Which preposition to use with pacific

in Occurrences 11%

Paradoxical as it may seem, his overthrow is the result of a revolution mainly pacific in its nature, and in substance a revolt of public feeling against abuses that have become stereotyped in the system of government by the too long domination of one masterful will.

to Occurrences 8%

Your right hand touches Europe over the waves; your left reaches across the Pacific to eastern Asia; and there, between two quarters of the world, there you stand, in proud immensity, a world yourselves.

for Occurrences 8%

In the Islanda tale of the mutiny of the "Bounty"he reverts to the manner and theme of his old romances, finding a new scene in the Pacific for the exercise of his fancy.

at Occurrences 7%

A few days afterwards, he sighted the Pacific at Princess Charlotte Bay.

by Occurrences 7%

Ours may be a lineal descendant of this species, distributed westward to the Pacific by way of the Great Lakes and the Rocky Mountains, and thence southward along our forested ranges.

from Occurrences 7%

[Footnote 1: Balboa had his first view of the Pacific from this "peak in Darien" September 25th.

with Occurrences 5%

PORTER made a successful cruise in the Pacific with the Essex. 1814.

of Occurrences 5%

After the war the international conference at Washington (November 1921-February 1922) tried to set narrower limits to Japan's influence over China, and also to re-determine the relative strength in the Pacific of the four great powers (America, Britain, France, Japan).

as Occurrences 3%

Nothing is so pacific as resolution: face to face with a strong Government, we look twice before launching into adventures; but, with Mr. Buchanan, it was almost impossible for the cotton States to refrain from precipitating themselves headlong into them.

between Occurrences 3%

On 11th November the Resolution left the Sound at daybreak to cross the South Pacific between latitudes 54 and 55 degrees, and the course convinced Cook there was no possibility of there being any large piece of land in that portion of the ocean.

within Occurrences 2%

We shall find afterwards that the Spaniards found out the means of counteracting the perpetual eastern trade winds of the Pacific within the tropics, by shaping a more northerly course from the Philippine islands, where they established the staple of their Indian commerce, between Acapulco and Manilla.

into Occurrences 2%

As she jerked off her flaunting bonnet, and dragged off her loud shawl, saluting me, as she did so, with an overdone obeisance, she said, "This San Fanfrisko"why would she, how could she, always twist the decent name of the metropolis of the Pacific into such an absurd shape?"was a norrid 'ole; she happealed to the gentleman,"meaning me,"didn't 'e find it a norrid 'ole, habsolutely hawful?"

without Occurrences 1%

It might inflame the cupidity of Waally, under the hope of possessing so much treasure, and tempt him on to hasten his assault; or it might intimidate him by its imagined force, vessels rarely visiting the islands of the Pacific without being prepared to defend themselves.

during Occurrences 1%

Turnbull, who visited the Pacific during the years 1800 to 1804, says that these instruments were remembered, and in Otaheite were specially asked for.

on Occurrences 1%

Dominated by hills, the city is flanked by the Pacific on the west and by the Bay on the north and east.

over Occurrences 1%

The isthmus of Central America, including that of Panama, is the great highway between the Atlantic and Pacific over which a large portion of the commerce of the world is destined to pass.

than Occurrences 1%

The act would be entirely pacific, as the object would be to ascertain factsmuch more pacific than the survey, without notice, of the St. Andrews and Quebec Railroad through our territory, not for the purpose of ascertaining a boundary, but to assume jurisdiction.

through Occurrences 1%

Leaving Colon, the Canal passed through low ground to the valley of the Chagres River at Gatun, a distance of about 6 miles; thence through this valley, for 21 miles, to Obispo, where, leaving the river, it crossed the continental divide at Culebra by means of a tunnel, and reached the Pacific through the valley of the Rio Grande.

toward Occurrences 1%

We have already observed that the prevailing and prominent winds of the continent blow uniformly from the Pacific toward the Atlantic coast, having a slight northerly tendency.

under Occurrences 1%

Two other French ships had also called in March, which were on their way to explore the South Pacific under M. Marion.

via Occurrences 1%

The Postmaster-General has offered the California mails to the several companies and shipowners engaged in the trade with the Pacific via the Isthmus, but they have all declined carrying them for the postages.

about Occurrences 1%

It is possible that there was some foundation for the story that ships had been seen, for it afterwards became known that M. St. Dennis had been in the South Pacific about this time with two vessels.

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