Which preposition to use with admiring

in Occurrences 209%

"How's that?" the other asked, with just the shade of superciliousness in the tone admired in the Senate for suavity.

for Occurrences 75%

Pericles, after the reduction of Samos, returned to Athens, where he buried those who had fallen in the war in a magnificent manner, and was much admired for the funeral oration which, as is customary, was spoken by him over the graves of his countrymen.

at Occurrences 37%

Shou'd we shew each her own partic'lar Dear, What they admire at home, they wou'd loath here.

as Occurrences 33%

This was the beginning of my acquaintance with General Custer, whom I always admired as a man and as an officer.

with Occurrences 13%

She told me she had read a play-book giving a description of our Society in the character of one of its members, and ever since she had had a particular desire to see one of us, and that she could not but admire with thankfulness that she had been gratified in having one to reside under her roof.

than Occurrences 10%

I know no one whom I less admire than Goethe; he seems a very epitome of the sins of genius, breaking open the doors of private life, and wantonly wounding friends, in that crowning offence of Werther, and in his own character a mere pen-and-ink Napoleon, conscious of the rights and duties of superior talents as a Spanish inquisitor was conscious of the rights and duties of his office.

about Occurrences 8%

There was one thing I admired about Sam: there was a thorough absence in him of all hypocrisy and cant.

of Occurrences 8%

The Passmores were tender of each other's eccentricities, admiring of each other's virtues.

from Occurrences 5%

Much the greater portion of the volume has of course, as usual, been given to those poems (by Pope, Thomson, Collins, Gray, Goldsmith, Crabbe, Cowper, and Burns) which have been loved or admired from their day to our own.

above Occurrences 5%

I admire above everything young folk who throw themselves into ventures of war and sentiment with the impetuosity natural to their age.

among Occurrences 5%

The reflexions that occupied his mind continually varied: at one time he painted to himself the proud career of his high spirited boy, known and admired among the mighty of his time; a moment after he saw the prediction verified, and the child of his love lying in the tomb.

without Occurrences 4%

Disraeli's Ixion, which she had admired without understanding it.

on Occurrences 4%

He is at least a male Horace Walpole; as superior to the "silken Baron," as Fonthill, with its York-like tower embosomed among hoary forests, was to that silly band-box which may still be admired on the road to Twickenham ...

of Occurrences 4%

George was always amongst the most admiring of his brother's auditors, and would feel a yearning of his heart towards him, at such moments, that was painful.

to Occurrences 3%

"I thought you would admire to," said Mr. Aiken; "like as not you'd give a tooth to know, now wouldn't you?

like Occurrences 2%

His "Summa Theologica" Its vast learning Parallel between Aquinas and Plato Parallel between Plato and Aristotle Influence of Scholasticism Waste of intellectual life Scholasticism attractive to the Middle Ages To be admired like a cathedral Authorities THOMAS BECKET.

beyond Occurrences 2%

Belloc I admire beyond measure, but there is a sort of partisan viciousness about Belloc that bars him from my celestial dreams.

by Occurrences 2%

He died A.D. 814, after a reign of half a century, lamented by his own subjects and to be admired by succeeding generations.

than Occurrences 1%

Always the glances were more admiring than curious; but they were curious, too, for every one was wondering who she was.

between Occurrences 1%

The young lieutenant, on whose face the standard's shadow falls, Knows well it makes him pass admired between those human walls, And that its presence lifts him high above the rank and file, And gains for him a sentiment worth many a pretty smile.

amongst Occurrences 1%

Quintus Metellus his felicity is infinitely admired amongst the Romans, insomuch that as Paterculus mentioneth of him, you can scarce find of any nation, order, age, sex, one for happiness to be compared unto him: he had, in a word, Bona animi, corporis et fortunae, goods of mind, body, and fortune, so had P. Mutianus, Crassus.

through Occurrences 1%

He would stop before the chapel of Santiago, admiring through the railings of its three pointed arches the legendary saint, dressed as a pilgrim, holding his sword on high, and tramping on Mahomedans with his war-horse.

after Occurrences 1%

Of course, there is the other argument, put forward by sceptics, that the Egyptian was a blatant self-advertiser, and that nothing would please him more than the thought that he was being looked at and admired after all these years.

ye Occurrences 1%

Not for your beauty; Though I confess, it blowes the first fire in us, Time as he passes by, puts out that sparkle; Nor for your wealth, although the world kneel to it, And make it all addition to a woman, Fortune that ruines all, makes that his conquest; Be honest, and be vertuous, I'le admire ye, At least be wise, and where ye lay these nets, Strow over 'em a little modesty, 'Twill well become your cause, and catch more Fools.

during Occurrences 1%

These ballads are of course as old as the events which they were intended to record, but the chansons de gestes based upon them, and entitled "Duolin de Mayence," "Aymon, Son of Duolin de Mayence," "Maugis," "Rinaldo de Trebizonde," "The Four Sons of Aymon," and "Mabrian," are of much later date, and were particularly admired during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.

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