Which preposition to use with haunting

of Occurrences 355%

The fishing-sage knows the ways and haunts of fish.

with Occurrences 61%

Go home and sleep, SirAd, and ye keep your Wife waking to so little purpose, you'll go near to be haunted with a Vision of Horns.

in Occurrences 35%

"To my old haunts in the North," I replied.

for Occurrences 21%

I will fly this den; It's some thief's cave, no haunt for holy men.

of Occurrences 13%

" The beauty of this passage seems to me marred by the awkward yet necessary interruption, "under these circumstances it is," which would have been avoided by opening the sentence with "such evanescent hauntings of our forgotten selves are most apt to startle us in solitudes," &c. Compare the effect of directness in the following:

on Occurrences 7%

I am not one that haunts on hills or Rocks, I am no shepheard wayting on my flocks, I am no boystrous Satyre, no nor Faune, That am with pleasure of thy beautie drawne: Thou dost not know, God wot, thou dost not know The wight whose presence thou disdainest so.

about Occurrences 5%

For many a night did I go down that mine out of my turn, and sat for hours in that level, watching and watching, if perhaps the spirit of him might haunt about, and tell his poor brother one word of newsone way or the otheranything would have been a comfortbut the doubt I couldn't bear.

by Occurrences 4%

He was no doubt haunted by the idea that I had broken prison largely for the purpose of renewing our old acquaintance, and the thought that I might possibly succeed in my object must have been an extremely uncomfortable one.

at Occurrences 3%

IN THE ALBUM OF ROTHA Q[UILLINAN] A passing glance was all I caught of thee, In my own Enfield haunts at random roving.

from Occurrences 2%

"It is a waterless desert, without a blade of grass, and haunted from end to end by Apaches.

to Occurrences 2%

The fountain of Domrémy was on the brink of a boundless forest; and it was haunted to that degree by fairies that the parish priest (curé) was obliged to read mass there once a year, in order to keep them in any decent bounds.

from Occurrences 2%

He agreed at once, especially as I told him I intended to keep the whole business quiet, and try to get to the bottom of the curious affair; for he was anxious to keep the rumor of the haunting from getting about.

near Occurrences 2%

Seen close by, Manunderthebed was not quite so dreadful as when he crouched in his dark haunt near the hollow tree, but still his shaggy fur, sharp white teeth, and gleaming green eyes were very terrifying to Ann, who gave a little shriek and turned her face away.

as Occurrences 2%

At St. Giles's-in-the-Fields are the graves of George Chapman, who translated Homer; Andrew Marvel, who wrote such lovely lyrics; Rich, the manager, who brought out "The Beggar's Opera," and James Shirley, the fine dramatist and poet, whose immortal couplet has often been murmured in such solemn haunts as these: Only the actions of the just Smell sweet and blossom in the dust.

after Occurrences 2%

I felt, indeed, like the stalwart progenitor in person, returning to the hereditary haunts after more than two hundred years, and finding the church, the hall, the farm-house, the cottage, hardly changed during his long absence,the same shady by-paths and hedge-lanes, the same veiled sky, and green lustre of the lawns and fields,while his own affinities for these things, a little obscured by disuse, were reviving at every step.

through Occurrences 1%

But if you cannot at so dark a crisis take that oath, then, oh then, be generous, even in guilt, and let me not be haunted through life by the spectre of a ghastly and restless doubt!"

throughout Occurrences 1%

A continental nation, divided by a few hills, a river, or a line on the map, from another race with other instincts and ideals, is haunted throughout its history by a sense of peril.

within Occurrences 1%

The chattering jay has ceased his din The noisy robin sings no more The crow, his mountain haunt within, Dreams 'mid the forest's surly roar: Good nightgood night.

without Occurrences 1%

No man can disappear from his customary haunts without leaving some sort of a record behind him, and Fogerty may be able to uncover the mystery in a short time.

as Occurrences 1%

With it on either side, moved those other junkssquat, menacing, standing low on the horizon, but as haunting as dark ghosts.

across Occurrences 1%

To where a naked, shivering score, Snatched from their haunts across the seas, Stood, wild-eyed, on Virginia's shore.

than Occurrences 1%

The music filled the air with heavenly harmony, and it set him to vibrating like a tautened string; it rippled forth, softer than the breeze, more haunting than the perfume of the frangipani.

between Occurrences 1%

The scoundrel cannot escape meI know every tory haunt between here and the Hudson; I must go to the house, and console the afflicted Mrs. Williams.'

down Occurrences 1%

In our old haunts down Fricourt way, Plotting such marvellous journeys there For jolly old "Après-la-guerre.

during Occurrences 1%

"When Allston was suffering extreme depression of spirits after the loss of his wife, he was haunted during sleepless nights by horrid thoughts, and he told me that diabolical imprecations forced themselves into his mind.

Which preposition to use with  haunting