Which preposition to use with endearments

of Occurrences 18%

Remember you those tender lines of Logan? "Our broken friendships we deplore, And loves of youth that are no more; No after friendships e'er can raise Th' endearments of our early days, And ne'er the heart such fondness prove, As when we first began to love.

to Occurrences 4%

" ("If he's ever spoken three words of endearment to 'the viscountess,'" reflected Tom, "he'll understand at once.

in Occurrences 3%

He used the term of endearment in the tone of calm, moderate reproof which a justly displeased, but self-controlled husband sometimes uses.

for Occurrences 3%

" "White-boy" was a common term of endearment for a favourite son.

on Occurrences 3%

And in an adjoining room a female voice (my friend could never tell whether child's or woman's, for he never saw any one) overflowed in tones of endearment on some unresponding creature,he could never guess whether it was a baby, or a bird, or a cat, or a dog, or a lizard, (the French have such pets sometimes,) or an enchanted prince, like that poor half-marble fellow in the "Arabian Nights."

with Occurrences 2%

His ill-nature, like a contagious disease, infects others that are of themselves good, who, observing his ingratitude, become less inclined to do good than otherwise they would be; and as the sweetest wine, if ill-preserved, becomes the sourest vinegar, so the greatest endearments with him turn to the bitterest injuries.

from Occurrences 2%

She turned to him quickly with a look of surprise; for she was accustomed only to endearments from him.

on Occurrences 1%

After many Questions and Endearments on both Sides, she conducted him to a Bower which she had dressed with her own Hands with all the Ornaments that could be met with in those blooming Regions.

towards Occurrences 1%

By these remarks I mean to express the feeling that the word lintie conveys to my mind more of tenderness and endearment towards the little songster than linnet.

of Occurrences 1%

It is certain a Mind ought, at least, to be free from the Apprehensions of Want and Poverty, before it can fully attend to all the Softnesses and Endearments of this Passion.

between Occurrences 1%

Then a warm flood of joy shot through him, and suddenly he was seized by an irresistible impulse to kiss his fatherwhich was a most unusual endearment between them.

Which preposition to use with  endearments