon of peace to people around the world. |
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| The meeting is seen as a decisive step toward a peace treaty. |
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| Both leaders agreed to demobilize their armies and sign the peace treaty. |
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| He believes that people can find peace and contentment in living simply. |
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| Thus, chiefly through the efforts of this lover of peace and abhorrer of war, the art of maiming and killing became ever more efficient. |
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| Sulla, encamped near Scipio, and amusing him with caresses under pretence of an approaching peace, was all the while corrupting his troops. |
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| Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. |
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| He was one of the group of Protestant churchmen who met with Provisional IRA officers in Feakle, County Clare to try to broker peace. |
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| His book paints a gloomy picture of the prospects for peace. |
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| This left Barras and his Republican allies in control again but dependent on Bonaparte, who proceeded to peace negotiations with Austria. |
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| Napoleon's triumph at Marengo secured his political authority and boosted his popularity back home, but it did not lead to an immediate peace. |
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| The brief peace in Europe allowed Napoleon to focus on the French colonies abroad. |
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| The scale of their defeat convinced the Russians to make peace with the French. |
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| On that basis, the two emperors began peace negotiations at the town of Tilsit after meeting on an iconic raft on the River Niemen. |
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| Alexander faced pressure from his brother, Duke Constantine, to make peace with Napoleon. |
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| By contrast, Napoleon dictated very harsh peace terms for Prussia, despite the ceaseless exhortations of Queen Louise. |
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| Once it became apparent that the British were going nowhere, the Austrians agreed to peace talks. |
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| Napoleon entered the city, assuming its fall would end the war and Alexander would negotiate peace. |
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| When his back was to the wall in 1814 he tried to reopen peace negotiations on the basis of accepting the Frankfurt proposals. |
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| Her long reign until 1901 was mainly a time of peace and prosperity for many. |
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| The police were called in to keep the peace during the political demonstration. |
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| An element of British public and political sentiment favoured a negotiated peace with Germany, among them Halifax as Foreign Secretary. |
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| Its leaders believed that peace was impossible because of capitalism, secret diplomacy, and the trade in armaments. |
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| A peace treaty with the Danes was signed at Wedmore and the Danish king Guthrum the Old was baptised at Aller. |
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| In 628 the empire secured a peace treaty and recovered all of its lost territories. |
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| When peace returned in November 1918, the mood on the trading floor was generally cowed. |
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| We maintain peace by having the ability to make war and that has stood the test of time. |
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| Lord Now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy promise. |
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| In 1821, he was appointed physician extraordinary to King George IV, and was also made mayor of Berkeley and justice of the peace. |
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| Despite this, after more than 20 years of war, Rome defeated Carthage and a peace treaty was signed. |
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| In October 2014 education activist Malala Yousafzai became by far the youngest person ever in the world to receive the Nobel peace prize. |
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| India, Pakistan and Bangladesh signed tripartite agreement in 1973 calling for peace and stability in the subcontinent. |
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| Hasina ended the Chittagong Hill Tracts insurgency after a peace accord with PCJSS rebels. |
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| These students were then allowed to leave and live within the community, and were welcomed back in their old age to retire in peace. |
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| In 1745 Wesley wrote that he would make any concession which his conscience permitted, in order to live in peace with the clergy. |
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| William Penn signed a peace treaty with Tammany, leader of the Delaware tribe, and other treaties followed between Quakers and Native Americans. |
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| Liberation from samsara through moksha is believed to ensure lasting happiness and peace. |
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| The Jaap Sahib asserts that God is the cause of conflict as well as peace, and of destruction as well as creation. |
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| Nehru and liquat visited Lahore, Ambala, Jilandur and Amritsar together to see for themselves what was going on and to appeal for peace. |
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| I've finally made peace with the fact that having diabetes means no more sugar. |
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| Most men gave him a wide berth, and for the sake of peace accepted sneers and insults that made the blood boil. |
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| The Earl retreated, allowing the King control of the capital, and the Tower experienced peace for the rest of Henry's reign. |
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| In the final years of peace, Charles demolished the fountain in the Upper Ward, intending to replace it with a classical statue. |
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| After twelve years of peace, Arthur sets out to expand his empire once more, taking control of Norway, Denmark and Gaul. |
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| Cassivellaunus pays tribute and makes peace with Caesar, who then returns to Gaul. |
