Which preposition to use with baiting

for Occurrences 48%

It is a big bait for the daughter of an exiled prince to be Queen of England.

with Occurrences 33%

' another author said of him on one of his fishing excursions, that 'His rod, it was a sturdy mountain oak, His line, a cable which no storm e'er broke, His hook he baited with a dragon's tail, And sat upon a rock and bob'd for whale!'

of Occurrences 33%

Why, the hook was barely concealed, and the bait of the coarsest.

of Occurrences 13%

None were left, however, and as I walked homewards I reflected very seriously that the baiting of Andrew Garvald could not endure for long.

in Occurrences 12%

I am afraid, general, that there is a little of the sogdollager bait in this?" "Not enough, sir, to catch the merest fresh-water gudgeon that swims.

to Occurrences 12%

How far remote from mortal vanities, Baits to the soul, enticements to the eye!

at Occurrences 8%

Thurtell is by this time a good way on his journey, baiting at Scorpion, perhaps.

from Occurrences 3%

If you will let me, I'll get up and get you a couple of bait from the stew.

with Occurrences 3%

As for such as have neither the grace, nor the good gift, to do well themselves, nor the common honesty to speak well of others, I must (as I may) hear and bear their baitings with patience.

on Occurrences 2%

The bait on his hook was gone and not a fish lay on the strand beside him.

by Occurrences 2%

From the above description of this monkey's behavior, it seems fairly certain that with sufficient opportunity, under strong hunger, he would ultimately succeed in obtaining the bait by the use of two or more boxes.

like Occurrences 2%

a man had as good be ty'd to a stake and baited like Tom Dove on Easter Monday as be the necessary appurtenance of a great man's table!'

from Occurrences 2%

Mr. Windham, indeed, who was a sophist, but not a logician, charged him with having found "a mare's-nest;" but it is not to be doubted that Mr. Tooke's etymologies will stand the test, and last longer than Mr. Windham's ingenious derivation of the practice of bull-baiting from the principles of humanity!

as Occurrences 1%

Every trap was set, and baited as before with a mass of honeybut honey now mixed with a potent sleeping draft.

within Occurrences 1%

I have seen one follow a bait within a foot of the spot where I have been standing; and the head keeper of Richmond Park assured me that he was once washing his hand at the side of a boat in the great pond in that Park, when a pike made a dart at it, and he had but just time to withdraw it.

without Occurrences 1%

Not even tadpoles enjoy being used for live-bait without being consulted first.

at Occurrences 1%

The shepherd girl that had delivered Franceshe, from her dungeon, she, from her baiting at the stake, she, from her duel with fire, as she entered her last dreamsaw Domrémy, saw the fountain of Domrémy, saw the pomp of forests in which her childhood had wandered.

for Occurrences 1%

Colonel A baiting for the first time in his life at a Welsh inn, thought he would order for his dinner, a dish which must be perfection in its own country: viz.

into Occurrences 1%

While she was in sight he watched her, the figure bending lithe as the rod she held, moving lightly, now a long, now a short step, half kneeling to throw the bait into an eddy; then off again with determined strides to the next likely pool.

off Occurrences 1%

And when we are line-fishing it sucks the bait off our hooks, and sometimes swallows hook and all."

through Occurrences 1%

Think of an extravagant man married to an extravagant womanthe mean and contemptible conduct to which they are driventhe insolence and cruelty with which they are baited through large towns, hunted down into an obscure cottage in the country, or chased into exile.

Which preposition to use with  baiting