Which preposition to use with desert

of Occurrences 379%

"Seems as though we had come upon an oasis in this desert of stone," muttered Tonnison, as he gazed interestedly.

to Occurrences 130%

who, commanding Henry's van, deserted to the enemy during the heat of action, and spread a consternation through the troops.

in Occurrences 107%

Very little of it, however, is desert in the eyes of a bee.

from Occurrences 65%

"An' why should the best gun be brought here?" "Well, you see, lad, the chances are them bloody sneaks will soon try to work the same deviltry which we had to look at idly last night, for it stands to reason that all who deserted from this fort fell into their clutches.

for Occurrences 54%

But if the tube be broken short off where it proceeds from the flask, and free access be thus given to germs falling vertically out of the air, the fluid, which has remained clear and desert for months, becomes, in a few days, turbid and full of life.

with Occurrences 53%

Each of them carried a silver pitcher, and as they ran and skipped along they dipped their fingers in and sprinkled the desert with water.

on Occurrences 41%

If any number of men should desert on this night, there could not be any question but that we, having had an inkling of it, might justly be held accountable, but yet I was not pleased at the thought of doing or suffering to be done that which the old soldier had set his face against.

at Occurrences 29%

Some among them I could trust, but others were merely with me while I retained powerwould desert at the first doubt.

as Occurrences 23%

They found the territory deserted as before, all the population having retired within the walls.

without Occurrences 15%

If we consider our fleet or our army, my lords, it is apparent, that neither obedience nor fidelity can be expected from men upon whom all the ties of morality, and all the sanctions of law have lost their influence; they will mutiny without fear, and desert without scruple, and like wild beasts, will, upon the least provocation, turn upon those by whom they ought to be governed.

by Occurrences 15%

She rewards each organism according to its works; and if anything grows too weak or stupid to take care of itself, she gives it its due deserts by letting it die and disappear.

before Occurrences 9%

Le Hâo, the prefect of Tun-hwang, had supplied them with the means of crossing the desert before them, in which there are many evil demons and hot winds.

into Occurrences 8%

A welcome change began as they slid down from the bare desert into the valley; and once across the Copper River, Anderson began to breathe freer and to feel he was nearing home.

after Occurrences 7%

It seemed as if their little cabin was deserted after that, for Tom, and Sam, and Nelly were almost grown up, and the rest were all little ones.

during Occurrences 6%

They began to fear us, and consequently I noticed when on deck the promenade once so popular during the earlier days of the voyage, was almost totally deserted during our hours of recreation.

than Occurrences 6%

I'd rather live in a desert than a city.

beyond Occurrences 6%

In the desert beyond the city boundaries he wandered, searching for inspiration, waiting dumbly in the darkness until the angel Gabriel descended with rush of wings through the brightness of heaven, commanding: "Cry aloud, in the name of the Lord who created thee.

between Occurrences 6%

But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh, and dwelt in the land of Midian'the wild desert between Egypt and the Holy Land.

like Occurrences 5%

Do you not know many an isolated hill often dark with pines, but, more often still, lonely and naked where they lie of whom we are come, with their enemies, and they call the place Battlebury or Danesbury, or for ever deserted like all battlefields it is nameless?

behind Occurrences 5%

And the two spies went back alive to their mountains again, and as they reached them the first ray of the sun came up red over the desert behind Merimna and lit Merimna's spires.

through Occurrences 5%

Nothing could be more dreary than the desert through which he passed, nor anything more charmingaccording to the fabulous accounts of the poetsthan the particular spot where the temple was situated.

towards Occurrences 4%

It is bounded on the east by a desert towards Khorasmia; to the west is the great sea, or Euxine, and the sea of Tenue, Tanna, or Azof; to the north, is the empire of Kaffia or Kiow; and to the south it extends to the great river Etile or Wolga, which passes the capital.

around Occurrences 4%

But they were alone, with the vast arch of sky empty above them and the wide white stretch of sand a desert around them.

near Occurrences 4%

"Give me a white shirtnumber fifteen," he said to the clerk; "and be blamed sure it's the right sizethey ain't worth a cuss if they're too big!" CHAPTER XXI A GIRL LIKE YOU A lone rider guided his horse in the early night, among the black lavas, on the desolate desert near Capaline, the dead volcano.

under Occurrences 4%

No more beautiful and tender legends cluster round Mahomet than those which grace his life in the desert under the loving care of his foster-mother Hailima.

Which preposition to use with  desert