Which preposition to use with honoured

of Occurrences 2109%

The court was held at the Grand Trianon, Versailles, a place so associated with a pleasure-loving court, and the fanciful devices of a gay young queen, that it was difficult to realise the drama that was being enacted, when the honour of a Marshal of Francealmost an army of France, was to be judged.

to Occurrences 391%

If different classes of men are to vie with each other, as it may certainly become them to do, in rendering various honours to this their matchless Benefactor; I hope we shall display, with the most affectionate spirit, the deep interest that we ought to take in his glory.

in Occurrences 248%

And, if ever you pass along the Rue des Claquettes, No. 53, at the place of honour in the old shop, I'll show you my uncle's helmet, which we would never sell.

with Occurrences 203%

They both were forfeit, when I broke my Vow, Nor cou'd my Honour with thy Fame decline; Whoe'er profanes thee, injures nought of mine.

for Occurrences 89%

Till Night, no; whate'er it be, I wou'd not be without an Inch of that Ceremony, that may compleat my Honour for the World; no, for Heaven's sake, let's retire, and dub me presently.

as Occurrences 79%

I thought that the author of so much mischief would have been stoned on the spot; but, to my surprise, his servants seemed to feel as much for his honour as their own safety, and warmly interfered in his behalf, until they had somewhat appeased the rage of the surrounding multitude.

on Occurrences 75%

I endeavoured to convince my companion, that, as the Publick had seen in HOWARD a person who reflected more genuine honour on our country than any of her Philosophers, her Poets, her Orators, her Heroes, or Divines, it is incumbent on the Nation to consult her own glory by commemorating, in the fullest manner, his beneficent exertions, and by establishing the dignity of his unrivaled virtue.

by Occurrences 59%

After this, Franklin made other expeditions, gaining fame and honour by his explorations, and was for seven years Lieutenant-Governor of Tasmania.

at Occurrences 55%

For a time the child was taught French, English grammar, and the rudiments of Latin by a gentleman who used to regret that she was not a man, to have borne away the highest honours at college!

from Occurrences 39%

Whoever has a claim to distinguished honour from any one of the three, has a just encomium pronounced upon his services by the temporary President of that particular fabrick, in which he is entitled to such grateful remembrance."

among Occurrences 33%

The name Of Feridún is honoured among men, Whilst curses load the memory of Zohák.

due Occurrences 24%

'Tis an Honour due to all Men of his Rank.

than Occurrences 17%

He had employed this Cassio in his love-affair with Desdemona, and Cassio had been a sort of go-between in his suit: for Othello, fearing that himself had not those soft parts of conversation which please ladies, and finding these qualities in his friend, would often depute Cassio to go (as he phrased it) a courting for him: such innocent simplicity being rather an honour than a blemish to the character of the valiant Moor.

into Occurrences 10%

And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.

unto Occurrences 9%

Historiographers others there be, And they, like lazars, lie by the highway-side, That for a penny or a halfpenny Will call each knave a good-fac'd gentleman, Give honour unto tinkers for good ale, Prefer a cobbler 'fore the black prince far, If he bestow but blacking on their shoes:

out Occurrences 7%

or, if they have not the power, that they should squander all they can come at, when they are sure of nothing but the present hour; and when the life they live, and the sacrifices they have made, put conscience and honour out of the question?

than Occurrences 6%

In society they are perhaps more honoured than any but the highest public authorities; and my audience was the most distinguished, according to the ideas of that world, that it could furnish.

in Occurrences 6%

Surely, if this childish practice is still a rule in polite society, it is one "more honoured in the breach than the observance."

without Occurrences 6%

Here it was possible to conduct an affair of honour without much fear of interruption.

above Occurrences 6%

Because a Captaine, leading up his men In the proud van, has honour above them, And they his vassailes; must my elder brother Leave me a slave to the world?

through Occurrences 5%

I personally tolerated the financial robbery of India, but it would have been a sin to have tolerated the robbery of honour through the Punjab, and of religion through Turkey.

against Occurrences 4%

His powers of mind shown in the attainment of greater honours against the ablest candidates, than those of any graduate on record at Cambridge, have sufficiently established his fame on the spot where it was acquired; while his softer qualities live in the recollection of friends, who loved him too well to envy his superiority."

under Occurrences 3%

They are involved in it because of their obligation of honour under a definite alliance with Russia.

after Occurrences 3%

Let us go to the next best:there is nobody; no man can be said to put you in mind of Johnson.' As Johnson had abundant homage paid to him during his life, so no writer in this nation ever had such an accumulation of literary honours after his death.

beyond Occurrences 3%

Uther prayed Gorlois to counsel him as became his honour, for he knew well that the earl regarded honour beyond the loss of life or limb.

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