Which preposition to use with cast

of Occurrences 394%

a prejudice, by whose influence, to use the words of our great Poet, "The native hue of Resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of Fear, And enterprizes of great pith and moment, With this regard, their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.

in Occurrences 347%

If any speculative manager pretends that he has a better hypothetical cast in his eye than the present cast of the Lancers, let him be given to the surgical tormentors to be operated upon for malignant strabismus.

into Occurrences 289%

Now, cast into an eddy by my change of fortunes, the original idea regained its force.

on Occurrences 187%

At length he awoke, and casting on me a look of placid benignity, said,"Atterley, my time is not yet come.

about Occurrences 106%

After cautiously casting about, I made choice of the tallest of a group of Douglas Spruces that were growing close together like a tuft of grass, no one of which seemed likely to fall unless all the rest fell with it.

from Occurrences 101%

Look at Jupiter: all these years he has been 11 king, and never did more than once to break Vulcan's leg, 'Whom seizing by the foot he cast from the threshold of the sky,' [Sidenote: Illiad i, 591]

at Occurrences 82%

Say, and hold; but Sultana and precious Stones are damnable Temptations,besides, the Rogue's young and handsome,What a scornful look she casts at me; wou'd they were both handsomely at the Devil together.

for Occurrences 75%

He is cast for such rôles as Tom Faithfull in Revet's The Town Shifts (April, 1671); Eumenes in Edward Howard's The Woman's Conquest (1671); and Battista in Crowne's Juliana (1671).

over Occurrences 41%

The river was low, and a broad rock, smooth and bare, sloping gently to the water's edge, under which the stream whirled as it entered the lake, and above which tall trees towered, casting over it a pleasant shade, presented a tempting place to throw the fly.

to Occurrences 36%

At least once in every twenty-four hours, and sometimes twice, the bonds were taken from our arms that we might feed ourselves on such food as savages cast to their dogs.

out Occurrences 27%

But if self is cast out of us, and the Spirit of God and of Christ enthroned in our hearts, then we shall love our brother, and in loving him love God, who made him; and so, dwelling in love, we shall dwell in God, and God in us:to which true and only everlasting life may He of His mercy bring us, either in this world or in the world to come.

with Occurrences 25%

As for Donnegan, the leap that carried him to one side whirled him about also; he faced the big man, who was now crouched in the very act of following the knife cast with the lunge of his powerful body.

around Occurrences 12%

For she is a princess, fated, Disguised in the wood to dwell, And all her life long has awaited The touch that should break the spell; And the Oak, that has cast around her His root like a wrinkled arm, Is the wild old wizard that bound her Fast with his cruel charm.

as Occurrences 12%

At any rate, he did not pursue further the subject of the 88 cowboys cast as an eviction gang.

before Occurrences 10%

The changes from it in the text are well worth noting: the religion is lessened: the hope disappears: were they too much of pearls to cast before 'barren spectators'?

towards Occurrences 9%

That Force of Love which the Father of Mankind so finely describes in the eighth Book, and which is inserted in my last Saturdays Paper, shews it self here in many fine Instances: As in those fond Regards he cast towards Eve at her parting from him.

behind Occurrences 9%

For half an hour the exertions of the gondolier were unrelaxed, though his eye was often cast behind him, as if he distrusted pursuit; and as often did he gaze ahead, betraying an anxious desire to reach some object that was yet invisible.

after Occurrences 9%

No sooner had O'Brallaghan retreated into his store, than Mr. Jinks cast after him defiant words and gestures, calling on the crowd to take notice that O'Brallaghan had ignominiously yielded ground, and declined his, Mr. Jinks', proposition to have a combat.

among Occurrences 8%

and horsemen galloped forth, casting among them nuts enveloped in silver-leaf and apples and comfits and trinkets and brass farthings in incredible quantities.

across Occurrences 7%

The Doctor sat in the bow, and, having adjusted his rod, I steered the boat carefully, close along the shore, to within reach of the mouth of the brook, and directed him to cast across it.

toward Occurrences 7%

But for the rest, the hopeless glances that Hugh Van Orden cast toward her caused Adèle to flush, and Mrs. Haggage to become despondent and speechless and astonishingly rigid; and Petheridge Jukesbury's vaguely apologetic attitude toward the world struck Miss Hugonin as infinitely diverting.

against Occurrences 6%

Those fairy-like, softly-delineated, natural arabesques, which had so lately been dwelt upon with rapture were now converted into dreary crags that seemed to beetle above the helpless bark, giving unpleasant admonitions of the savage and inhospitable properties of their iron-bound bases, which were known to prove destructive to all who were cast against them while the elements were in disorder.

beyond Occurrences 6%

Why, Master Gripe, he casts beyond the moon, and Churms is the only man he puts in trust with his daughter; and, I'll warrant, the old churl would take it upon his salvation that he will persuade her to marry Peter Plod-all.

than Occurrences 6%

Apparently, fate had never made a wilder, more purposeless cast than when it brought Clem to Little Arcady with Potts.

under Occurrences 6%

But Ulysses caused them to be bound hand and foot, and cast under the hatches; and set sail with all possible speed from that baneful coast, lest others after them might taste the lotos, which had such strange qualities to make men forget their native country, and the thoughts of home.

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