Which preposition to use with bless

with Occurrences 277%

Even the tops of the mountains are blessed with flowers,dwarf phlox, polemonium, ribes, hulsea, etc.

in Occurrences 67%

The man who waits, until he is "fully persuaded in his own mind" will be blessed in following desire, and he will grow in wisdom thereby.

to Occurrences 30%

"I am not mad, most beloved and beautiful Eve, but blessed to a degree that might indeed upset a stronger reason.

for Occurrences 23%

If you labour to make yourself good in this life, you shall enjoy the fruit of your labour in the next life by being good, and, therefore, blessed for ever.

of Occurrences 19%

"Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

as Occurrences 12%

"For that 'tis so my heart would have prompted had I been so blessed as thou art, dear my Beltane.

above Occurrences 7%

Whom the Lord has blessed above all, from whom He much expects, because He has given her much.

among Occurrences 6%

If we forget that only through his humanity can we approach his divinity, we shall soon forget likewise that his mother is blessed among women.

beyond Occurrences 6%

There was a long pause, and the watcher held fast the little Pilgrim's hand, and betrayed to her the longing in her heart; for though she was already blessed beyond all blessedness known on earth, yet had she not forgotten the love that had begun on earth, but was forevermore.

ye Occurrences 5%

O all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord; praise Him and magnify Him for ever.

on Occurrences 5%

The kingdom of Judah, blessed on the whole with virtuous rulers, and comparatively free from idolatry, continually increased in wealth and political power.

through Occurrences 5%

Blessed through love are the Gods above Through love like the Gods may man be; Heavenlier through love is the heaven above, Through love like a heaven earth can be!

from Occurrences 4%

Except Napoleonor abused it more; You might have freed fallen Europe from the unity Of tyrants, and been blessed from shore to shore.

within Occurrences 2%

I create me a world wherein is neither hunger nor stripes, a world of joy and laughter, for, blessed within his dreams, even a fool may walk with gods and juggle with the stars!" "Aye," nodded Beltane, "but how when he awake?"

at Occurrences 2%

" The criminal reprievedthe child, hopeless and despairing at the suffering parent's bed, and blessed at length with a firm promise of amendment and recovery, can tell the feelings that sustained my fluttering heart, beating more anxiously the nearer it approached its home.

throughout Occurrences 2%

The great agricultural interest has in many parts of the country suffered comparatively little, and, as if Providence intended to display the munificence of its goodness at the moment of our greatest need, and in direct contrast to the evils occasioned by the waywardness of man, we have been blessed throughout our extended territory with a season of general health and of uncommon fruitfulness.

before Occurrences 1%

The precept of Jesus the son of Sirach is faithfully followed: Judge none blessed before his death.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Let all earth rot past saints' and seraphs' plea, Yet shall a Voice cry through its last lost war, 'This is the world, this red wreck of a star, That a man blessed beneath an alder-tree.' KING'S CROSS STATION

like Occurrences 1%

Having used their cotton with moderation, they have at the close of each six months seen their stocks of raw material and goods, by the rise of prices, undiminished in value, and blessed like the widow's cruse of oil.

over Occurrences 1%

He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past.

than Occurrences 1%

The reason why such communications are more delightful and blessed than in the world, is, because conjugial love, as it is the love of the spirit, becomes interior and purer, and thereby more perceivable; and every delight increases according to perception, and to such a degree that its blessedness is discernible in its delight.

amongst Occurrences 1%

How many times in the day did Ida pull up Rupert and gaze into the distance with vacant, unseeing eyes, pause in the middle of some common task, look up from the book she was trying to read, to ask herself whether she was indeed the same girl who had lived her lonely life at Herondale, or whether she had changed places with some other personality, with some girl singularly blessed amongst women.

Which preposition to use with  bless