Which preposition to use with protector

of Occurrences 254%

Sir, as you are pious, as you are my King, The Lover and Protector of your People, Revenge Erminia's Murder on Alcippus. Gal.

in Occurrences 23%

Understanding that she was sojourning without natural protectors in a strange city, the thoughtful writers, who appeared to be chiefly Western men of implied immense fortunes, begged her (by the delicate name of "Fair Unknown") to take comfort in the thought that they were stopping at the same hotel and would protect her from all harm with their lives.

against Occurrences 13%

A sketch of the thyroid like the foregoing shows it as the wondrous controller of vitality and growth, and indefatigable protector against intoxicants and injuries.

for Occurrences 9%

But how do you know that Dr. Rabbet may not be somewhere else, harrying a defenseless barkeeper, or superintending the making of dress-shirt protectors for the Hottentots, or doing something else clerical, when we get to the rectory?"

to Occurrences 5%

I can assure you Mr. Fitzgerald is a most agreeable and gallant protector to ladies.

from Occurrences 5%

At half a league from the city he was met by De Brederode, with an immense concourse of people of all sects and opinions, who hailed him as a protector from the tyranny of the king, and a savior from the dangers of their own excess.

with Occurrences 4%

He could not, however, be ignorant that, even among the former companions of his fortunes, the men who had fought and bled by his side, there were several who, much as they revered the general, looked on the protector with the most cordial abhorrence.[a]

as Occurrences 3%

In Ireland, Fleetwood knew not how to reconcile the conduct of his father-in-law with his own principles, and expressed a wish to resign the government of the island; Ludlow and Jones, both stanch republicans, looked on the protector as a hypocrite and an apostate, and though the latter was more cautious in his language, the [Footnote 1: Thurloe, ii. 406.

on Occurrences 3%

As soon as Agnes was somewhat restored, I proposed that we should withdraw from the camp of her savage colony; but she refused, and told me, that she behoved to part with her protectors on good terms, and that she must depart without any appearance of compulsion, which they might resent; and we actually rested ourselves during the heat of the day in the shades erected by those savage inhabitants of the forest.

at Occurrences 3%

They parted at the door, and as the old man went down to his boat, she gazed after him, murmuring: "Heaven surely hath sent us a protector at last.

during Occurrences 2%

His brother Ludovico was a playful child, too young to share all the feelings of the earnest Henrich, who always acted as his guide and protector during their sports and rambles; but in the gentle little Edith he found a kindred spirit, and a heart that could sympathize in all his joys and sorrows.

among Occurrences 2%

Chuse any protector among the numerous friends, that your beauty and your worth have raised you.

like Occurrences 2%

The thyroid plays its rôle of protector like all the internal secretory machines.

than Occurrences 2%

She thought about Basilio, who had had no other protector than Capitan Tiago, and who now, with the Capitan dead, was left completely unprotected and in prison.

between Occurrences 2%

This proposition terrified Granvelle, who saw, as clearly as did his sagacious opponent in the council, that the nomination of a special protector between the people and the government would have paralyzed all his efforts for hurrying on the discord and resistance which were meant to be the plausible excuses for the introduction of arbitrary power.

about Occurrences 1%

Keep these two protectors about your person day and night; they will not harm you, and you may want one or the other or both before you think of it.

by Occurrences 1%

He could not broach such a subject unless he lacked a certain refined strength which makes a manly man a woman's protector by nature.

into Occurrences 1%

Yet some among them, God was his witness, in violation of their oaths, were attempting to establish a commonwealth [Footnote 1: "Something happening that morning that put the protector into a rage and passion near unto madness, as those at Whitehall can witness.

through Occurrences 1%

Yet she did not smile that evening when a young man begged: "Let me be your protector through life!"

across Occurrences 1%

Then she was under supposed obligations to him, and he was to be her protector across the desert.

under Occurrences 1%

"Chet," screamed Billie, following him in and checking him just as he was in the act of putting the hot dish on the tablecloth, "put a protector under it.

until Occurrences 1%

He then removed him to Anspach, and remained his protector until his death in December, 1833.

beyond Occurrences 1%

The majority refused to declare themselves, till Charles should have actually landed with a respectable force; and the most sanguine required a pledge that he would be ready to sail the moment he heard of their rising, because there was no probability of their being able, without foreign aid, to make head against the protector beyond the short space of a fortnight.

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