Which preposition to use with comet

of Occurrences 35%

By an Inhabitant of the Comet of 1861.

in Occurrences 13%

In their course, they fall in with the satellites of Jupiter, and pass on to Jupiter itself, where they remain for a year; but what becomes of the comet in the mean time, we are not informed!

with Occurrences 8%

of October 1682, has these words; "Last month I had sent me from Rome, a drawing of an egg found at Tivoli, with the impression of the sun and the transparent comet with a twisted tail.

to Occurrences 5%

In 1858 he explored the Comet to its head, and in the following year the head waters of the Thomson.

at Occurrences 4%

"MY DEAR FRIEND: I write now merely to say that Maria discovered a telescopic comet at half-past ten on the evening of the first instant, at that hour nearly vertical above Polaris five degrees.

over Occurrences 3%

James Watt stared at an iron tea-kettle till his eyes were dim, and meditated the monstrous impossibility of making that kettle work like a horse; and men might (perhaps did) smile at James Watt then, but do men smile at James Watt now?now that thousands of iron kettles are dashing like dreadful comets over the length and breadth of the land, not to mention the sea, with long tails of men and women and children behind them!

after Occurrences 2%

West Coast Times, launched July-1978, blazed a luminous trail in quality journalism but, like a comet after a brief showing, vanished into oblivion.

as Occurrences 2%

The men looked at the comet as the wise and learned of the earth look at the marvels of another world.

by Occurrences 2%

My attention had been drawn to the subject of the king of Denmark's comet medal by some allusion to it in my correspondence with Professor Schumacher, in reference to the discovery of telescopic comets by Mr. George P. Bond, of the observatory at Cambridge.

from Occurrences 2%

On the night of the discovery, I was fully satisfied that it was a comet from its location, though its real motion at this time was so nearly opposite to that of the earth (the two bodies approaching each other) that its apparent motion was scarcely appreciable.

through Occurrences 2%

Their spectral chief still leads them, The ghostly flash of his sword Like a comet through mist shines far, And the noiseless host is poured, For the gendarme never heeds them, Up the long dim road where thundered The army of Italy onward Through the great pale Arch of the Star!

on Occurrences 1%

That would be worth something,to send the comets on their errands!

into Occurrences 1%

I'll balm thy body with my faithful tears, And be perpetual mourner at thy tomb; I'll sacrifice this comet into sighs, Make a consumption of this pile of man, And all the benefits my parents gave, Shall turn distemper'd to appease the wrath For this bloodshed, that I am guilty of. KATH.

Which preposition to use with  comet