Which preposition to use with french

in Occurrences 283%

The dinner at the Schloss was as usual at six o'clock, and at nine W. had to go to take leave of the Empress, who was very French in her sympathies, and had always been very kind to him.

of Occurrences 144%

His companion remained silent for a minute or two, and then he said: "I forget the French of the answer to that, but I know the English of it; it is 'no, sir, but he has the apples-of-the-ground-of-sugar of my mother-in-law.'

for Occurrences 89%

That a virago is sometimes termed a "spit-fire" we all know, but that is hardly reason enough to excuse the French for such a lapse of gallantry as calling a thunderous and fatal implement of war by a soft feminine name.

at Occurrences 77%

For a time, therefore, three languages existed side by side in the countryAnglo- Saxon among the common folk, Latin among the clergy, and Norman-French at the court and among the nobility.

by Occurrences 65%

From the French by Ferdinand Beissier.

with Occurrences 58%

Or the Spanish with their beautiful and dignified women, or the French with their fine logical and artistic sense, or the Hungarians, Greeks, and Italians!

to Occurrences 58%

A glowing, bombastic address from 'The Free French to their Canadian Brothers' (who of course were 'slaves') was even read out at more than one church door.

on Occurrences 56%

My eyes were wet at thought of the scene which I so well remembered, and when I turned to him, I saw that he was still brooding over this defeat, which had rankled as a poisoned arrow in his breast ever since that melancholy morning we had marched away from the Great Meadows with the French on either side and the Indians looting the baggage in the rear.

under Occurrences 47%

Viewed only as a military exploit, it remains unparalleled save by Marlborough's bold march from Flanders to the Danube in the campaign of Blenheim, and perhaps also by the Archduke Charles' lateral march in 1796, by which he overwhelmed the French under Jourdan, and then, driving Moreau through the Black Forest and across the Rhine, for a while freed Germany from her invaders.

from Occurrences 47%

For the lessons learned at Fort Necessity and Winchester and at Duquesne have given us strength to drive the French from the continent and the Indian from the frontier.

as Occurrences 40%

For the rest the choir of Canterbury, as we know it, the choir began in 1174 by William of Sens, is as French as its predecessor, but in all else very different.

into Occurrences 16%

He had predicted to the Florentines the coming of the French into Italy; he had represented to them Charles VIII as an instrument by which the Divinity designed to chastise the crimes of the nation; he had counselled them to remain faithful to their alliance with that King, the instrument of Providence, even though his conduct, especially in reference to the affairs of Pisa, had been highly culpable.

than Occurrences 16%

Your sergeants often know more French than your officers, because they have to do the billeting and the talking to our people.

against Occurrences 12%

The danger was all the greater because it was no longer one foreigner intriguing against another, as in 1775, but French against British and class against class.

out Occurrences 11%

This alliance, however, ranged the Florentines among the enemies of Pope Alexander VI, one of the founders of the league which had driven the French out of Italy.

about Occurrences 8%

There never was anything French about Hugo's genius.

like Occurrences 7%

He speaks French like a Frenchman, and has got all the fashionable expressions of that language, and a volubility of words which he always had, and which I do not wonder should pass for wit with inconsiderate people.

before Occurrences 7%

It was, he said, written 'chiefly to vindicate the honour of our English writers from the censure of those who unjustly prefer the French before them.'

during Occurrences 6%

This young man, called Charles of Egmont, and who is honored in the history of his country under the title of the Achilles of Guelders, fell into the hands of the French during the combat in which he made his first essay in arms.

without Occurrences 6%

The very few Russians in the salient were completely surprised, so much so that some of the superior officers were found at dinner in an underground chamber of the Malakoff, and the French without difficulty obtained absolute possession of the south end of the work.

through Occurrences 4%

They fought with the French through Belleau Wood, heartening the brave, tired, discouraged poilus, and after they came out upon the other side the name of the battlefield was changed to the 'Wood of the American Marines.'

after Occurrences 4%

It was reoccupied by the French after considerable fighting on September 13.

off Occurrences 4%

"'T is a French outpost in the Ohio country," answered Washington, "and my mission, in brief, is to warn the French off English territory.

among Occurrences 4%

"Some modern nations, the French among others," says Monsieur Soyer, "formerly ate the heron, crane, crow, stork, swan, cormorant, and bittern.

near Occurrences 3%

Victorious for him, the Confederates beat the French near Novara, June 6, 1513; two thousand Swiss fell, it is true, but ten thousand of the enemy.

Which preposition to use with  french