Which preposition to use with historical

in Occurrences 14%

The book is no record of games and players, but it is historical in a broader sense, and the author is able to give his personal decisive testimony about many disputed points.

than Occurrences 6%

It is of more true historical interest than many novels which are called historical,even as the paintings of Rembrandt are more truly historical than those of Horace Vernet, since the former painted life as it really was in his day.

to Occurrences 5%

Moreover, since it is a duty to be a co-worker in the transition from the historical to the pure religious faith, the clergy must be free as scientific theologians, as scholars and authors to examine the doctrines of faith and to give expression to dissenting opinions, while, as preachers in the pulpit, speaking under commission, they are bound to the creeds.

as Occurrences 4%

This play might become historical as the opening of your propaganda in the proposed campaign.

for Occurrences 2%

In other respects, without pretending to refer to any real events, the incidents of this tale are believed to be sufficiently historical for all the legitimate purposes of fiction.

with Occurrences 1%

His poetical myth agrees with my first division, his philosophical with my second, and his historical with my third.

detailsfor Occurrences 1%

We shall not enter into any historical detailsfor this is not a Monologue for the Quarterlybut we simply assert, that in the times we allude to (don't mention dates) there was little or no reading in England.

of Occurrences 1%

The poetical pastoral, however, very soon descended to the real pastoral; and, as if to make people what they were not was considered enough of the historical of portrait, even this took.

about Occurrences 1%

But there seems to be nothing historical about Robin Hood.

Which preposition to use with  historical