Which preposition to use with harnesses

to Occurrences 57%

These falls are all useless here, and probably will be for centuries to come; but were they out in the "living world," in the midst of civilization, with a fertile and populous region about them, they would soon be harnessed to great wheels, and made utilitarian; the clank of machinery would soon be heard above the roar of their waters.

of Occurrences 36%

Thy warrior garb thou turnest To the livery of the slave; Thy coat of steel is no cuirass, No harness of the brave; When to Sidonia thou art come, To meet thy amorous mate, May foul suspicion turn her heart From love to deadly hate.

on Occurrences 29%

The partition-wall should be boarded where the harness goes, with pegs to hang the various pieces of harness on, with saddle-trees to rest the saddles on, a cupboard for the brushes, sponges, and leathers, and a lock-up corn-bin.

in Occurrences 26%

"I don't believe there is another harness in Marlborough that shines like yours, Pompey," she said with a laugh.

for Occurrences 21%

Order being restored, the travellers got new harness for the dogs, new boots for themselves, and set out for the white trading post, thirty miles above.

with Occurrences 13%

" "He wouldn't if he were in harness with two shafts to keep his head straight" "But then why wouldn't it be a good thing to have some kind of a light shaft for a beginner's horse?"

from Occurrences 8%

I had no saddle, as mine had been left at the camp a mile distant, so taking the harness from Brigham, I mounted him bareback and started out after the game, being armed with my celebrated buffalo-killer, "Lucretia Borgia,"a newly-improved breech-loading needle gun, which I had obtained from the government.

into Occurrences 6%

Ingenious men hinted that it might be made to propel water-craft in the place of wind and sails, and thus be harnessed into the service of commerce, as it had already been into that of manufactures.

at Occurrences 5%

Put in the harness at twenty-five, and I'll give you two-fifty for the outfit, and not a cent more or less.

within Occurrences 2%

It had a mechanism as daintily adjusted as a lady's watch and much more accurate, and when being towed by its attendant automobile, which has harnessed within it the power of a hundred and odd draft horses, it has been known to cover sixty English miles in an hour, for all that its weight is that of very many loaded vans.

like Occurrences 2%

They dug canals, they made reservoirs, and harnessed like some noble horse of the gods the torrents that now gallop unbridled through dreary deserts.

off Occurrences 2%

The preacher began preachin' and I went outdoors and cut the harness off of his mule and broke one of his buggy wheels.

than Occurrences 2%

Indeed, a mule can do more work with a bad-fitting collar and harness than a man can walk with a bad-fitting boot.

between Occurrences 1%

Two steady mules were selected and harnessed between the poles, in the front and rear of the bed, thus making a comfortable carriage.

over Occurrences 1%

The equilibrium was kept by buckling the harness over and under the horse's belly.

after Occurrences 1%

And on the 2d of September, at six o'clock in the morning, this plain, streaming with blood, and covered with dead, saw pass by a gilded open carriage and four, the horses harnessed after Daumont fashion, and in this carriage a man, cigarette in mouth.

through Occurrences 1%

Were we designed for daily toil, To drag the ploughshare through, the soil, 20 To sweat in harness through the road, To groan beneath the carrier's load?

behind Occurrences 1%

He was harnessed behind his wall and was in the sledge before he realised.

upOld Occurrences 1%

I won't stop to harness upOld Betty's used to bein' rode bareback.

by Occurrences 1%

Paul went out and inspected the harness by the light of a stable lantern held in the mittened hand of a yemschick.

as Occurrences 1%

He goes about his work steadily, and is as patient in harness as out of it.

Which preposition to use with  harnesses