Which preposition to use with handsomest

in Occurrences 73%

One of the most striking-looking of her ladies was the Princess Anna Murat, the present Duchesse de Mouchy, who looked very handsome in the tricorne and beautifully fitting habit.

as Occurrences 67%

The boy was good-looking, but not, Edith thought, as handsome as Aylmer.

of Occurrences 26%

Poor Sukey, the youngest and handsomest of the four, was pale and tremulous.

of Occurrences 22%

I have a good large room, with two beds in it, in the handsomest of which thou shalt repose a-nights, and dream of spheroides.

for Occurrences 21%

" "And he gave you something handsome for iteh?

than Occurrences 12%

Of its taste, wisdom and safety we shall not now speak, but content ourselves with merely saying that the effect of Grace's exclamation on Eve was unpleasant, and that, unlike the baronet, she thought her cousin was never less handsome than while her pretty face was covered with the pettish frown it had assumed for the occasion.

to Occurrences 8%

That lake is anything but handsome to my thinkin'; you saw it was gloomy and solemn enough, situated as it is away up on the top of the mountain, higher than any other waters I know of in these parts.

about Occurrences 7%

Rich men direct you to their furniture, poor ones divert you from it; he neither did one nor the other, but by simply assuming that everything was handsome about him, you were positively at a demur what you did, or did not see, at the cottage.

at Occurrences 6%

Gann, too, loved her sincerely in his careless good-humoured way; but he determined, notwithstanding, that his step-daughters should have something handsome at his death, butbut for a great

with Occurrences 5%

Marjorie was a plain little body while Hollis was noticeably handsome with eloquent brown eyes and hair with its golden, boyish beauty just shading into brown; his sensitive, mobile lips were prettier than any girl's, and there was no voice in school like his in tone or culture.

in Occurrences 5%

When I reached the third turning to the left I saw the church, certainly the handsomest in San Lorenzo.

on Occurrences 5%

However, we fared very well, getting the value of five shillings in little moneys, and the innkeepers would take nothing for our entertainment, because of the custom we had brought his house, which we considered very handsome on his part.

from Occurrences 2%

Among other suitors for my hand there came two on the same day, one of whom was a youth named Ordauro, handsome from head to foot; the other an old man of seventy, whose name was Folderico.

towards Occurrences 1%

They gave largely to the Dutch churches in Manhattan; have actually built, with their own means, three very pretty brick edifices on the Manor, each having its Flemish steeple and suitable weather-cocks besides having done something handsome towards the venerable structure in Albany.

within Occurrences 1%

'My dear wife,' he says, '(who was excellent at dressing and making all handsome within doors) had put it into a fine posture, and furnished with many good things, so that, I believe, there were few gentlemen in the country, of my rank, exceeded it....

like Occurrences 1%

It was a great, solidly-furnished old room, staid and handsome like the rest of the house, and meant for comfort in every particular.

beyond Occurrences 1%

Handsome beyond the ordinary, a finished gentleman and all that, he has, in addition to these advantages, a way with him that goes straight to the heart in spite of prejudice and the claims of conscience.

after Occurrences 1%

His wives were Persian women and handsome after the Persian fashion.

over Occurrences 1%

" "Ah, yes," said landlord, "it's tonight he goes true enough, and, mind you, though he treated me handsome over the rent, I'm not sure it's a loss to the village.

among Occurrences 1%

" He had grown very tall; he was the handsomest among the brothers, with an air of refinement and courtesy that somewhat perplexed them and set him apart from them.

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