Title As Lord Protector
- 16 December 1653 – 3 September 1658: His Highness By the Grace of God and Republic, Lord Protector of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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Famous quotes containing the words title, lord and/or protector:
“Et in Arcadia ego.
[I too am in Arcadia.]”
—Anonymous, Anonymous.
Tomb inscription, appearing in classical paintings by Guercino and Poussin, among others. The words probably mean that even the most ideal earthly lives are mortal. Arcadia, a mountainous region in the central Peloponnese, Greece, was the rustic abode of Pan, depicted in literature and art as a land of innocence and ease, and was the title of Sir Philip Sidney’s pastoral romance (1590)
“The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away.”
—Bible: Hebrew Job, in Job, 1:21.
“Oh, had I received the education I desired, had I been bred to the profession of the law, I might have been a useful member of society, and instead of myself and my property being taken care of, I might have been a protector of the helpless, a pleader for the poor and unfortunate.”
—Sarah M. Grimke (1792–1873)