Which preposition to use with brother

of Occurrences 1615%

Just before supper, which was served at little round tables in a room opening out of the rotonde, the late King of Denmark, then Crown Prince, brother of the Princess of Wales, told me he would like to go up-stairs and see all the rooms; he had always heard that the Palais d'Orsay was a beautiful house.

in Occurrences 611%

But perhaps, reader, we are brothers in these regards.

to Occurrences 369%

He must find some way not only to meet them as brother to brother, but he must capture their inmost hearts.

at Occurrences 133%

And as she looked her heart seemed suddenly to quiver and stand still, for across that strong right hand there ran a deep red scar, precisely similar to the one she had noticed on the previous night on the hand of the youngest brother at the "Vache Blanche.

with Occurrences 127%

But somehow Miss Morriston contrived that they should never be alone together; when Kelson and Muriel Tredworth strolled off lover-like, Miss Morriston kept her brother with her to make a third.

on Occurrences 107%

Paulo da Gama had other conversations with the officers of his ship, with much urbanity, for he was a man of gentle disposition; he also promised them that he would entreat his brother on behalf of the prisoners, and bade all pray God for the saving of their lives, and that all would end well; so that all remained consoled.

from Occurrences 106%

This packet goes out with the General's to Colonel Dunbar's camp, who is thirty miles behind us; and will be carried thence to Frederick, and thence to my honoured mother's house at Castlewood, to whom I send my duty, with kindest remembrances, as to all friends there, and how much love I need not say to my dearest brother from his affectionate George E. Warrington.

for Occurrences 79%

Laura was always using her brother for an excuse for her own slang.

by Occurrences 59%

At Colonel Esmond's death, Madame Esmond, as she was thereafter called, proclaimed her eldest son, George, heir of the estate; and Harry, George's younger brother by half an hour, was instructed to respect his senior.

as Occurrences 53%

Ptolemy Physcon is associated with his brother as joint King of Egypt.

into Occurrences 26%

Besides, he had already taken my two younger brothers into the counting-house with him.

about Occurrences 19%

Wait until I tell my little brother about all of this!

without Occurrences 17%

Whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause is in danger of the judgment.

than Occurrences 16%

I fear much more for your brother than for myself, as the conquest of the one would be nothing to the other....

against Occurrences 15%

" This was said gravely, and it caused all who heard it fully to appreciate the serious character of a quarrel that threatened to arm brother against brother.

under Occurrences 14%

She has a brother under my command Like her, a face as womanish as hers, But with a spirit that hath much out-grown The number of his years.

through Occurrences 13%

Mrs. Boyle had removed here from Baltimore, a few years before her own death, that she might be with her brother through his long and fatal illness; and, finding her health improved by change of air, had occupied his house ever since, until one of those typhoid fevers that infest such river-gorges at certain seasons of the year entered the village about the mills, when, in visiting the sick, she took the epidemic herself and died.

after Occurrences 12%

"Do you see, Philip, that you can't swim against the stream?" said Mrs. Maxa when she was sitting alone with her brother after dinner.

before Occurrences 10%

Like his brother before him the duke was very fond of dancing, and kept many a reluctant senior and many a tired-out chaperone up till all hours at the grand ball given in honour of his twenty-fourth birthday.

near Occurrences 10%

Conscious to this circumstance, they had no toleration for a rival, they could "bear no brother near the throne."

like Occurrences 9%

He pitches his hands about with considerable activity, and often flings himself suddenly into a white-heat, tantrum of virtue, and the brethren like him when be does this.

across Occurrences 8%

Am I not tempted to withhold my help from my weak brother across the way, lest my assistance place him on an equality with me?

unto Occurrences 7%

Then Judah entered first with his brethren unto Joseph and all they together fell down platte to the ground.

out Occurrences 7%

So then you two my brothers, and she my sister, come not, as in duty you are bound, to an elder brother out of Yorkshire to see us, but like leeches to suck from us.

during Occurrences 5%

Having thus aided one of the brothers during a critical administrative stage, Lady Huntingdon shortly afterwards was of great service to the other in a crisis of spiritual experience.

Which preposition to use with  brother