Which preposition to use with filth

of Occurrences 63%

Amongst these poor wanderers there is none of the reckless personal negligence and filth of hopeless reprobacy; neither is there a shadow of the professional ostentation of poverty amongst them.

in Occurrences 8%

"This earth and the whole region here are decayed and corroded, as things in the sea by the saltness; for nothing of any value grows in the sea, nor, in a word, does it contain anything perfect, but there are caverns, and sand, and mud in abundance, and filth in whatever parts of the sea there is earth, nor are they at all worthy to be compared with the beautiful things with us.

on Occurrences 5%

The soldier sketched the situation in a few words, whereupon the officer, turning to the old man, said impressively,"If a soldier of the Sultan should choose to heap filth on your head, it is for you to kiss his hand in gratitude.

without Occurrences 3%

The side streets and alleys are, however, still in a deplorable condition, and no American or European could possibly live many days in such filth without being stricken with a terrible disease.

into Occurrences 3%

On one side of the city there is a clear lake of fresh water, and on the other there is a great river, which enters into the city in many places, and carries away all the filth into the lake, whence it continues its course into the ocean.

to Occurrences 3%

A smooth surface, between which and the subsoil is interposed a thick concretewhich grows as hard and impermeable as ironwill not generate mud and filth to one-fiftieth of the extent of either granite roads or Macadam.

as Occurrences 2%

"I know thee, all over filth as thou art.

at Occurrences 2%

They threw filth at our heads and spat in our faces.

for Occurrences 2%

Christian bigotry has ever since 1877 striven to confound our action with the action of men who sell filth for gain, but only the shameless can persist in so doing when their falsehoods are plainly exposed, as they are exposed here.

by Occurrences 1%

The regeneration consists in purification from evils, and thereby renovation of life, cannot be unknown in the Christian world; for reason also sees this when it acknowledges that every one is born in evil, and that evil cannot be washed and wiped away like filth by soap and water, but by repentance.

off Occurrences 1%

I saw you after Big Bethel, scraping the blood and filth off of the wounded zouaves; I saw you in Washington after Bull Run, doing acts of mercy that, by God, madam! would have turned my stomach. .

inside Occurrences 1%

There are other ways of having filth inside a house besides having dirt in heaps.

under Occurrences 1%

There was many a nasty worm among the grapes, much filth under the trampling feet, but the wine was of rubies and set the heart aflame;Clerambault gulped it down greedily.

with Occurrences 1%

It is impossible to describe the sort of squalidness and filth with which these mansions are distinguished.

from Occurrences 1%

Only he was never tempted to set a fine thing to do dirty work, as dull-hearted money-grubbers domill-owners, for instance, when they make the channel of a lovely mountain-stream serve for a drain to carry off the filth from their works.

over Occurrences 1%

They had already thrown all sorts of filth over his hair, as well as over his chest, and upon the old mantle.

within Occurrences 1%

There was a large window in each room, which was opened at night, and might have served for healthy ventilation, except that there was an accumulation of disgusting filth within a few feet of the building, on that side, sending forth offensive and noisome effluvia, and rendering it doubtful which was the most disagreeable and dangerous, the foul air within or the foul atmosphere without.

like Occurrences 1%

It ends thus: "He is crammed in a dungeon and preaches up Reason; Blasphemes the Almighty, lives in filth like a hog; Is abandoned in death, and interred like a dog.

Which preposition to use with  filth