Which preposition to use with generous

in Occurrences 84%

But the organization, to protect its own purity and integrityhowever generous in allowing individual research, and the expression of individual ideasmust exert authority over the teachers in her midst, those who are called by her name, who have her children in their charge, and for whose teaching the Church, as a whole, is responsible.

to Occurrences 78%

In other words, be just to all three before you are generous to anybody.

of Occurrences 41%

It had been agreed that these two, with the help, or, at all events, the advice, of the others, should build the bigger, better cabin, where the stores should be kept and the whole party should messa cabin with a solid outside chimney of stone and an open fireplace, generous of proportion and ancient of design, "just like down South.

with Occurrences 34%

"And where's the liniment I lent you that you're so generous with?"

as Occurrences 19%

Then be your judgment generous as his plan; Ye sons of freedom!

than Occurrences 14%

"Quite right; but you are less generous than Eveena.

at Occurrences 9%

We ought to be honest at all events; we are at liberty, likewise, to be generous at our own expense, but I think we have hardly a right to boast of our liberality, when we contract debts for the advantage of the house of Austria, and leave them to be paid by the industry or frugality of succeeding ages.

toward Occurrences 4%

So they have, but, gentlemen, has your sex been more generous in its favors to women than women have been generous toward your sex in their favors?

towards Occurrences 4%

The captain of the post was generous towards them, as was always my friend Mrs. F., whom they highly esteemed.

beyond Occurrences 3%

I lost my faith in myself, and in him as a guide to art, and we separated definitely, years later, on a personal question in which he utterly misunderstood me; but, apart from questions of art, he always remains to me one of the largest and noblest of all the men I have known, liberal and generous beyond limit, with a fineness of sympathy in certain directions and delicacy of organization quite womanly.

about Occurrences 2%

To-night, remembering Bubbles' words, he gave a careless, rueful thought to the question of how Varick, who was always generous about money, must be cheated"rooked" was the expression the doctor used in his own mindby these job servants who were here, so his host told him, just for the one month.

by Occurrences 2%

It was not envy that gripped his soul either, for Jerry was generous by nature.

for Occurrences 2%

Food that many a workman would consider insufficiently generous for his condition, a bed to lie upon and clothes which call down upon the wearer the sarcasms of the town-bred youth.

on Occurrences 2%

Mr. Newton has promised me to overlook your behavior, which is most generous on his part, and I trust you will see the wisdom of making peace with him.

out Occurrences 2%

He did not like to be generous out of the pockets of others.

after Occurrences 1%

Always generous after victory, Bartolome Columbus released Guarionex at the prayer of his people, a measure which was alike magnanimous and politic.

through Occurrences 1%

The man who is consistently generous through a sense of duty, when his natural temperament impels him to avarice, and when every exercise of benevolence causes him a pang, deserves in the very highest degree our admiration; but he whose generosity costs him no effort, but is the natural gratification of his affections, attracts a far larger measure of our love.

above Occurrences 1%

Her mind was like her person: modest, graceful, gentle and generous above all.

like Occurrences 1%

Those who were generous like Tavera built palaces, and encouraged artists like El Greco, Berruguete and others, creating a Renaissance in Toledo, an echo from Italy.

from Occurrences 1%

They would then have entered the British Empire, as a whole people, on terms which they must all have understood to be exceedingly generous from any conquering power, and which they would have soon found out to be far better than anything they had experienced under the government of France.

during Occurrences 1%

Generous during his life-time, his dead hand still gathers and distributes blessings to the mechanics of Boston, and their children.

Which preposition to use with  generous