Which preposition to use with glass

of Occurrences 1831%

At last, what with being tired and cold, and the uneasiness that possessed me, I resolved to take a walk through the house; first calling in at the study, for a glass of brandy to warm me.

in Occurrences 386%

Thus:" He twirls it high in the air, grazes Mr. SIMPSON'S nearer ear, hits his own head accidentally, and breaks the glass in the hat-stand.

with Occurrences 188%

" The steward brought a tall glass with ice, in which the newcomer mixed his drink.

to Occurrences 167%

Barnett raised the patient while the surgeon held the glass to his lips.

on Occurrences 134%

A very common method is to make a box, a foot or less square, open, or with a pane of glass on one side; a stick three or four feet long is run through an auger hole in the top and bottom, and wedged fast, which forms a standard; the other end of the stick is run through a hole on the little deck on the forward part of the boat, and placed in a socket formed for the purpose in the bottom, and is wedged at the deck, so as to make it steady.

for Occurrences 104%

" Captain Parkinson appeared on deck and turned his glasses for a full minute on the strange schooner.

from Occurrences 92%

The old man fell now into his seat, and I took the glass from him.

at Occurrences 87%

The curtain rises upon the Genial Artist searching for his friend, the Graceless Private, in the empty jugs and glasses at the Golden Sun Inn.

over Occurrences 27%

It is set in an oval passe-partout, and requires only a glass over it to fit it for placing on a wall.

into Occurrences 25%

Charmante puts the Glass into the Mouth of the Telescope. Doct.

before Occurrences 15%

The monsters of your Botanic Garden are as surprising as the bulls with brazen feet, and the fire-breathing dragons, which guarded the Hesperian fruit; yet are they not disgusting, nor mischievous: and in the manner you have chained them together in your exhibition, they succeed each other amusingly enough, like prints of the London Cries, wrapped upon rollers, with a glass before them.

without Occurrences 15%

they'll find twenty good reasons, besides the great one (for sake's sake) by the help of the glass without (and perhaps in spite of it) and conceit within, to justify the honest fellow's caption.

by Occurrences 15%

In the north aisle is a curious collection of Bibles and cannon balls, and here, too, is a small window with glass by Burne Jones.

after Occurrences 13%

The entire community is in the situation of a man who is in the incipient stages of an exhilarating intoxication, and who keeps pouring down glass after glass, in the idle notion that he is merely sustaining nature in her ordinary functions.

like Occurrences 12%

Thus, in some were inserted glasses like watch crystals, adapted to the form and size of the female bosom.

between Occurrences 12%

Men sit in club windows and still wear their silk hats as though there was no glass between them and the windy world.

under Occurrences 10%

At the moment he put out his hand for the glass under the water tank, a person from a near seat put out his also.

as Occurrences 10%

The southern end is formed of volcanic glass, or obsidian, as true a glass as any artificially produced.

above Occurrences 9%

The dull rattle of the rain on the glass above her continued, but a little livid light was appearing as a gust of wind carried off the clouds.

behind Occurrences 8%

" She frowned at her image in the glass behind the closed door of her room as she set about unfastening the linen dress she had worn that afternoon.

through Occurrences 8%

" "I wish I could!" and Randal meant what he said, for he was as tired of his own style as a watch-maker might be of the magnifying glass through which he strains his eyes all day.

beside Occurrences 7%

" He pushed back his chair and, crossing his legs, leaned forward and pushed his fingers across the polished mahogany till they touched the base of a wine-glass beside his plate.

out Occurrences 7%

The moment he had gone out of the house, though, she was up on a stool like lightning, and in a moment she had fished the looking-glass out of the vase.

toward Occurrences 6%

Colonel Killigrew all this time had been trolling forth a jolly battle-song, and ringing his glass toward the buxom figure of the Widow Wycherley.

against Occurrences 6%

She traced in them that pensive thought, that winning kindness, that had first softened her heart towards Paul, and her lips trembled as she pressed the insensible glass against them.

Which preposition to use with  glass