"Olive branch" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... cross of gold, and enclosing a small fragment of the true and holy wood. In his civil and religious processions through the city, he rode on a white steed, the symbol of royalty: the great banner of the republic, a sun with a circle of stars, a dove with an olive branch, was displayed over his head; a shower of gold and silver was scattered among the populace, fifty guards with halberds encompassed his person; a troop of horse preceded his march; and their tymbals and trumpets were of ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 6 • Edward Gibbon
... has admirably combined the pleasing with the instructive, so that while the youthful reader is charmed by the narrative, he also gains valuable information with regard to those far-off places famed in story and song.—Boston Olive Branch. ...
— Rollo in Holland • Jacob Abbott
... hasten his end?" said his mother. "Did not some one break that olive branch? It was not the tree itself, though the Ruscino folks would have it cut down because ...
— The Waters of Edera • Louise de la Rame, a.k.a. Ouida
... Cossington, and then as an olive branch to me, "unless Remington does a bit. Or Britten. But it's no good making too much space ...
— The New Machiavelli • Herbert George Wells
... representing LIBERTY and PEACE. One presented him a wreath, adorned with flowers, and said, "Venerable sire, condescend to receive this emblem of the hero's glory, as the token of a nation's gratitude and love." The other presented him the olive branch, saying, "Good and faithful servant, peace and happiness await you." He received these with complacency, took each young lady by the hand, ...
— Memoirs of General Lafayette • Lafayette
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