Which preposition to use with crystal

of Occurrences 80%

" "You, youangul!" exclaimed Unavella, as soon as she had regained the privacy of her kitchen, while a briny crystal of genuine affection rolled down her cheek and splashed unceremoniously into the gravy.

in Occurrences 26%

when Mr. BUMSTEAD was in yesterday for the regular daily new crystal in his own watchhow does he break so many!he said that his beloved nephews wore only watches and rings, or he would buy paste breastpins for them.

on Occurrences 12%

The winter clouds grow, and bloom, and shed their starry crystals on every leaf and rock, and all the colors vanish like a sunset.

from Occurrences 8%

He watched the proceeding in infantile wonder and especially remembered how the water dropped in sparkling crystals from the oar blades.

to Occurrences 7%

The term is derived from [Greek: rhaphis] a needle, on account of the resemblance of the crystal to a needle.

with Occurrences 6%

The lady led the knight into an apartment painted with stories, and opening to the garden through pillars of crystal with golden capitals.

for Occurrences 5%

We have just seen that in clinorhombic crystals the principal absorption directions of certain bands were completely different from the axis of optical elasticity of the crystal for the corresponding radiations.

as Occurrences 3%

" A narrow door, not of crystal as usual, but of metal painted to resemble the walls, led directly from one corner of the peristyle into the grounds outside.

under Occurrences 3%

In such weather the cold splendour of the scene is beyond description; everything is satisfying, from the deep purple of the starry sky to the gleaming bergs and the sparkle of the crystals under foot.

at Occurrences 2%

Some immense candelabra of purest crystal at once attracted my attention; not only were they of the largest I had ever seen, but they were absolutely unique in composition: the pedestals in support were ormolu and marble.

into Occurrences 2%

With a plunging flash It falls, to dash That crystal into foam; And then at a bound Slips under ground To the lake,its final home.

around Occurrences 2%

About this terrible fact of congenital obliquity his new beliefs began to cluster as a centre, and to take form as a crystal around its nucleus.

up Occurrences 1%

Some further end, whence thou refitt'st with aim Bewildered souls, perhaps?Some breath in me, By thee, the purest, found devoid of blame, Fit for large teaching?Look!I cannot see, I can but feel!Far off, Life seethes and frets,and from its shame and scoff I take my broken crystal up to thee.

before Occurrences 1%

What you say of that pure and lovely girl whose soul is as crystal before me, is absolute sacrilege.

about Occurrences 1%

And one day, turning the crystal about in his hands, he saw something.

beyond Occurrences 1%

The priceless perfume in a crystal beyond price.

amid Occurrences 1%

Time had dealt kindly with Mrs. Lasette, as he scattered his silvery crystals amid her hair, and of her it might be said, Each silver hair, each wrinkle there Records some good deed done, Some flower she scattered by the way Some spark from love's bright sun.

through Occurrences 1%

This morning it was calm and clear save for a light misty veil of ice crystals through which the moon shone with scarce clouded brilliancy, surrounded with bright cruciform halo and white paraselene.

against Occurrences 1%

The ready attendant held out a glass of whisky, and he clutched the goblet with skinny hands that, in their trembling eagerness, rattled the crystal against his teeth.

towards Occurrences 1%

"Eight quarts of apple juice, of several different kinds and in different stages of ripeness, of which one-third was still sour, were saturated with twelve drachms of chalk, and clarified with the whites of six eggs; some malate of lime was deposited in small crystals towards the end, and separated by passing the syrup very hot through the flannel.

Which preposition to use with  crystal