Which preposition to use with boast

of Occurrences 1041%

"No other part of Africa," said he, "saving Egypt, can boast of any ancient monuments of the arts or of civilization.

to Occurrences 58%

"Now we have shown you enough," said Father Richmond, rising; "boasted to you enough of the very little we are able to accomplish here.

in Occurrences 47%

A Gascon boasted in every company that he was descended from so ancient a family, that he was still paying at that very day the interest of a sum which his ancestors had borrowed to pay their expenses when they went to adore our Saviour at Bethlehem.

about Occurrences 35%

[-18-] "I speak to you who know these facts and make you who hear them my witnesses not in the intention of uttering idle boasts about myself,your consciousness of the truth being sufficient glory for me,but to the end that you may in this way bring home to yourselves how much better we are equipped than our opponents.

at Occurrences 11%

Such as he appears, I give him to you; do what you will with him; his boast at present is that he is at the very best a supplicant.

as Occurrences 11%

The hat in question was a soft brown beaver that rolled slightly away from the face and boasted as trimming a single scarlet quill.

with Occurrences 9%

But, my lords, the ministers themselves have sufficiently declared their opinion of the state of the national wealth, by the method which they have taken to raise those supplies of which they boast with how great facility they are raised.

before Occurrences 7%

Should he return living from the battle, sweetly could he boast before the ladies of Rome.

on Occurrences 6%

Alone, therefore, neglecting the treatise of Plato, which contains all the good of the first philosophy, and which may be called the summit of the whole theory, you will be deprived of the most perfect knowledge of beings, unless you are so much infatuated as to boast on account of fabulous fictions, though an analysis of things of this kind abounds with much of the probable, but not of the demonstrative.

among Occurrences 6%

Verona can boast among its antiquities of three triumphal arches, the first, Porta de' Bursari, erected in the year 252 in the reign of the Emperor Gallienus; the second, called Porta del Foro; and the third, built by Vitruvius himself, in honour of the family Gavia.

over Occurrences 4%

Poets and philosophers echoed this boast over Europeand the serfs waited.

than Occurrences 3%

The madcap youth of genius has realized that the world looks frigidly at its vagaries, and the secretly proud "au moins je suis autre"more a boast than a confessiongives place to a wistful, apologetic admission of the difference as a fault.

like Occurrences 3%

"So he went staggering about among his men," he must needs chime in, with other superfluities, "for I remember reading all about it in the papers, and boasting like anything about having known you, Duncan, but feeling simply sick with envy all the time.

from Occurrences 2%

Modest and shy as a nun is she; One weak chirp is her only note; Braggart, and prince of braggarts is he, Pouring boasts from his little throat, Bob-o'-link, bob-o'-link, Spink, spank, spink, Never was I afraid of man, Catch me, cowardly knaves, if you can.

for Occurrences 2%

What a boast for Captain Ferragut!

without Occurrences 1%

His wages had touched thirty shillings, and they had lived in three rooms, first floor, in a quiet neighbourhood, keeping themselves to themselves, as they boasted without undue pride.

amongst Occurrences 1%

Lentulus was wrought upon by the magnitude of his debts, and the hopes of having the government of an army and provinces, and by the presents which he expected from such princes as should receive the title of friends of the Roman people, and boasted amongst his friends, that he would be a second Sylla, to whom the supreme authority should return.

after Occurrences 1%

But he shall wrong his and my modesty, That thinks me apt to boast after any act Fit for a good man to do upon his foe.

within Occurrences 1%

This is more than we have expectedmore than many a mighty kingdom can boast within its borders.'

around Occurrences 1%

On Freedom's foes their own attempts repay; Relume her sacred fire so near suppressed, And fix her shrine in every Roman breast: Though bold corruption boast around the land, "Let virtue, if she can, my baits withstand!"

Which preposition to use with  boast