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| The city was also subsequently twinned with Dresden, as a gesture of peace and reconciliation following the Second World War. |
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| Each twin city country is represented in a specific ward of the city and in each ward has a peace garden dedicated to that twin city. |
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| Sales of fireworks dwindled somewhat during the First World War, but resumed in the following peace. |
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| With national stability secured, Richard began negotiating a permanent peace with France. |
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| Although Richard sought peace with France, he took a different approach to the situation in Ireland. |
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| To avoid dependence on the nobility for military recruitment, he pursued a policy of peace towards France. |
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| There is a very good story told of Sir Godfrey Kneller, in his character of a Justice of the peace. |
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| Prince Escalus of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of the peace will be punishable by death. |
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| For failing to live in peace with Oberon and her kind, Titania is sentenced to fall in love with a human. |
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| Closer constitutional ties, he believed, would bring greater peace and strength to these countries. |
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| Fox, and William Penn, made public vows of pacifism and preached a new theology of peace and love. |
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| A materteral lady told me that people come here from the city in search of peace. |
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| Burke appealed for peace as preferable to civil war and reminded the House of America's growing population, its industry, and its wealth. |
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| It is peace sought in the spirit of peace, and laid in principles purely pacific. |
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| Russell was asked by The New Republic, a liberal American magazine, to elaborate his views on world peace. |
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| This was a time when there was relative peace on the seas and shipping was flourishing. |
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| In 1757, Hanover was invaded and George gave Cumberland full powers to conclude a separate peace. |
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| A shy man, he did not welcome this fame, and preferred to be left in peace to compose and teach. |
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| The likenesses of saints and angels in frescas and windows evoke respect and drown soul into peace and merciness. |
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| During the American Revolution importations of horses from England practically stopped but were restarted after the signing of a peace treaty. |
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| Among his accomplishments are his many activities to promote peace through the Olympic Movement. |
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| It is important to have strong internal sovereignty in relation to keeping order and peace. |
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| When you have weak internal sovereignty, organisations such as rebel groups will undermine the authority and disrupt the peace. |
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| It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. |
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| Each body could deal with any matter within the sphere of competence of the League or affecting peace in the world. |
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| The settlement produced peace in the area until the beginning of the Second World War. |
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| The Security Council is charged with maintaining peace and security among countries. |
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| A peace settlement for Northern Ireland, known as the Good Friday Agreement, was approved in 1998 in referendums north and south of the border. |
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| Following the Northern Ireland peace process, military surveillance has been replaced by routine PSNI patrols. |
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| She was, however, said to admire Blair's efforts to achieve peace in Northern Ireland. |
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| Despite a period of relative peace, most areas and districts of Belfast still reflect the divided nature of Northern Ireland as a whole. |
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| Northern Ireland's peace dividend has led to soaring property prices in the city. |
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| The Congress established the Concert of Europe as an attempt to preserve peace after the years of Napoleonic Wars. |
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| This unique period of American primacy has been an important factor in maintaining a condition of peace between the great powers. |
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| With Russia's President Vladimir Putin, they discussed, for example, the Vienna peace talks for Syria. |
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| In 1954, the Soviet Union suggested that it should join NATO to preserve peace in Europe. |
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| As part of the ransom, a peace treaty was drawn up that was intended to stop the raids. |
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| There was relative peace in the early 12th century, however, with a great deal of English influence over Wales but relatively little conflict. |
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| The prince, Gruffudd ap Cynan, however, saw fit to make peace with the king rather than engage in open warfare or hostility. |
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| These 'Disinherited' were hungry for their old lands and would prove to be the undoing of the peace. |
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| Edward III was still formally at peace with David II and his dealings with Balliol were therefore deliberately obscured. |
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| Without lasting peace, Somerset's regime could not stand the expense of the war. |
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| This second war cost London ten times more than it had planned on, and the king sued for peace in 1667 with the Treaty of Breda. |
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| While the United States managed to secure peace treaties, these obliged it to pay tribute for protection from attack. |
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| Between 1713 and 1714, a succession of peace treaties was signed which ended the War of the Spanish Succession. |
