Which preposition to use with forgery

of Occurrences 26%

I listened patiently to their diatribes concerning the perfidy of English Statesmen, and then pointed out, giving chapter and verse in German biographies, that Bismarck's record was exceedingly tortuous; the forgery of the Ems telegram was given as an instance.

in Occurrences 13%

We see at once that this letter is one of those impudent and transparent forgeries in which the literature of the first five centuries unhappily abounds.

by Occurrences 3%

But she appears to have vitiated her clever forgeries by a certain alloy of truth, and it may be that her Beethoven letters are, after all, fictions founded on fact.

from Occurrences 2%

He would show, he said, on behalf of his client, that the will dated February 1st, 1908, could never have been made by the late Mr. Brooks, as it was absolutely contrary to his avowed intentions, and that if the late Mr. Brooks did on the day in question make any fresh will at all, it certainly was not the one proved by Mr. Percival Brooks, for that was absolutely a forgery from beginning to end.

than Occurrences 1%

George Lindsay had nae mair to do with that forgery than you.

to Occurrences 1%

The authority of this man, my lords, cannot indeed be urged as unexceptionable and decisive; but the reception of his imposture shows at least, that he was not unacquainted with human nature, and that he knew how to adapt his forgeries to the nations among which he vented them; nor can it be denied, but the prohibition of wine was found generally useful, since it obtained so ready a compliance.

against Occurrences 1%

He is guilty of forgery against me, and, against my conscience, I hushed the matter only out of consideration for her feelings.

with Occurrences 1%

I had once gone through a complicated case of forgery with Chabot, the great expert in handwriting, in the course of which I became greatly interested in the man.

as Occurrences 1%

They dazzle and bewilder us with beauties plucked at haphazard from all times and ages,as much forgeries as any that men are hanged for,and then, when the cheat begins to peep through, they fool us again with pretences of thoroughness, consistency of style, genuineness in the use of materials, etc., as if the danger were in the execution, and not in the main intention.

at Occurrences 1%

BEAUTY OF BUTTERMERE (3 syl.), Mary Robinson, who married John Hatfield, a heartless impostor executed for forgery at Carlisle in 1803.

on Occurrences 1%

Now I knew for certain, that not one of those noblemen would have put his name to a bill on any account whatever for his dearest friend; but, in her unabashed self-confidence, she thought of passing another forgery on me.

Which preposition to use with  forgery