Which preposition to use with begot

in Occurrences 56%

She has hated too deeply to render a sudden cessation of her hate-storm possible, and the treaties have been begotten in rancour and applied with violence.

of Occurrences 36%

In the time when the newly-vestured earth appears more lovely than during all the rest of the year came I into the world, begotten of noble parents and born amid the unstinted gifts of benignant fortune.

of Occurrences 12%

By one of those rare atavisms by which a poet can be bred of a peasant or peasant be begot of poet, Miss Ruby Kaufman, who was born in Newark, posthumous, to a terrified little parent with a black ribbon at the throat of her gown, had brought with her from no telling where the sultry eyes and tropical-turned skin of spice-kissed winds.

in Occurrences 7%

The good, the fatherly old man, Honouring in his son the simple needs Which his own bounty had begot in him, Thus gave him loneliness for silent thought, A simple refuge he could call his own.

on Occurrences 6%

Most possible, Sir; they will court you, their whole delight is to immortalizeAlexander was begot by a Salamander, that visited his Mother in the form of a Serpent, because he would not make King Philip jealous; and that famous Philosopher Merlin was begotten on a Vestal Nun, a certain King's Daughter, by a most beautiful young Salamander; as indeed all the Heroes, and Men of mighty Minds are.

before Occurrences 4%

'All things were created by him, and for him, and he is before all things', (which is the explication of [Greek: pôrtótokos pásaes ktíseos], begotten before the whole creation', and therefore no part of the creation himself.)

by Occurrences 3%

It used to be imagined of the unhappy medieval Jews that they parodied Calvary by crucifying dogs; if they had been guilty they would at least have had the excuse of the hatred and rage begotten by persecution.

Without Occurrences 3%

" This was one of this penny-father's bastards, For, on my life, he was never begot Without the consent of some great proverb-monger.

among Occurrences 2%

By the help of these qualities, they were enabled, not only to recommend themselves to the indulgence of many judicious readers, but even to beget among a pretty numerous class of persons, a sort of admiration of the very defects by which they were attended.

like Occurrences 2%

In a word, like begets like.

for Occurrences 2%

That is what I was begotten for.

by Occurrences 2%

To thee 'tis given To train the sprightly steed, more fleet than those Begot by winds, or the celestial breed That bore the great Pelides through the press Of heroes armed, and broke their crowded ranks; Which proudly neighing, with the sun begins 90 Cheerful his course; and ere his beams decline, Has measured half thy surface unfatigued.

after Occurrences 1%

Moreover, at the time when the above extracts were copied Osiris was not only assumed to have occupied the position which R[=a] formerly held, but his son Horus, who was begotten after his death, was, by virtue of his victory over Set, admitted to be the heir and successor of Osiris.

from Occurrences 1%

They were really petty states begotten from the dismemberment of a great territory; those local governments were formed at the expense of a central power.

unto Occurrences 1%

These things He only made: but me He begot unto everlasting life, in Jesus Christ my Lord.

within Occurrences 1%

" The truth was that Wagner, as so many another creative genius, spent his love chiefly upon the beings that he begot within his own heart.

for Occurrences 1%

Rid man of these erroneous fears and of a political system begot for purposes of exploitation and see whether by returning to an age of primitive innocence he cannot prove that nature is trustworthy.

Which preposition to use with  begot