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| Depredations continued, leading to growing tension between England and Spain, which were still technically at peace. |
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| Walpole's strategy of keeping Great Britain at peace contributed greatly to the country's prosperity. |
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| After a brief peace, the outbreak of the War of the Spanish Succession in 1701, renewed French support for the Jacobites. |
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| In 1503, James IV attempted to secure peace with England by marrying King Henry VII's daughter, Margaret Tudor. |
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| A peace conference took place on September 11 to explore the possibility of a negotiated solution. |
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| In light of this, Parliament on February 27, 1782, voted to cease all offensive operations in America and seek peace. |
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| The new Whig administration accepted American independence as a basis for peace. |
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| In the 1784 peace treaty between the two nations, the Dutch lost the Indian port of Negapatam and were forced to make trade concessions. |
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| In the peace treaty of 1783, American sovereignty was recognized from the Atlantic coast west to the Mississippi River. |
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| On 18 May they signed a peace treaty at Paris, ceding Savoy and Nice and allowing the French bases to be used against Austria. |
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| The Papal forces sued for peace, which was granted at Tolentino on 19 February. |
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| The victories of Napoleon had frightened the Austrians into making peace, and they concluded the Peace of Leoben in April, ending hostilities. |
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| Moreau began a march on Vienna, and the Austrians soon sued for peace, ending the war on the continent. |
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| After peace was restored, and Palmerston in early 1858 brought in legislation for direct rule of India by the Crown, Disraeli opposed it. |
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| He argued that the war was so important that the US had to have a voice in the peace conference. |
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| Austria and Hungary warned that they could only continue the war until December, and Ludendorff recommended immediate peace negotiations. |
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| Both peace offers were rejected, and on 24 September Supreme Army Command informed the leaders in Berlin that armistice talks were inevitable. |
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| Legally, the formal peace treaties were not complete until the last, the Treaty of Lausanne, was signed. |
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| After the war, the Paris Peace Conference imposed a series of peace treaties on the Central Powers officially ending the war. |
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| Before the end of the war, the Ottoman Empire had maintained a modest level of peace and stability throughout the Middle East. |
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| In stark contrast to his predecessor, five days after his election he spoke of his determination to do what he could to bring peace. |
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| Benedict XV found his abilities and unique position as a religious emissary of peace ignored by the belligerent powers. |
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| Some of them, most notably prominent peace activist Stephen Henry Hobhouse, refused both military and alternative service. |
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| The war along the Western Front led the German government and its allies to sue for peace in spite of German success elsewhere. |
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| As a result, the terms of the peace were dictated by France, Britain and the United States, during the 1919 Paris Peace Conference. |
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| After this treaty the Ottoman Empire was able to enjoy a generation of peace, as Austria and Russia were forced to deal with the rise of Prussia. |
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| The intention was to incapacitate the RAF so much that the UK would feel open to air attack, and would begin peace negotiations. |
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| During the fall of France, he repeatedly discussed peace efforts with his generals. |
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| An approach made through the Swedish ambassador on 22 June was reported to Hitler, making peace negotiations seem feasible. |
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| In ratifying it, the Ottoman Empire agreed to permit international shipping to pass freely through the canal, in time of war and peace. |
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| Eisenhower very much valued the Tripartite Declaration as a way of keeping peace in the Near East. |
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| Throughout 2002, the Bush administration insisted that removing Saddam from power to restore international peace and security was a major goal. |
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| This may have brought peace to the islands, but in the following century it came at a terrible price. |
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| The park forms a natural amphitheatre located in the Denburn Valley and is an oasis of peace and calm in the city centre. |
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| The most junior judges are the justices of the peace who preside over minor criminal matters in the Justice of the Peace Courts. |
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| The OSCE continues to have a presence and a number of initiatives to bring a sustained peace to the region. |
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| In more recent times, Qatar has hosted peace talks between rival factions across the globe. |
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| The Doha Declaration is the basis of the peace process in Darfur and it has achieved significant gains on the ground for the African region. |
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| Britain now threatened to withdraw its subsidies if Prussia did not consider offering concessions to secure peace. |
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| Greece was not invited to the peace conference and made no gains out of the war. |
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| The goal was not simply to restore old boundaries but to resize the main powers so they could balance each other off and remain at peace. |
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| Stalin also sought continued peace with Britain and the United States, hoping to focus on internal reconstruction and economic growth. |
