Which preposition to use with colons

after Occurrences 3%

I reproduce the punctuation of the Pisan edition, with a colon after 'his own,' and a semicolon after 'sorrow.'

in Occurrences 3%

[Now, if you please, you may correct orally, according to the formules given, some or all of the various examples of False Punctuation, which are arranged under the rules for the Colon in Section Third.]

to Occurrences 3%

The agreement which reserves the towns of Panama and Colon to the administration of the republic of Panama provides for American interference in matters that may concern general health, and the Canal authorities have taken the fullest advantage of this provision.

before Occurrences 1%

The dash is sometimes used with the colon before long quotations, before an enumeration of things, or before a formally introduced statement.

between Occurrences 1%

Some set a colon between the number of the chapter and that of the verse; which mark serves well for distinction, where both numbers are in Arabic figures: as, "'He that formed the eye, shall he not see?'Ps.

on Occurrences 1%

Perhaps that was the first hearty laugh Professor Bird had given utterance to since the day he started in his ill-fated balloon from Colon on the Caribbean coast to cross the Isthmus of Panama.

Which preposition to use with  colons