Which preposition to use with flames

of Occurrences 711%

Without warning, the flames of the two candles went low, and then shone with a ghastly green effulgence.

in Occurrences 206%

The dull flame in the firmament took on a deeper tint, very somber and turbid.

with Occurrences 94%

The surgeon's name is set up in modest letters, but the horse below flames with color.

from Occurrences 84%

Do they sometimes burst?" "They carry the flame from the furnace through the water.

on Occurrences 45%

So mustered he his powers of Pentavalon, gay with stir of pennons and rich trappings; the sun flashed back from ponderous casques and bascinets innumerable and flamed on blazoned shields.

into Occurrences 42%

A great sough of rising storm came from the northwest, carrying a hot, blinding mass of smoke and flame into the little retreat.

at Occurrences 36%

"Polete," I said sternly, "I suppose you know that if this night's work gets out, as it is certain to do sooner or later, no power on earth can save your life?" "Yes, massa," he muttered, and looked about him wildly, as though he already saw the flames at his feet.

to Occurrences 35%

Methinks I see the Motions of her Eyes, And how her Virgin Breasts do fall and rise: Her bashful Blush, her timorous Desire, Adding new Flame to his too vigorous Fire; Whilst he the charming Beauty must embrace, And shall I live to suffer this Disgrace?

like Occurrences 34%

He was as tall as a palm tree, and perfectly black, and had one eye, which flamed like a burning coal in the middle of his forehead.

through Occurrences 16%

Suddenly, as the incline once more became a level, they saw a glimmering square of dusky red, like the fluttering of a weak flame through scarlet cloth.

for Occurrences 16%

Other women appeared frequently like comets in his sky, flamed for a little into brightness and disappeared into conjugal obscurity, but Ayesha's star remained fixed, even if it was transitorily eclipsed by the brilliance of a new-comer.

by Occurrences 15%

Many, too, were inflamed with that ill-starred notion of an attempt on Sicily, which was afterward blown into a flame by Alcibiades and other orators.

over Occurrences 14%

Majestic forests crown the hills, asking to be transformed into homes for man on the solid earth, or into the moving miracles in which he flies on wings of wind or flame over the ocean to the ends of the earth.

as Occurrences 13%

The blazing fire bent its flames as before a blast.

against Occurrences 11%

He paused, struck a match, and in an empty glass, shielding the flame against the breeze of the punkah, lighted a cigarette.

within Occurrences 10%

"Oh, call me not, oh, call me not, thou voice of other years, The fire that flames within my heart has dried the spring of tears.

behind Occurrences 9%

385 With robe outspread the wavering flame behind She kneels, and guards it from the shifting wind; Breathes to her Goddess all her vows, and guides Her bold LEANDER o'er the dusky tides; Wrings his wet hair, his briny bosom warms, 390 And clasps her panting lover in her arms.

before Occurrences 9%

I saw a blurred vista of visions, flaming before my sight.

across Occurrences 9%

A streaming burst of white flame across the dark void.

of Occurrences 8%

At which the Devil instantly In Flames of Fire away did fly.

out Occurrences 8%

And during all that night no man of us slept, and the burning of the fungi sent up a mighty pillar of flame out of the valley, as out of the mouth of a monstrous pit and when the morning came it still burned.

along Occurrences 6%

We put the first out with four buckets of water, all we had in the place, but soon another shell struck the roof and the wind drove the flames along the rafters inside of the nave.

under Occurrences 6%

Scattering the smouldering leaves, beating out the fire with any sort of thing they could snatch up in their excitement, they managed to get the flames under control after a little while.

above Occurrences 6%

Never again shall I recapture the careless rapture that came with the vision of the yellow cap flaming above the black beard, of the Herculean frame and the mighty bared arms, and all the godlike apparition of the master.

about Occurrences 5%

My wife stood waiting to receive me, with a pale face, and a candle in her hand, which made her look paler still as the wind blew the flame about.

Which preposition to use with  flames