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| It was these meetings which were shaping what was to be the peace plan to be discussed during a period of planned NATO occupation of Kosovo. |
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| This, they argued, would allow for the Christopher Hill peace process to proceed and yield a peace agreement. |
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| There followed a period of peace, but all too soon the clans were at loggerheads again. |
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| At the end of the 17th century, the picture we have of Lewis that of a people pursuing their avocation in peace, but not in plenty. |
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| He lay down, cuddled the blankets up to his ears, closed his eyes and composed himself to sleep, at peace with his conscience and the world. |
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| Binational peace talks broke down, so a third nation stepped in to mediate. |
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| Short of high treason, the gravest form of breach of the peace known to British law is riot. |
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| Then, suddenly, the singing fell upon us and broke the silence into ruins. It was in the nature of a breach of the peace. |
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| The Chef's peace of mind was restor'd, And in due time a banquet was placed on the board. |
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| Anecdotes aside, many historians are skeptical that trade, as a general rule, conduces to peace. |
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| The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. |
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| We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and league with the aforesaid queen. |
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| The country has developed a strong consensus for peace, but the devil is in the details over what concessions should be made. |
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| The apostolical benediction dichotomizes all good things into grace and peace. |
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| Although I dispraise not the defence of just immunities, yet love my peace better, if that were all. |
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| The tensions of an uneasy peace stressed anew the importance of the 46-year-old Entente Cordiale between France and Britain. |
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| Like, twenty years ago everyone was fat and happy. The Cold War was over, everyone was at peace, the U.S. was cruising along with a big surplus. |
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| It seemed a little severe to be shut away from her now but Mrs. Fuller's manner had fore-answered any appeal and I held my peace. |
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| Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace. |
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| The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith. |
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| The Tudor rose was adopted as a national emblem of England around the time of the Wars of the Roses as a symbol of peace. |
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| He also notes that during times of peace, women did most of the work of managing the household. |
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| Objectors claimed that Dartmoor should be an area for recreation, and that the training disturbs the peace. |
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| And the passion that held Strickland was a passion to create beauty. It gave him no peace. It urged him hither and thither. |
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| War has a hold on our cultural imaginations as an inevitable force, it is peace that has no benefactor. |
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| Supermarket suppliers with a grievance have been urged to speak up soon or forever hold their peace. |
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| After Napoleon's surrender and exile to the island of Elba, peace appeared to have returned. |
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| Peace left the boundaries unchanged and opened up two centuries of peace and largely open borders. |
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| Despite mediocre generalship, they managed to capture the Russian port of Sevastopol, compelling Tsar Nicholas I to ask for peace. |
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| However, after the union of the crowns of Scotland and England under King James VI and I, peace was largely established. |
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| When the Saxons regrouped, a peace treaty was negotiated whereby the Italian Saxons were allowed to settle with their families in Austrasia. |
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| The Dumnonii had made their peace with Rome early, and there are no indications that the Roman army campaigned against them. |
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| For a maritime power the loss of their access to the Mediterranean stung financially and psychologically, and the Carthaginians sued for peace. |
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| The Seleucids sued for peace, and Rome forced them to give up their recent Greek conquests. |
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| A peace was made between Rome and Pontus, but this proved only a temporary lull. |
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| Increasing numbers of hoards of buried coins in Britain at this time indicate that peace was not entirely achieved. |
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| Ulpius Marcellus was sent as replacement governor and by 184 he had won a new peace, only to be faced with a mutiny from his own troops. |
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| Cassius Dio records that the new Governor, Virius Lupus, was obliged to buy peace from a fractious northern tribe known as the Maeatae. |
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| An invasion in 288 failed to unseat him and an uneasy peace ensued, with Carausius issuing coins and inviting official recognition. |
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| He made such an impression that he was pardoned and allowed to live in peace in Rome. |
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| The Caledonians sued for peace, which Severus granted on condition they relinquish control of the Central Lowlands. |
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| Although his son Caracalla continued campaigning the following year, he soon settled for peace. |
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| Genseric settled his Vandals as landowners and in 442 was able to negotiate very favourable peace terms with the Western court. |
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| The fleet was burned by traitors, and Majorian made peace with the Vandals and returned to Italia. |
