Which preposition to use with diction

of Occurrences 65%

She was very fond of the theatres, particularly the smaller ones, liked the real Parisian wit and gaiety better than the measured phrase and trained diction of the Francais and the Odeon.

in Occurrences 23%

Propriety of diction in the drama is relative, and to be referred more to individual character than to general rules: to make a tyrant sober-minded is to make a madman rational.

as Occurrences 5%

It is only by learning to write Latin that a man comes to treat diction as an art.

with Occurrences 4%

Footnote 174: If the reader would see this in concrete form, let him read a paragraph of Milton's prose, or a stanza of his poetry, and compare its exuberant, melodious diction with Dryden's concise method of writing.

by Occurrences 2%

They disdain to make use of the common poetical phraseology, or to ennoble their diction by a selection of fine or dignified expressions.

at Occurrences 2%

A diction at once so rich and so homely as his we know not where to match in these days of writing by the page; it is like homespun cloth-of-gold.

on Occurrences 2%

In the Description of Paradise, the Poet has observed Aristotle's Rule of lavishing all the Ornaments of Diction on the weak unactive Parts of the Fable, which are not supported by the Beauty of Sentiments and Characters.

than Occurrences 1%

Cicero no less praises him for the excellence of his diction than the profundity of his conceptions; and Longinus calls him with respect to his language, the rival of Homer.

to Occurrences 1%

However, let no one entertain any suspicions (as has happened in the case of some other writers), regarding the truth of it merely because I have used elaborate diction to whatever extent the subject matter permitted; for I have been anxious to be equally perfect in both respects so far as was possible.

for Occurrences 1%

The author begins with the first signs of the reaction against the influence of France, agreeably portraying the awakening of Swiss consciousness, and the gradual development of the enlightened patriotism that impelled Swiss writers to lay aside mere courtly elegance of diction for their own more terse and vigorous idiom.

Which preposition to use with  diction