Which preposition to use with amours

with Occurrences 33%

and I hereand I love an Amour with an Adventure in't like Amadis de GaulHarkye, Ned, get a Coach and six ready to night when 'tis dark, at the back Gate Bred.

of Occurrences 18%

There is a slight underplot which deals with the amours of Aminta, sister to Pisaro, and Alcander.

of Occurrences 12%

In the mean time, the amours of Sir William Twyford, and Mr. Hartley, continually ripened, and it was proposed, that the three parties should be united in the same day.

between Occurrences 6%

The conduct of the amour between Lady Fulbank and Gayman, founded as it is on Shirley's The Lady of Pleasure, has nothing in common with Otway's intrigue between Beaugard and PortiaThe Atheist (1683)which owes itself to Scarron's novel, The Invisible Mistress.

in Occurrences 6%

The two were carrying on their amour in secret, and as they supposed without Ninon's knowledge, whose presence, indeed, they deemed a restraint upon their freedom of action.

in Occurrences 3%

He sends me in all the Books, Pamphlets, Plays, Operas and Songs that come out; and his utmost Delight in me as a Woman, is to talk over old Amours in my Presence, to play with my Neck, say the Time was, give me a Kiss, and bid me be sure to follow the Directions of my Guardian (the above-mentioned Lady) and I shall never want.

en Occurrences 2%

Amour en province.

on Occurrences 2%

There were occasionally individuals romantic enough to manage their correspondence and amours on this exploded system.

than Occurrences 2%

I'm glad you find me a Sybil: Madam, I ever prophesy'd a happier end of that Amour than your ill Fortune has hitherto promised,but what said the lovely Cavalier? Jul.

to Occurrences 2%

I told him I did: whereupon he made me his Bed-fellow, and the Confident to his Amour to Seigniora Elaria. Doct.

with Occurrences 1%

Then he tells his son Telemachus and the swineherd and neatherd to "go and lead forth these serving-maids out of the stately hall to a spot between the roundhouse and the neat courtyard wall, and smite them with your long swords till you take life from all, so that they may forget their secret amours with the suitors.

by Occurrences 1%

Meanwhile, he had a way of classifying amours by the number of verses inspiredas, 'Heigho!

into Occurrences 1%

We shall know this by a view of the particulars; in this place we say only that the reigning taste, or the love of striking likenesses, might justify Aristophanes for having turned, as Plutarch says, art into malignity, simplicity into brutality, merriment into farce, and amour into impudence; if, in any age, a poet could be excused for painting publick folly and vice, in their true colours.

through Occurrences 1%

It was wonderful to see her cork-screw curls and languishing smirks when the young men took turns in pretending to court her, while an admiring crowd gazed at their amours through the window.

du Occurrences 1%

She wrote admirably for that age, and was the author of the Histoire des Amours du Grand Alcandre, and of some Court Chronicles, which she published under the patronymic of Dupilaust.

on Occurrences 1%

Here they are, giving you the qualities you now have and those you have had: Dans vos amours on vous trouvait legère, En amitié toujours sûre et sincère; Pour vos amants, les humeurs de Vénus, Pour vos amis les solides vertus: Quand les premiers vous nommaient infidèle, Et qu'asservis encore à votre loi, Ils reprochaient une flamme nouvelle, Les autres se louaient de votre bonne foi.

Which preposition to use with  amours