Which preposition to use with ceremony

of Occurrences 613%

Royalties, first social encounters with; present at opening ceremony of exposition; experiences with, at ball given by Lord Lyons at British embassy; risks run by, at fete at Versailles; present at the Waddingtons' ball at Quai d'Orsay.

in Occurrences 90%

The service was conducted by the Rev. Lewis Brown, rector of St. Paul's, and was followed by a Scottish Rite ceremony in charge of William Geake, Sr., of Fort Wayne, acting thrice potent master, and official head of the thirty-third degree in Indiana.

with Occurrences 68%

For a youth of fourteen he is said to have gone through the trying ceremonies with great credit until directed by his mamma to dance with a venerable female of noble blood, just as he was about to lend a beautiful American miss through the mazes of a Schottische.

at Occurrences 64%

Henrietta and I were very anxious to see the ceremony at the Elysee, and asked Mollard, Introducteur des Ambassadeurs and chef du Protocolea most important man on all official occasions, if he couldn't put us somewhere in a corner, where we could see, without taking any part.

for Occurrences 56%

Supposing she was now a witness of an American ceremony for the first time, for the want of representation in the country had been rather a subject of animadversion with her, she advanced steadily towards the mistress of the house, bestowing smile for smile, this being a part of the programme at which a Parisienne was not easily outdone.

to Occurrences 37%

According to Pietro della Voile, the Persians keep up the same ridiculous ceremony to this day.

by Occurrences 28%

Nobody could discover that he minded much, though he learnt to try to shorten the ceremony by saying "I solly" all the way to the cabin.

on Occurrences 25%

But at Quebec the scene, the setting, and the unheard-of innovation itself all give a special interest to every detail of the opening ceremony on the 17th of December 1792.

as Occurrences 24%

She began the conversation in French(he was announced with all due ceremony as Monsieur le Ministre des Affaires Etrangeres) and W. said she spoke it remarkably well,then, with her beautiful smile which lightened up her whole face: "I think I can speak English with a Cambridge scholar."

than Occurrences 14%

They took off their hats to each other with rather more ceremony than when they had last met.

among Occurrences 10%

what need of ceremony among friends?

over Occurrences 10%

The ceremony over it was the newly arrived sergeant rather than the bride and groom who was the center of attraction and none were better pleased than Larry and Ruth to have it so.

from Occurrences 9%

The Emperor wou'd have you rise, Sir, he will expect no Ceremony from the Father of his Mistress.

about Occurrences 9%

As we advanced towards the scene of the feast, many Indians from every direction were collecting, and hurrying forward, either to join in the ceremony about to be celebrated, or to be spectators.

into Occurrences 6%

Nodding to him, I pushed without ceremony into Zaleski's apartment.

after Occurrences 6%

" Returning to Rome on June 3, after enjoying to the full this excursion, from which he brought back many sketches, he found the city given over to ceremony after ceremony connected with the Church.

between Occurrences 6%

After the most sincere greetings and congratulations, Lady Chatterton cried out gaily, "You see, my dear Lady Moseley, I am determined to banish ceremony between us, and so, instead of sending you my card, have come myself to notify you of my arrival.

before Occurrences 5%

Plainly, it was no real calculation, but a ceremony before the answer.

without Occurrences 5%

going round seven timesa ceremony without which a Hindu marriage is not binding) and other minor ceremonies with zest.

through Occurrences 4%

When he displayed acquiescence in the matter of the truce, Surena refused to conduct the ceremony through the agency of others, but in order to cut him off with only a few and seize him, he said that he wished to hold a conference with the commander personally.

Due Occurrences 3%

And here, to make thy apprehension full And seat thy reason in a sound beleefe, I vow to morrow (e're the rising sunne Begin his journey), with all Ceremonies Due to the Church, to scale our Nuptials; To prive thy sonne, with full consent of State,

under Occurrences 3%

As we have already stated, the body was pillaged where it lay; and then, as no further booty could be anticipated, it was carried into a small closet attached to the common guard-room, where it remained until nightfall, when a coarse sheet, for which fifty sous were given, was folded about it, and it was buried without any religious ceremony under the organ of the church of St. Germain l'Auxerrois near the Louvre.

toward Occurrences 2%

All ceremony toward them gives place to a fearful familiarity, as of one who not only sees through and through them, but oversees.

towards Occurrences 2%

* * Vanbeest Brown had escaped from captivity and attained the rank of captain after Mannering left India, and his regiment having been recalled home, was determined to persevere in his addresses to Julia while she left him a ray of hope, believing that the injuries he had received from her father might dispense with his using much ceremony towards him.

like Occurrences 2%

It is a ceremony like marriage or burial, and as soon as the doctors have pronounced a case hopeless, the friends and relations of the sick man crowd into his chamber and make themselves thoroughly at home, drinking tea and sherbet, and watching, through the smoke of many hubble-bubbles, the dying agonies of their friend.

Which preposition to use with  ceremony