Which preposition to use with crier

of Occurrences 13%

Crier of the dead (ringing a bell).

about Occurrences 2%

Slaves are sold by criers about the streets in Morocco, and most towns, and not in bazaars, as in the East.

through Occurrences 2%

He consulted his chief minister, and the latter sent a crier through Atpat ordering, under terrible penalties, all the townspeople to bring every Monday all the milk in their houses and offer it to the god Shiva.

at Occurrences 1%

Indeed, I may say that all the men connected with the Town Crier at its starting were interested in the good government and progress of the town, and they used the influence of the paper for the purpose of removing stumbling blocks, and putting incompetent and pretentious persons out of the way.

in Occurrences 1%

As the cormorant is generally regarded to be the dernier cri in voracity, the incident illustrates the old saying of the biter bit.

in Occurrences 1%

Let us settle all scores by subscribing to a colossal statue of the late Town-Crier in bell-metal, with the inscription, "VOX ET PRAETEREA NIHIL," as a comprehensive tribute to oratorical powers in general.

on Occurrences 1%

This newly elected head of the town had the town crier on the following night publish through the streets an address to the people, in which he thanked those who had voted for him and warned those who had not that it would be well for them to beware.

for Occurrences 1%

A Ballad-Singer is a town-crier for the advertising of lost tunes.

of Occurrences 1%

Dr. Janet's essay is the dernier cri of science, and leaves Dr. Nevius just where it found him.

with Occurrences 1%

Thou art ready to cry all day long, 'I have left undone that which I ought to have done;' till, at times, thou longest that all was over, and thou wert beginning again in some freer, fuller, nobler, holier life, to do and to be what thou hast never done nor been here; and criest with the poet 'Tis life, whereof my nerves are scant; 'Tis life, not death, for which I pant; More life, and fuller, that I want.

Which preposition to use with  crier