Which preposition to use with commentaries

on Occurrences 359%

He told me who a great many of the people were, with a little commentary on their profession and career which was very useful to me, as I knew so few of them.

of Occurrences 55%

In the Treatise Of Education (1644) he refers to the sublime art of poetry "which in Aristotle's poetics, in Horace, and the Italian commentaries of Castelvetro, Tasso, Mazzoni, and others, teaches what the laws are of a true Epic poem, what of a Dramatic, what of a Lyric, what decorum is, which is the grand master peece to observe."

by Occurrences 52%

Books of Scripture commentary by non-Catholic writers should be read with caution, and often ecclesiastical permission for their perusal must be sought.

on Occurrences 22%

Some Commentaries on the. Bible.

in Occurrences 10%

Charles Pinckney, who, unaided, submitted the first concrete draft of the Constitution, was only twenty-nine, and Alexander Hamilton, who was destined to take a leading part in securing its ratification by his powerful oratory and his very able commentaries in the Federalist papers, was only thirty.

of Occurrences 9%

In accomplishing this great object, I have presented the reader in my notes with nearly the substance in English of all the following manuscript Greek Commentaries and Scholia on Plato; viz. of the Commentaries of Proclus on the Parmenides and First Alcibiades; and of his Scholia on the Cratylus; of the Scholia of Olympiodorus on the Phaedo, Gorgias, and Philebus; and of Hermeas on the Phoedrus.

for Occurrences 8%

The Book of Ruth, a translation and commentary for schools and colleges.

to Occurrences 7%

And then, in her sweet, simple way, George's mother made commentaries to the boy upon this affecting story.

from Occurrences 4%

" AUGUSTUS E. WILLSON Governor of Kentucky [Footnote 1: The following letters are reprinted by permission from a collection of such commentaries from Cottier's Weekly.]

with Occurrences 3%

Dr. Scott, as a confirmation of it, related, that Blackstone, a sober man, composed his Commentaries with a bottle of port before him; and found his mind invigorated and supported in the fatigue of his great work, by a temperate use of it.

at Occurrences 2%

He read the chapter through,with a running commentary at first,blocking out, as it were, his ground notion of it.

in Occurrences 2%

I hear that they have sold nearly as many of Blackstone's Commentaries in America as in England.

as Occurrences 1%

[Motto]: "What would you, gracious figure?" Dr. Greville MacDonald looks on his father's commentary as the "most important interpretation of the play ever written...

about Occurrences 1%

All they could do was to write commentaries about it, and to carry out in their own fashion Moses' command, 'Thou shalt bind my words for a sign upon your hands, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes, and thou shalt write them upon the doorposts of thine house.'

under Occurrences 1%

So we lived in harmonious intercourse, and Bessie and I talked of all our plans and delights while they got themselves entangled in obscurities with a commentary under each arm.

Which preposition to use with  commentaries