Which preposition to use with ennobled

in Occurrences 15%

So they fool us for a while longer, and we praise their fine doings, and even persuade ourselves there is something liberal and ennobling in their influence.

for Occurrences 3%

Aurore now found herself in the hands of a woman of the people, ennobled for a time by beauty and a true affection, but sinking, her good inspiration gone, into the bitterest ill-temper and most vulgar uncharity.

from Occurrences 3%

Thus also their forms are successively perfected and ennobled from within.

above Occurrences 2%

However, inward dignity of sentiment, wherever it is possessed, invariably displays itself with a nobleness of its own, and stands not in need, for that end, of the artificial elegancies of education and custom; it is a universal right of man, of the highest as well as the lowest; and hence also, in Shakespeare, the nobility of nature and morality is ennobled above the artificial nobility of society.

to Occurrences 2%

But it is wise, and ennobling to our own character, to choose our friends among those who are nearer to God than we are, more experienced in life, and more strong and settled in character.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Marie slept; the boy-King had become the head of a conspiracy; and the Maréchal d'Ancre, enriched and ennobled beyond the wildest dreams of his ambition, was preparing to quit the country of his adoption, and to seek rest and peace in his own land.

by Occurrences 1%

The quotation in your letter from Hawthorne's book offers an excellent type both for men and women in the value it assigns to that order of work which is called subordinate but becomes ennobling by being finely done.

during Occurrences 1%

I felt quite elated and ennobled during the time that I was rehearsing Méhul's enchanting 'Joseph' with my little opera company."

as Occurrences 1%

Now, there are three questions before the people of the country to-day, and they are all public, all unselfish, all patriotic, all elevated, and all ennobling as subjects of contemplation and of action.

among Occurrences 1%

Modern society, created by Christianity,since only Christianity recognizes what is most truly attractive and ennobling among womenis a great advance over the banquets of imperial Romans and the symposia of gifted Greeks.

after Occurrences 1%

[Footnote 31: Sir Jacob Astley(?), but he too was ennobled after Naseby.]

of Occurrences 1%

In what practical ways may a man contribute to the happiness and ennobling of his fellow men? Is your community growing better?

than Occurrences 1%

Whose nobility comes to thee, stamped with a seal, Far, far more ennobling than monarch e'er set, With the blood of thy race, offered up for the weal Of a nation that swears by that martyrdom yet I Shalt thou be faint-hearted and turn from the strife, From the mighty arena, where all that is grand, And devoted and pure, and adorning in life, 'Tis for high-thoughted spirits like thine to command?

throughout Occurrences 1%

The influence of an action, be it never so noble, can last but a short time; but a work of genius is a living influence, beneficial and ennobling throughout the ages.

without Occurrences 1%

Now and then a distinguished soldier or even a statesman could be ennobled without much harm; and he supposed there was something to be said for a learned man, and a writer or two, though he preferred them to be childless.

under Occurrences 1%

But Horace Walpole was prudent, decorous, even respectable: no elevated aspirations, no benevolent views ennobled under the petitesse of his nature.

with Occurrences 1%

To-night she was ennobled with jewelsthe old family jewels of her last husband's family, not of her own.

at Occurrences 1%

In achieving abroad, it has been ennobling at home.

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