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| For the most part, Roman cities had a civil guard used for maintaining the peace. |
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| During a time of peace, the Roman Army would have had a typical diet consisting of bacon, cheese, vegetables, and sour wine to drink. |
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| This is likely due to losses suffered during the battle and an apparent peace agreement with the Britons. |
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| Godwine and his second son Harold kept the peace off the Sussex coast by using Bosham and Pevensey to drive away pirates. |
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| He was forced instead to make peace with them, according to sources that do not tell what the terms of the peace were. |
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| Despite this relative peace, the king was still forced to deal with a number of Danish raids and incursions. |
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| After making peace with the local East Anglian king in return for horses, the Great Heathen Army moved north. |
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| King Burgred of Mercia then negotiated peace with Ivar, with the Danes keeping Nottingham in exchange for leaving the rest of Mercia alone. |
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| His army was weak and he was forced to pay tribute to Ivar in order to make peace with the Danes. |
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| Guthrum and the Danes brokered peace with Wessex in 876, when they captured the fortresses of Wareham and Exeter. |
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| In order to establish peace, King Burhred of Mercia ceded Nottingham to the Danes in exchange for leaving the rest of Mercia undisturbed. |
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| During the peace, the Danes turned north and attacked Mercia, which they finished off in short order, and captured London in the process. |
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| The peace talks became inamicable and the participants fired insults at each other. |
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| Eventual peace in Scandinavia left Harthacnut free to claim the throne himself in 1040 and to regain for his mother her place. |
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| William and Malcolm agreed to peace by signing the Treaty of Abernethy, and Malcolm probably gave up his son Duncan as a hostage for the peace. |
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| Henry was forced to accept humiliating peace terms, including naming Richard his sole heir. |
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| John of Gaunt assumed leadership in France with limited success, and peace negotiations over several years were inconclusive. |
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| Henry's father advised him to come to terms with Louis and peace was made between them in August 1151 after mediation by Bernard of Clairvaux. |
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| The peace remained precarious, however, and Stephen's second son William remained a possible future rival to Henry. |
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| For a short while, a permanent peace between Henry and Louis looked plausible. |
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| Almost immediately after the peace conference, however, Louis shifted his position considerably. |
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| This would require the consent of Louis as king of France, and accordingly Henry and Louis held fresh peace talks in 1169 at Montmirail. |
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| This expansion of Henry's empire once again threatened French security and promptly put the new peace at risk. |
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| Philip attacked Henry in Normandy and captured strongholds in Berry, then they met to discuss peace again. |
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| A peace treaty was secured in January 1169 and Richard's betrothal to Alys was confirmed. |
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| Louis was defeated and a peace treaty was signed in September 1174, the Treaty of Montlouis. |
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| The support from Germany never materialised, and Edward was forced to seek peace. |
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| Following the defeat of his allies at the Battle of Bouvines, John had to sue for peace and pay compensation. |
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| John and the rebel barons did not trust each other, and neither side seriously attempted to implement the peace accord. |
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| As part of the June peace deal, the barons were supposed to surrender London by 15 August, but this they refused to do. |
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| As a result, they started to show an increased interest for offices like justice of the peace, sheriff and member of parliament. |
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| Edmund Beaufort, 2nd Duke of Somerset, succeeded him as leader of the party seeking peace with France. |
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| Henry VII came to peace with James IV in 1502, paving the way for the marriage of his daughter Margaret. |
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| Henry VII's policy was both to maintain peace and to create economic prosperity. |
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| For instance, the Stanley family had control of Lancashire and Cheshire, upholding the peace on the condition that they stayed within the law. |
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| From that time Northumberland served the Yorkist crown, helping to defend northern England and maintain its peace. |
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| Despite several peace treaties, unrest continued in Scotland until Henry's death. |
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| Charles' own campaign fizzled, and he made peace with France that same day. |
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| Within two weeks of Anne's execution, Henry married Jane Seymour, who urged her husband to make peace with Mary. |
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| To maintain the illusion of peace and prosperity, she increasingly relied on internal spies and propaganda. |
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| Spain was not yet at peace, as Henry II of France came to the throne in 1547 and immediately renewed conflict with Spain. |
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| Olivares realized that Spain needed to reform, and to reform it needed peace, first and foremost with the United Provinces. |
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| Spain badly needed time and peace to repair its finances and to rebuild its economy. |
