Which preposition to use with fowler

of Occurrences 94%

This Ravenous bird abounds in all temperate regions, and is a fowl of sober aspect, although a Rogue in Grain.

in Occurrences 43%

Though aware that you "belong to Company G," and must not be bothered, I wish to ask whether you are descended from the famous chicken-dealer of Sorrento, who sold fowls in Naples, and was well-known in that fun-loving city for the humor of his speech and the oddity of his form.

for Occurrences 17%

In choosing fowls for boiling, it should be borne in mind that those that are not black-legged are generally much whiter when dressed.

with Occurrences 16%

The lame girl seemed to attract the squaws at once, and one gave her a bead necklace while another pressed upon her a small brown earthenware fowl with white spots all over it.

into Occurrences 15%

Put the fowl into the stock, with, at first, one half of the leeks, and allow it to simmer gently.

from Occurrences 12%

The gentlemen pulled the light skiff fully a mile under this overhanging foliage, occasionally frightening some migratory bird from a branch, or a water-fowl from the narrow strand.

on Occurrences 12%

For sauce take a few oysters, shred them, and put them into a little gravy, with a lump of butter, a little lemon-peel shred and a little juice, thicken it up with a little flour, lie the fowl on the dish, and pour the sauce upon it; you may fry a little of the forc'd-meat to lay round.

at Occurrences 7%

Put a layer of fowl at the bottom of a pie-dish, then a layer of ham, then one of forcemeat and hard-boiled eggs cut in rings; between the layers put a seasoning of pounded mace, nutmeg, pepper, and salt.

by Occurrences 7%

By the light of the he saw a fowl by the fireside and a in the cupboard.

as Occurrences 6%

Truss the fowl as for boiling, and put it into a stewpan with sufficient clear well-skimmed mutton broth to cover it; add the onion, mace, and a seasoning of pepper and salt; stew very gently for about 1 hour, should the fowl be large, and about 1/2 hour before it is ready put in the rice, which should be well washed and soaked.

of Occurrences 5%

In the winter, when the water is covered with rubble ice, the fowler of the Delaware paints his canoe entirely white, lies flat in the bottom of it, and floats with the broken ice; from which the aquatic inhabitants fail to distinguish it.

without Occurrences 4%

Time.1/2 hour to stew the fowl without the rice; 1/2 hour with it.

in Occurrences 4%

The London Parish Registers contain no mention of an Eliza Fowler in 1693, but on 21 January, 1689, O.S., "Elizabeth dau.

like Occurrences 4%

There is likewise a certain fowl like a duck, which has no wings, but is covered all over with fine thin feathers.

through Occurrences 3%

Six great steamers full came up from the Lower River, and still the small craft kept on flocking like coveys of sea-fowl through the Upper Lakes, each party saying, "The crowd is behind.

at Occurrences 3%

One man remembered to have seen Hiram Fowler at work for him on a tree fence, along the back line of it, during the summer of his arrival on the land.

under Occurrences 3%

We stood for some little time watching the natives going to and fro, passing one another with perfect ease by means of a dexterous squirm, and carrying loads on their backs, or live fowls under their arms, with the utmost unconcern.

along Occurrences 2%

In this he frequently took us out a fishing: and one time inviting two or three persons of distinction to go with him, made provision extraordinary, providing also three fusees with powder and shot, that they might have some sport at fowling along the sea-coast.

to Occurrences 2%

This would tend to show that the egg from which the worm (that is in itself the disease) emerges is communicated from the ground, from the food eaten, or the water drunk, in the first instance, but it is more than possible that the insects themselves may pass from one fowl to another.

from Occurrences 2%

The sky hawk, novelized by Guy Fowler from the William Fox all talking movietone, adapted from Chap called Bardell, by Llewellyn Hughes.

for Occurrences 2%

Thus flies the simple Bird into the Snare, That skilful Fowlers for his Life prepare.

à Occurrences 2%

Ever since, a fowl à la Marengo is a favourite dish with all lovers of good cheer.

about Occurrences 2%

He beat at the empty air for a moment like a rotund fowl about to seek its roost.

out Occurrences 2%

He is reported to have had fifty, fowls out of this place during the last few months.

above Occurrences 2%

Witness those possessed of large fortunes, which they have it in their power to bequeath, and over whose dwellings of mortality vigilant relations hover like the carrion-fowl above the dying battle-steed.

Which preposition to use with  fowler