Which preposition to use with alexander

of Occurrences 68%

I saw him often afterward, as he represented his brother, King Humbert, on various official occasions when I too was presentthe coronation of the Emperor Alexander of Russia, the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.

in Occurrences 30%

What, the magnanimous Alexander in tears?cry, baby, put its finger in its eye, it shall have another globe, round as an orange, pretty moppet!

to Occurrences 10%

Marriage of Alexander to Roxana, daughter of Oxyartes, a Bactrian ruler.

as Occurrences 8%

" A higher authority than either Arrian or Raleigh may now be referred to by those who wish to know the real merit of Alexander as a general, and how far the commonplace assertions are true that his successes were the mere results of fortunate rashness and unreasoning pugnacity.

with Occurrences 7%

" "Far too upright for this fallen world," observed Alexander with unction.

for Occurrences 5%

The intolerant hatred of Alexander for all insurrections whatever induced him to stand aloof from a contest which jeoparded the stability of thrones, and with which in a political view, as an absolute sovereign, he had no sympathy.

at Occurrences 5%

Two months later John of Salisbury brought him the pall from Pope Alexander at Montpellier, and for the first time since the Norman Conquest, a man born on English soil was set at the head of the English Church.

on Occurrences 4%

Such marks of public favour, added to the constant request of company, both public and private, and to a man who, like Incledon, loved his art, were sure to be productive of vanityvanity, the besetting sin of all great men, from Alexander on his Persian throne, to Mr. Kean enthroned in the Coal Hole.

against Occurrences 3%

He swore allegiance to Alexander against the anti-Pope.

by Occurrences 3%

I am the son of Alexander by Queen Semiramis, and you're my younger brother and a God too!

without Occurrences 2%

I might have wandered by the Strymon under Philip and Alexander without throwing any new light on method or organising the sum of human knowledge; on the other hand, I might have objected to Aristotle as too much of a systematiser, and have preferred the freedom of a little self-contradiction as offering more chances of truth.

during Occurrences 2%

Sogdiana, Central Asia, occupies Alexander during this, his seventh campaign, and he winters there at Nautaca.

from Occurrences 2%

Mithridates by often use, which Pliny wonders at, was able to drink poison; and a maid, as Curtius records, sent to Alexander from King Porus, was brought up with poison from her infancy.

after Occurrences 2%

On January 16, 1852, the Governor of Tasmania wrote: "I have a number of men who have come back from Mount Alexander after an absence from this colony of not more than eight weeks, with gold to the value of one hundred twenty pounds to one thousand pounds."

into Occurrences 1%

When Hamlet talked of turning the clay of Alexander into the bung of a beer-barrel, he spoke the simple truth.

Which preposition to use with  alexander