deliverers

While God's people keep close to him the sword of their protectors and deliverers is the sword of the Lord, witness that of Gideon; but when they have forsaken him, so that he has become their enemy and fights against them, then the sword of their invaders and destroyers becomes the sword of the Lord; witness this of the Chaldeans.

Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721

Thysdrus; let us return thanks to the faithful people of Carthage, our generous deliverers from a horrid monster — Why do you hear me thus coolly, thus timidly?

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206

Whether she and the family were any better off under the deliverers is a question that does not concern us here: the point is that she thought she was.

Richard Wagner Runciman, John F 1913

Being disarmed, the only other help which the inhabitants could render to their deliverers was the erection of barricades.

The Liberation of Italy Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco 1891

Whether she and the family were any better off under the deliverers is a question that does not concern us here: the point is that she thought she was.

Richard Wagner Composer of Operas John F. Runciman 1891

Holly Springs, who turned out _en masse_ to welcome their brief-lingering "deliverers," and were very active in pointing out the places where Northerners were boarding.

Incidents of the War: Humorous, Pathetic, and Descriptive Alf Burnett

The disappointed ones are as much incensed against their "deliverers" as against us, and when they rise, it will not be against either Yankee or Southerner, but against the white race.

The war-time journal of a Georgia girl, 1864-1865, 1908

She has electric guns and the latest Massillon water-guns, and Reinhardt electro-pneumatic "deliverers" for pyroxiline shells.

The Lady of the Shroud Bram Stoker 1879

The leaders of the timely white "deliverers" were President Haight and

Roughing It, Part 8. Mark Twain 1872

The leaders of the timely white "deliverers" were President Haight and

Roughing It Mark Twain 1872