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| His surrender on October 19, 1781 led to peace negotiations in Paris and secured the independence of the colonies. |
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| On the day the Armada set sail, Elizabeth's ambassador in the Netherlands, Valentine Dale, met Parma's representatives in peace negotiations. |
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| There followed a period of peace, but the clans were soon at loggerheads with one another again. |
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| Charles made peace with France and Spain, effectively ending England's involvement in the Thirty Years' War. |
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| A peace demonstration by London women, which turned violent, was suppressed by William Waller's regiment of horse. |
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| Charles continued peace negotiations with the Scots in a bid to gain time before launching a new military campaign. |
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| Commissioners for securing the peace of the commonwealth were appointed to work with them in every county. |
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| Having negotiated peace with the Dutch, Cromwell then proceeded to engage the Spanish in warfare, through his Western Design. |
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| Louis made peace with the Triple Alliance, but he continued to maintain his aggressive intentions towards the Netherlands. |
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| After Louis concluded peace with William in 1697, he ceased to offer much in the way of assistance to James. |
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| All we care about is peace. Nout about the latest Apache jellycopters to go into service. |
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| In April 1795, France concluded a peace agreement with Prussia, later that year peace was agreed with Spain. |
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| Instead he proposed that the prime minister, Lord North, make peace with the rebellious American colonies. |
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| The peace in 1783 left France financially prostrate, while the British economy boomed due to the return of American business. |
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| In October 1801, he made peace with the French, and in 1802 signed the Treaty of Amiens. |
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| Although Tilsit signified the high watermark of the French Empire, it did not bring a lasting peace for Europe. |
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| The Bourbon monarchy was restored once more, and the victors began the Congress of Vienna, to restore peace to the continent. |
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| This ensured that France could never consolidate its control over Europe in peace. |
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| Alexander I refused to capitulate, and the peace talks attempted by Napoleon failed. |
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| The Battle of Friedland which led to peace with Russia in 1807 involved about 150,000 men. |
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| Since discovering religion, she's been at peace in her personal life. |
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| Soon afterwards, a peace treaty was signed between England and Spain. |
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| Whether he was at peace with his swarthy, bewrinkled old helpmate I do not know, but he appeared to be, and with his several partially grown children. |
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| However, during a long period of peace from 1740 to 1768, the Ottoman military system fell behind that of their European rivals, the Habsburg and Russian Empires. |
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| Four men and a woman were arrested and charged with breaches of the peace after a series of scuffles in which protesters and police received minor injuries. |
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| Both countries can rebuild now that they have made peace with each other. |
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| The committee made peace and agreed to go with the new plan. |
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| Economic development and integration are working as a catalyst for peace. |
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| The rebels agreed to a ceasefire while the peace talks were underway. |
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| As part of the peace settlement, the territorial claim to Northern Ireland in Articles 2 and 3 of the Constitution of Ireland was removed by referendum. |
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| At least I should not die alone. Human eyes would watch me end. It was cold comfort I presume, but yet I derived some slight peace of mind from the contemplation of it. |
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| During the expedition, men led by his top commander ransacked a Spanish outpost, in violation of both the terms of his pardon and a peace treaty with Spain. |
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| The Ottoman navy recovered quickly, persuading Venice to sign a peace treaty in 1573, allowing the Ottomans to expand and consolidate their position in North Africa. |
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| There was no more planning for world peace or liberal treatment of Germany, nor discomfit with aggressive and authoritarian measures of state power. |
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| Hess, always a muddled man though not so doltish as Rosenberg, flew on his own to Britain under the delusion that he could arrange a peace settlement. |
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| With French forces marching towards Vienna, the Austrians sued for peace and agreed to the Treaty of Campo Formio, ending the First Coalition against the Republic. |
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| The policy of the Spanish Match, as it was called, was also attractive to James as a way to maintain peace with Spain and avoid the additional costs of a war. |
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| For all his flaws, he had largely retained the affection of his people, who had enjoyed uninterrupted peace and comparatively low taxation during the Jacobean era. |
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| It is charged with identifying and seeking early resolution of ethnic tension that might endanger peace, stability or friendly relations between participating states. |
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| And a bit of peace and quiet to eat it in, after all the din, ken. I picked up my tea and walked away. Exsqueeze me for breathing! Ronaldson said behind me. |
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| After several days Cassivellaunus offers to make peace with Caesar, and Androgeus, filled with remorse, goes to Caesar to plead with him for mercy. |
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| The aftermath of glory and the foremath of peace would not blend. |
