Which preposition to use with cousins

of Occurrences 431%

I begged she would not regard me with the formality of a stranger; and insisted that, as she was the cousin of my relation, she was also mine.

to Occurrences 117%

The time had been when the theatre was cousin to the bear-pit.

in Occurrences 88%

Yes, you may offer your arm to your pretty cousin in the country whenever you think she would like it, except when Mr. PUNCHINELLO is present.

from Occurrences 41%

Cousin from Long Island City! '

with Occurrences 27%

Marion entered Evadne's room one glorious winter's morning and threw herself on the lounge beside her cousin with a sigh.

by Occurrences 21%

His father's uncle's second cousin by the mother's side partook of a good deal of BOURBON.

at Occurrences 19%

I haven't known much of my relations in the past, you know, so it pleases me to find an aunt and a cousin at the same time.

on Occurrences 14%

Shortly before this disaster an engagement between Shelley and his first cousin on the mother's side, Miss Harriet Grove, had come to an end, owing to the alarm excited by the youth's sceptical opinions.

for Occurrences 14%

With this child Patricia out of the way, it will be a simple duel with my unknown De Graf cousin for my aunt's favor, and the excitement will be agreeable even if I am worsted.

as Occurrences 11%

" "Then you considered the avenging of the insult to your cousin as being a matter of greater importance than your future career in the Navy?" Midshipman Totten paled, but he answered bravely: "Yes, sir; and at the same time a Naval career means nearly everything in the world to me.

about Occurrences 6%

He had an idea that the small gold band, being presumptive evidence of an existing male guardian somewhere in the offing might serve to keep away the ill intentioned or over bold from his lovely little heiress cousin about whom he worried to no small degree.

over Occurrences 4%

By the time he arrived he began to feel that he did not want to stay long enough to see the enjoyment of his cousin over his discomfiture.

among Occurrences 3%

It is a coincidence that the two regions originally inhabited by the bisons are those in which the white races of men have to the greatest extent thrown their restless energies into the struggle for existence, with the result that extinction to nearly the same degree has overtaken these two near cousins among oxen.

out Occurrences 3%

In her last note to him she had been very careful to promise information, but not to give any, hoping thus to gain time to get an insight into the matter, and to keep her cousin out of danger, if, indeed, any danger threatened.

through Occurrences 3%

" Maggie held up a petticoat by the selvage (which a male writer takes to be the lower hem), and looked at her cousin through the orifice intended for the waist of the young.

into Occurrences 2%

"How thoughtless you are, Georgina, asking our cousin into the dining-room just when Ash must be laying the cloth for dinner.

than Occurrences 2%

" "No one has a more profound respect for your cousin than myself, Miss Van Cortlandt, but justice to you requires that I should say her great superiority over yourself has escaped me.

like Occurrences 2%

"As sure as there are cousins like ourselves.

toward Occurrences 1%

Then he walked beside his cousin toward the command, his horse close at his back.

until Occurrences 1%

He decided to go to Bergamo, which was under Venetian government, where he could live safely with his cousin until such time as Milan had forgotten him.

unto Occurrences 1%

For I do not at any time forget that you are cousin unto Sir Launcelot of the Lake, and I honor Sir Launcelot above all men else in the world, and would rather have his friendship than that of any man living.

after Occurrences 1%

Eleanora and Cammilla, cousins after the flesh, were each dedicated as a cosa di Cosimothe property of Cosimo.

at Occurrences 1%

There was a great fuss among the Cousins at the notion of Joachim having talked to a Genie; and, to tell you the truth, this was all they thought about, and soon after took their leave.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Dr. Palfrey's volume will largely conciliate our cousins beyond the water to our own conceit of our annals, because, more distinctly and cogently than any previous record in pamphlet or folio, it identifies the springs and purposes of our heroic age with an era and a type of men which English historians now exalt on their own noblest pages.

of Occurrences 1%

" "Who were those women who were with you a minute ago?" "Cousins of Lind.

Which preposition to use with  cousins