Which preposition to use with brave

of Occurrences 132%

So this is what he was thought to say, as far as could be made out: "I did hope, Hercules, bravest of all the gods, that you would take my part with the rest, and if I should need a voucher, I meant to name you who know me so well.

as Occurrences 93%

Pepper, usually as brave as a lion!

in Occurrences 85%

After braving in silence the storms of perhaps a dozen or twenty centuries, they seem in this, their last calamity, to become somewhat communicative, making sign of a very unwilling acceptance of their fate, holding themselves well up from the ground on knees and elbows, seemingly ill at ease, and anxious, like stubborn wrestlers, to rise again.

with Occurrences 22%

Something shining and dark, brave with brass and flashing lamps, stood on the rocky way beneath, and purred like a great cat in the broad sunlight of noonGray Stoddard's motor car!

for Occurrences 20%

And there is no creeping or living creature that has ever at any time attempted to escape from his puissance: in the woods the timid stag, made fierce by his touch, becomes brave for sake of the coveted hind and by bellowing and fighting, they prove how strong are the witcheries of Love.

to Occurrences 15%

His wife had resolutely made up her mind to give him to God, and was brave to the last.

at Occurrences 11%

'My heart is very dark for you, and for your young warriorfor, boy as he was, he was a brave at heart.' Mooanam spoke in his native tongue, intermixed with English words and phrases, which he had learned from Brewster and the other settlers; but the father's heart comprehended all he said, and needed no interpreter. 'Is my son dead, then?'

from Occurrences 8%

These pastoral and hunting people, frugal from necessity, brave from exposure, industrious from the difficulty of subsisting in a dry and barren country, for the most sort were just such a race as furnished a noble material for the foundation of a great empire.

among Occurrences 7%

"We'll drink to the troops of Maryland and Virginia," he cried, "who behaved like soldiers and died like men, teaching England's redcoats a lesson they will not soon forget, and to two of the bravest among them, Colonel Washington and Lieutenant Stewart!"

than Occurrences 7%

Was he very braveor would you say more brave than stubborn and contrary?

about Occurrences 5%

And as the coward beasts use to despise The noble lion after his lives end, Whetting their teeth, and with vaine foolhardise Daring the foe that cannot him defend, And as at Troy most dastards of the Greekes Did brave about the corpes of Hector colde, So those which whilome wont with pallid cheekes The Romane triumphs glorie to behold, Now on these ashie tombes shew boldnesse vaine, And, conquer'd, dare the conquerour disdaine.

by Occurrences 5%

Instead of the exercise of prudence and wise precautions, it substituted superstitious forms and childish practices; it enervated the courage of the brave by apprehensions grounded on puns, and encouraged the wicked, by making them lay to the charge of a planet those evils which only proceeded from their own depravity.

without Occurrences 4%

" Again, "There are three attainments of the superior man which are beyond methe being sympathetic without anxiety, wise without scepticism, brave without fear.

like Occurrences 4%

The Sachem loves you, and I love you, too; and you may be happy in our lodge, and become a brave like our young men.' Yes, Oriana, you and your father are kind to me; and I had never known any other mode of life, I might be happy in your lodge.

against Occurrences 4%

[and whereas he was the bravest of the brave against the enemy, he was the mildest of the mild to his friend.

until Occurrences 3%

I was ever accounted brave until nowis't love, think you, doth make me coward?

before Occurrences 3%

"Let all good citizens who earned honour as its chiefs, and showed themselves so brave before the enemy, reassume their authority, and the cruel situation of the moment will be terminated by peace and the return of public prosperity.

beyond Occurrences 3%

LITTLE STORIES FROM FRANCE Count Guerry de Beauregard, a French veteran of the war of 1870, thus announced the death of a son at the front: "One son already has met the death of the brave beyond the frontier at the head of a squadron of the Seventh Hussars.

under Occurrences 2%

"Do you remember, dear," he said, and his voice was trembling, "what you told me one day by the riverthat you meant to be brave under trial?

on Occurrences 2%

So didst thou, son of Diodotos, following the praise of the warrior Meleagros, and of Hektor, and of Amphiaraos, breathe forth the spirit of thy fair-flowering youth amid the company of fighters in the front, where the bravest on slenderest hopes bare up the struggle of war.

after Occurrences 2%

Shah-co-pee, the orator of the Dahcotahs, and "The Nest," their most famous hunter; the tall form of the aged chief "Man in the cloud" leaned against the railing, his sober countenance strangely contrasting with the fiend-like look of his wife; Grey Iron and Little Hill, with brave after brave, all crying vengeance to the foe, death to the Chippeway! CHAPTER II.

over Occurrences 1%

All the address delivered by the brave over the corpse after being deposited in the grave is omitted.

into Occurrences 1%

My name is TroubleI'm a busy bloke I am the test of Courageand of Class I bind the coward to a bitter yoke, I drive the craven from the crowning pass; Weaklings I crush before they come to fame; But as the red star guides across the night, I train the stalwart for a better game; I drive the brave into a harder fight.

around Occurrences 1%

The tumultuous enthusiasm of the assault spreads from man to man, and duller spirits catch a gallant frenzy from the brave around them.

out Occurrences 1%

In the fall of 1792 Rufus Putnam, on behalf of the United States, succeeded in concluding a treaty with the Wabash and Illinois tribes, [Footnote: American State Papers, IV., 338.] which at least served to keep many of their young braves out of actual hostilities.

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