Which preposition to use with evil

of Occurrences 856%

Its scattered parts must be knit into a powerful and aggressive whole, to turn a solid front upon the evil of the world.

in Occurrences 363%

The stupidest dog should see that so close a student can have no evil in him.

to Occurrences 107%

"Yet he who seeketh to do good to evil that good may follow, doeth no evil to good.

for Occurrences 81%

Buckheath had been a week at the Himes boarding-house, finding it not unpleasant to show Johnnie Consadine how many of the girls regarded him with favour, whether she did or not, when he came to supper one evening with a gleam in his eye that spoke evil for some one.

from Occurrences 80%

And should any ask how Garthlaxton fell, say, 'twas by the hand of God, as a sure and certain sign that Pentavalon shall yet arise to smite evil from her borders.

by Occurrences 65%

And then, master, direst of all, she thou would'st champion is a witch" "That worketh no evil by day, Roger.

with Occurrences 64%

According to Miss ANTHONY, the crying evil with women is that they will blubber; but it must be remembered that out of this blubber they make oil to pour into our conjugal wounds.

than Occurrences 50%

But now that the prevalence and growth of unbelief is as evident as the sun at noonnow that it is no longer only the recalcitrant and irreligious, but even the religious and docile-minded who are disturbed by the fact, it seems to some that, a policy of silence and inactivity may be far more fruitful in evil than in good, that reverent reserve must be laid aside and the pearls of truth cast into the trough of popular controversy.

as Occurrences 48%

" "Some have spoken of 'looking upon goodness as upon something beyond their reach,' and of 'looking upon evil as like plunging one's hands into scalding liquid';I have seen the men, I have heard the sayings.

under Occurrences 35%

Mr. Randolph, the author of the Virginia plan, observed that the general object of the Constitution was to provide a cure for the evils under which the United States laboured; that in tracing these evils to their origin every man had found it in the tribulation and follies of democracy; that some check, therefore, was to be sought for against this tendency of our Government.

on Occurrences 27%

The gentlemen knew that military censure, however unpleasant, did not always imply moral unworthiness; and as for the ladies, they retained too lively a sense of his skill and gallantry, to wish to imagine evil on grounds so slight and vague.

against Occurrences 26%

Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.

at Occurrences 21%

"It was, on the part of the Cabinet, one of those acts the merit of which is only perceived afterward, and in which the Government bears the weight of the evil at the moment when it is trying most sincerely and courageously to repress it.

without Occurrences 16%

We cannot be unmoved amid the prevalence of evil without this feeling, that God is more powerful than all the combined forces of his enemies both on earth and in hell; and that no matter what the evil is, it will surely be made to praise Him who sitteth in the heavens.

into Occurrences 14%

" But, as it has been observed, our forefathers, in strewing their floors with this plant, were introducing a real evil into their houses, instead of an imaginary one, the perfume having been considered highly pernicious to health.

among Occurrences 10%

No Jew is permitted to ride on horseback, except Solomon, the Egyptian, who is physician to the Emperor, and through whose interest the Jews are comforted and eased in their captivity, which is very grievous; for they are much hated by the Grecians, who make no distinction between the good and the evil among them, and insult and beat them in the streets.

through Occurrences 8%

Such men all suspect and hate as being likely to venture some deed of evil through desperation.

within Occurrences 6%

The inner is the conquest of the evil within his own nature; the outer is the struggle against the evil forces of the worldthe constructive task of building up, under warring conditions, the spiritual kingdom of God.

out Occurrences 6%

If, therefore, it is not possible entirely to eradicate the vices under which the interior administration of these Islands labors, owing to the difficulty of finding persons possessed of the necessary virtues and talents to govern, in an upright and judicious manner, let us at least prevent the evils out of the too great condescension of our own laws.

before Occurrences 5%

Comfortably clothed and fed, kindly treated by my old master and mistress and the young ladies, and the playmate and confidant of my young master, I did not dream of the dark reality of evil before me.

about Occurrences 4%

And so, in Paris, we spent months, arguing, prevaricating, manoeuvring, so as to pretend that none had had any share in bringing the evil about.

unto Occurrences 4%

[good] unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil unto the resurrection of damnation," [St. John v. 25] he had pronounced a message of inestimable importance, and well worthy of that splendid apparatus of prophecy and miracles with which his mission was introduced and attested:a message in which the wisest of mankind would rejoice to find an answer to their doubts, and rest to their inquiries.

above Occurrences 3%

From that moment, Thomas Dodds was changed after the manner of action of moral poisons; for we are to remember that while the physical kill, the other only transmute, and the transmutation may be from any good below grace to any evil above the devil.

over Occurrences 2%

And yet even now they could not shake off their traces, for the sin of the cottage is bounded by the cottage door, but that of the palace spreads its evil over land and sea.

beyond Occurrences 2%

If she reaches the castle one hour or one minute after the duke, the results will be evil beyond remedy.

Which preposition to use with  evil