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| The colony made a separate peace that respected its internal status quo. |
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| It also served as a political statement to explain why King Charles I was incapable of holding his place of power and maintaining peace in his kingdom. |
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| The UN tries to maintain the fragile peace process in the region. |
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| It will also consider problems of periodization, a freighted issue in the case of Russia, in part because there the conclusion of peace did not mark the end of armed conflict. |
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| A combination of relative peace, international investment and an active promotion of arts and culture is attracting more tourists to Belfast than ever before. |
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| There greet in silence, as the dead are wont, And sleep in peace. |
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| A peace treaty followed in 1175, with the Irish High King keeping lands outside Leinster, which had passed to Henry on the expected death of both Diarmait and de Clare. |
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| The Britons of Wales later made their peace with the Vikings and Anarawd ap Rhodri allied with the Norsemen occupying Northumbria to conquer the north. |
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| A peace treaty mediated by the Pope divided the conquered territories into Spanish and Portuguese sectors while keeping other colonial powers away. |
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| It misbecame him to appear in the character of a mediator of peace, in a quarrel, the futility of which he had presumed to judge and hastily condemn. |
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| Hereward's former gaoler persuaded the king to negotiate once more, and he was eventually pardoned by William and lived the rest of his life in relative peace. |
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| From the outset of his rise to power, Hitler expressed admiration for Britain, and throughout the Battle period he sought neutrality or a peace treaty with Britain. |
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| In the 17th century, the creation of justices of the peace and the Commissioner of Supply helped to increase the effectiveness of local government. |
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| If NEAsia were a zone of peace, those American forces would be unnecessary and they could be sent home and demobilized, saving the U.S. taxpayer an appreciable sum of money. |
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| Now at peace with its main rival, English attention shifted from preying on other nations' colonial infrastructures to the business of establishing its own overseas colonies. |
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| Hostilities ceased after the Glorious Revolution of 1688 when the Dutch William of Orange ascended the English throne, bringing peace between the Netherlands and England. |
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| Metcalf shows that over the course of two centuries, British intellectuals and Indian specialists made the highest priority bringing peace, unity and good government to India. |
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| The king felt safe from Bolingbroke, who was residing in Paris, since the French had little interest in any challenge to Richard and his peace policy. |
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| Germany acquired a number of colonies in Africa and the Pacific, but Chancellor Otto von Bismarck succeeded in achieving general peace through his balance of power strategy. |
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| After the recorded peace treaty between with Hassan ibn Ali and the suppression of early Kharijites' disturbances, Muawiyah I acceded to the position of Caliph. |
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| Our main reason for this recommendation is that any such attempt might seriously prejudice our interests in retaining unrestricted access to Londonderry in peace and war. |
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| Malcolm's marriage to Ingibiorg secured him peace in the north and west. |
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| Malcolm again made peace, and this time kept it for over a decade. |
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| The King drafted an abdication notice, which was never delivered, finally accepted the defeat in North America, and authorised peace negotiations. |
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| The First Coalition to oppose revolutionary France, which included Austria, Prussia, and Spain, broke up in 1795 when Prussia and Spain made separate peace with France. |
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| Disraeli was early to call for peace, but had little influence on events. |
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| France then forced the defeated nations of the Fourth Coalition to sign the Treaties of Tilsit in July, bringing an uneasy peace to the continent. |
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| England experienced a new period of internal peace and relative stability, encouraging the arts including literature, from around the 1690s onwards. |
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| He then invaded Anglesey, forcing the inhabitants to sue for peace. |
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| The second invasion involved a substantially larger force and Caesar coerced or invited many of the native Celtic tribes to pay tribute and give hostages in return for peace. |
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| Qatar is pursuing an Afghan peace deal and in January 2012 the Afghan Taliban said they were setting up a political office in Qatar to facilitate talks. |
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| In December 1916, after ten brutal months of the Battle of Verdun and a successful offensive against Romania, the Germans attempted to negotiate a peace with the Allies. |
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| The success of the Russian army on the land forced Sweden to sign peace treaties with Russia in 1809 and with France in 1810 and to join the blockade against Britain. |
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| The emperor's forces pushed north as far as the River Tay, but little appears to have been achieved by the invasion, as peace treaties were signed with the Caledonians. |
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| On the question of security, the Allies sought guarantees that would prevent or limit future wars, complete with sanctions, as a condition of any peace settlement. |
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| He was allowed to make a speech to the Senate, and made such an impression that he and his family were freed and allowed to live in peace in Rome. |
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