Which preposition to use with confident

of Occurrences 291%

I had removed the only means of reaching the window, and, as none of the other windows had any adjacent water pipes, to tempt the climbing powers of the monsters, I began to feel more confident of escaping their clutches.

in Occurrences 127%

Now I being the Confident in your Amours, the Jack-go-between the civil Pimp or soyou left her in charge with me at your Departure.

as Occurrences 16%

The old statesman was as keen as ever, receiving every day all sorts of deputations, advising, warning, encouraging, and quite confident as to the result of the elections.

than Occurrences 10%

"There is no need to cock that pistol," I said, in a tone which I hoped sounded more confident than my state of mind.

on Occurrences 6%

Some kinds of peaches are tolerably wholesome; but the stringy character of their pulp appears to me to render them less so than apples and pears, though I am not confident on this point.

from Occurrences 5%

The French were generous in giving us assistance in corps and army artillery, with its personnel, and we were confident from the start of our superiority over the enemy in guns of all calibers.

about Occurrences 3%

I feel very confident about that.

by Occurrences 3%

His efforts were not unsuccessful; his misfortunes were for the furtherance of the Gospel; his chains were manifest "in all the palace, and in all other places;" and many waxing confident by his bonds were much more bold to speak the word without fear.

for Occurrences 3%

But, leaving you, he knew you could test yourselves to your own ease, and speak the more confident for it, and, if you found yourselves clean of doubt, carry it all the happier in your minds after.

with Occurrences 3%

This, however, may be said in favour of the czar, that by the many attempts he made to civilize his barbarous subjects, it must be supposed he would have been glad to have imitated this generosity, had it been confident with his safety; but the case had this difference, Charles XII.

to Occurrences 2%

I told him I did: whereupon he made me his Bed-fellow, and the Confident to his Amour to Seigniora Elaria. Doct.

among Occurrences 2%

The youngest and best of us, who carry on and go through with it, though many of them are dead and many more will not live to see the day of victory, have been easily the happiest and most confident among us.

at Occurrences 2%

And yet it seems very oddyou were so confident at first.

against Occurrences 2%

It is not every young lady that feels herself confident against the shafts of ridicule, though aimed by the hand of prejudice.

before Occurrences 1%

She could not believe her ears; neither her eyes, when she saw him walking swiftly, almost running, erect, his head held straight, his eyes gazing free and confident before him.

beyond Occurrences 1%

[-16-] On the basis of these calculations, then, he hoped to win (for he was confident beyond reason even as he had been terrified without investigating), and in fear lest his withdrawal from town should seem to have been the result of a bad conscience, he paid heed to Pompey, while stating to Caesar that he was considerably obliged to him.

over Occurrences 1%

His voice rang out resonant and clear and confident over that vast assemblage.

up Occurrences 1%

He had felt confident up to the last moment, to be sure, for he knew he had put his life's best work into this drama, and he believed he had written with a master's cunning; nevertheless, when his message had gone forth a sudden panic had seized him.

without Occurrences 1%

They were confident without any demonstrative sign that they were superior beings destined by God, or the force of fate, to hold the fullest meaning of civilization.

Which preposition to use with  confident