Protector

Examples

• He, the noble, the warlike, the great in every quality that can adorn the mind and person of man; he is fitted to be the Protector of England. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• In the mean time Ryland had been chosen Protector. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• It was his protector, his friend, his librarian. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• He was now our Lord Protector. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• A new Lord Protector of England was to be chosen; and, at Raymond's request, we removed to London, to witness, and even take a part in the election. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Instead, during our long residence here, he has been uniformly consistent in his role of protector and provider. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• I was the leader and protector of my comrades, and as I became distinguished among them, their misdeeds were usually visited upon me. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Being one day abroad with my protector the sorrel nag, and the weather exceeding hot, I entreated him to let me bathe in a river that was near. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Our dearest, truest, kindest friend and protector? William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• They, in return, usually paid to their protector a sort of annual poll-tax. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Jos can't protect you; he is too weak and wants a protector himself. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• May I be excused for asking, in the elderly gentleman's presence, who is this kind protector? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• This and no other is the root from which a tyrant springs; when he first appears above ground he is a protector. Plato. The Republic.
• No, we will have a Protector of our own. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I said he was my dearest friend, the protector of my boyhood, and the companion of my prime. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• My protectors had departed, and had broken the only link that held me to the world. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I was guided by my father, because I had always found him the truest of all advisers, the best and fondest of all protectors and friends. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I will let it go to my and my sister's only protectors and friends. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I conceived that I was different and superior to my protectors and companions, but I knew not how or wherefore. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Mothers, kiss you last--husbands, protectors no more, lead on the partners of your death! Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• The protectors of Solomon's Temple may claim license by the example of Solomon. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• At that moment I heard the steps of my younger protectors. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• The cottage of my protectors had been the only school in which I had studied human nature; but this book developed new and mightier scenes of action. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• And thus philosophy is deserted by her natural protectors, and others enter in and dishonour her. Plato. The Republic.
• My attention, at this time, was solely directed towards my plan of introducing myself into the cottage of my protectors. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• But his protectors among the princes were too powerful for him to suffer the fate of John Huss. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.

Editor: Rochelle