Which preposition to use with beaconed

of Occurrences 21%

He adored itblessed, blessed firethe sign of God, the beacon of the human.

on Occurrences 19%

[He leaves HERBERT on the Moor.] SCENEAn eminence, a Beacon on the summit LACY, WALLACE, LENNOX, etc. etc.

to Occurrences 12%

(55) The soul of Adonais beacons to thee 'from the abode where the Eternal are.'

in Occurrences 12%

For the great shrine, which for so long had been the loftiest beacon in England of the Christian Faith, was destroyed.

for Occurrences 4%

Take counsel from the example of Socrates, who has been set up as a beacon for all coming time to warn philosophers from the fatal rock of matrimony.

at Occurrences 4%

Below lies the whole length of Windermere, from the white houses of Clappersgate, nestling under Loughrigg at the head, to the Beacon at the foot.

above Occurrences 3%

Mr. Fulton's house and extensive grounds lay between this street and the dismal walls beyond the huge sycamore which lifted itself like a beacon above the Cumberland estate.

from Occurrences 3%

Whilst, burning through the inmost veil of heaven, The soul of Adonais, like a star, Beacons from the abode where the Eternal are.

by Occurrences 2%

Such thoughts were forced upon me as the steamer stopped off San Fernando; and I saw, some quarter of a mile out at sea, a single stack of rock, which is said to have been joined to the mainland in the memory of the fathers of this generation; and on shore, composed, I am told, of the same rock, that hill of San Fernando which forms a beacon by sea and land for many a mile around.

with Occurrences 2%

As they crossed, the light grew, and the gas-lamps of Tyre beaconed with fading gleam.

over Occurrences 2%

The high part of the Western Reef, bearing South by East leads into the fairway of the Western Channel, when will be seen the white beacons over Lagoon Bay.

as Occurrences 1%

The Tidewater is a flat forest region, so we could not light beacons as in a hilly land.

against Occurrences 1%

By ten o'clock that night care was in the ascendant, and by eleven, when he discerned the red glow of Mr. Travers's pipe set as a beacon against a dark background of hedge, the boatswain was ready to curse his inventive powers.

down Occurrences 1%

The table is set, the lamp is trimmed, The fire has a ruddy glow That streams like a beacon down the path, To the dusky valley below.

than Occurrences 1%

Literary history is an important step in that of man himself; and the unseductive coarseness of Dryden is rather a beacon than a temptation.

through Occurrences 1%

It was the golden time to which men looked wistfully back when growing trouble and discord, attack from without, and dissension from within, had torn in pieces the unhappy island which had shone like a beacon through Europe only to become its byword.

throughout Occurrences 1%

The ardent zeal that kindled so many thousand answering beacons throughout the length and breadth of the land is the best proof of that concord of souls which is true happiness.

across Occurrences 1%

The view from the citadel or beacon across Taunton Dean is far-reaching and exhilarating.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Gather it close to thee, song-bird or storm-bearer, eagle or dove, Lift it to sunward, a beacon beneath to the beacon above, Green as our hope in it, white as our faith in it, red as our love.

Which preposition to use with  beaconed