Which preposition to use with distinction

between Occurrences 781%

" "It is that 'guard' of which you speak," remarked Spalding, "over the emotions, the sentiments of the heart, stifling their expression, and chaining down under a placid exterior their manifestations, that constitutes one of the broad distinctions between youth and manhood.

of Occurrences 721%

What, then, is your course in these cases?" I told him that these objections applied to the credibility, and not to the competency, of witnesses, which distinctions of the lawyers I endeavoured to explain to him.

in Occurrences 293%

After luncheon, when they were smoking (all of us together, no one went into the smoking-room), he and Hatzfeldt began talking about the Empire and the beautiful fetes at Compiegne, where anybody of any distinction in any branch of art or literature was invited.

from Occurrences 72%

We never fall in love with a woman in distinction from women, until we can get an image of her through a pin-hole; and then we can see nothing else, and nobody but ourselves can see the image in our mental camera-obscura.

as Occurrences 53%

" The official reports show only the number that died, but make no distinction as to causes of death, except to separate the deaths from wounds received in battle from those from other causes.

to Occurrences 42%

[Footnote 1: Boding a short but fatal distinction to her offspring.]

by Occurrences 36%

The old Governor was received with great distinction by Ferdinand and Isabella, who appointed Gonsalvo of Cordova and Fernando de Zafra, secretary to the King, to confer with him.

for Occurrences 34%

It is a double "Hall of Fame" distinction for him.

among Occurrences 31%

These three won distinction among others of less importance, and from them only I quote.

on Occurrences 22%

It was not often that a member won distinction on the day of his entrance to the Gran' Consiglio; the favor shown by the Senate was great; the position of the Ca' Giustiniani among the proud Venetian nobility was beyond question; and some of the fathers of the young and noble ladies who had graced the banquet watched the young Giustinian with a quite personal interest.

without Occurrences 17%

" "A distinction without a difference.

at Occurrences 17%

This distinction at once made my mind clear as to what was perplexing me in respect to the philosophy of politics.

than Occurrences 15%

All this was very agreeable to Marston, who began to treat his visitor with, at all events, more external cordiality and distinction than at first.

about Occurrences 8%

In spite of her youth, there was something of pride and distinction about her which made it seem that she could not be an ordinary sort of person you had never heard of; a mere Miss Smith or Mrs. Brown.

with Occurrences 8%

The family of distinction with whom she is engaged as governess desire to avail themselves of her services as soon as possible.

under Occurrences 7%

He had gained distinction under Wellington in the Spanish campaign, and in the struggle against Napoleon during the Hundred Days he commanded the Dutch contingent.

into Occurrences 6%

Let us respect ourselves properly, take care to be truly ladies and gentlemen, and so far from titular rank's being necessary to us, before a hundred lustres are past, we shall bring all such distinctions into discredit, by showing that they are not necessary to any one important interest, or to true happiness and respectability any where.

above Occurrences 4%

I do not employ the term "pen" as a rhetorical phrase; here it is valid in the strictest sense, and if a pious reverence pays homage to many an author by seeking to gain possession of the quill with which he formed his works, the quill of which Wieland availed himself, would surely be worthy of this distinction above many another.

within Occurrences 3%

The levelling spirit of the party of progress suggested the abolition of distinctions within the middle class, while the chasm between burgesses and non-burgesses was at the same time widened and deepened.

against Occurrences 3%

During this progression of his fortunes, he had been more than once called upon to furnish his quota of troops to the imperial armies, and had served at their head with distinction against the Russians.

after Occurrences 3%

But the coachman, and especially if his place in the series did not connect him immediately with London and the General Post-Office, obtained the scarlet coat only as an honorary distinction after long or special service.]

out Occurrences 2%

And finally, when the German legislator concluded to make no distinction between incompleted and attempted crime and to recognize only the completed crime in his code of 1871, we witnessed the spectacle of Carrara praising that legislator for leaving that subtile distinction out of his code.

like Occurrences 2%

But the good of my country must stand on a higher ground than distinctions like these.

over Occurrences 2%

"The Mourning Bride" contains a few situations in which real passion can have play, some fine points and poetic passages, and its moral tone is at least respectable,not great things to say of a famous tragedy, certainly, but they give it an honorable distinction over many plays of its time.

through Occurrences 1%

Yielding at last to the force of circumstances, he had entered the Confederate service rather late in the war, and served with distinction through several campaigns, rising in time to the rank of colonel.

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