Which preposition to use with fostering

in Occurrences 39%

Such are the talents determined on some specialty, which a culminating civilization fosters in the heart of great cities and in royal chambers.

of Occurrences 20%

But with the conclusion of peace he resumed the original scale of his benefactions, and the last four years of his life were, perhaps, the most fruitful of all in sterling good achieved in the fostering of the Renaissance.

to Occurrences 12%

"Look at him," said Ford Foster to Frank Harley.

with Occurrences 9%

People of the Quaker City, How the world must stand aghast At your wondrous veneration For those relics of the past, Kept in such precise condition, Fostered with such tender care Don't, oh!

of Occurrences 8%

There must be no more of Punch's "Go and see what Tommy is doing in the next room and tell him not to," but "Go and see what Tommy is trying to accomplish, and make it possible for him to carry on his self-education through that 'fostering of the human instincts of activity, investigation and construction' which constitutes a Kindergarten.

on Occurrences 6%

That the son Of one so perilous be not fostered on To manhood ANDROMACHE.

among Occurrences 5%

The most learned among them were zealous only for the letter of the law, and fostered among the people a hypocritical formalism.

at Occurrences 5%

"What a whistle!" exclaimed Ford Foster at that moment.

by Occurrences 4%

It is equally important, however, to foster by every available means the growth of the national property, and thus to improve the financial capabilities.

during Occurrences 3%

Have we adopted some pious thought prior to our reading, so that distractions may be excluded and fervour fostered during our recitation?

for Occurrences 2%

Great undertakings, such as the construction of the Pacific Railroad, pressed into existence by commercial motives and fostered for military reasons, will indirectly accomplish political objects not yielding in importance to those that are obvious and avowed.

out Occurrences 1%

Both of the boys had a different kind of thinking on hand; and that night Dab dreamed that a gigantic crab was trying to pull Ford Foster out of the boat, while the latter calmly remarked to him, "There, my young friend, did you ever see anything just like that before?

past Occurrences 1%

Of course the young bride had never known Sally Johnson, the whilom belle of Barker's, but her husband would have noticed at a glance how greatly she was changed from the girl who walked with Foster past the engineers' quarters.

into Occurrences 1%

These things comenot of higher education, butof dull ignorance fostered into pertness by the greedy vulgarity which reverses Peter's visionary lesson and learns to call all things common and unclean.

against Occurrences 1%

But the main cause of the failure was the antipathy formed and fostered against it before it appeared.

as Occurrences 1%

The editor of the Minnesotian would refer to the editor of the Times as "Mr. Timothy Muggins Newson"his right name being Thomas M. Newsonand the Times would frequently mention Dr. Foster as the "red-nosed, goggle-eyed editor of the Minnesotian."

by Occurrences 1%

So ended his fostering by the desert and by Hailima.

towards Occurrences 1%

Yet, when we come to contemplate the final and supreme object of devotion, the Eternal Himself, it has been almost the universal custom to make a surprising exception, and to regard religion as maintainable only by recognition of a tremendous outward authority, to which only such loyalty is possible as in barbarous times was fostered towards a personal chieftain, or feudal king.

Which preposition to use with  fostering