Which preposition to use with ignorant

of Occurrences 1499%

If Percy Darrow was ignorant of the purposes of this expedition, how much more so Captain Selover.

as Occurrences 71%

I never saw any cue except in a billiard room," said I. Buntline thereupon explained it to me, as well as to Jack, who was ignorant as myself concerning the "cue" business.

in Occurrences 37%

You will find me very unlearned and ignorant in all worldly knowledge, for I have had no means of keeping up the little I had acquired.

than Occurrences 18%

The forces sent into America, my lords, were newly raised, placed under the direction of officers not less ignorant than themselves, and commanded by a man who never had commanded any troops before; and who, however laudable he might have discharged the duty of a captain, was wholly unacquainted with the province of a general.

about Occurrences 16%

When your father dismissed his steward I thought he would consult me on the matters which the steward used to manage; but he has not done so, and I am really more ignorant about his affairs than anyone would credit, seeing that I have been the Herons' family lawyerI and minesince, well, say, since the Flood."

on Occurrences 13%

Why the sachem had taken such an interest in the unfortunate man I could not make out; most likely the savages themselves were ignorant on that point.

to Occurrences 6%

They directed their march after them by land; but at first they were ignorant to what part they had been carried; but when they were informed of it, they each adopted a different plan; Caesar, to form a junction with Antonius as soon as possible, Pompey, to oppose Antonius's forces on their march to Caesar, and, if possible, to fall upon them unexpectedly from ambush.

for Occurrences 6%

She is twenty-one, but, of course, brought up the way she has been, she is awful ignorant for that age.

with Occurrences 4%

For they are not only ignorant with respect to the sublimest knowledge, but they are even ignorant of their ignorance.

among Occurrences 3%

As the years passed, I noticed that the most innocent and ignorant among the others grew in wisdom.

by Occurrences 2%

It is important, because it will enable us to judge, upon sufficient foundations, of the conduct of the ministry, who are censured by the voice of the nation, for having been either defective in vigilance or in activity, for having been either ignorant by their own fault of the designs of the enemy, or perfidiously passive in permitting the execution of them.

over Occurrences 1%

Thus the rule of the majority must mean the rule of the fools over the wise men, of the ignorant over the intelligent.

aboutabout Occurrences 1%

"I'm very ignorant aboutabout health, and medicine and the like.

through Occurrences 1%

What body could you cite that has fallen sick or perished and what spirit that has grown wickeder or even more ignorant through dishonor and exile and anything of that sort?

until Occurrences 1%

She realized wildly that her heart had always hungered for words like these, and that, coming from his lips, they carried an altogether new and wondrous meaning; that they filled some long-felt, aching want of which she had been ignorant until this moment.

up Occurrences 1%

Of this, Caesar was ignorant up to this time.

beside Occurrences 1%

The student, spectacled and gray with wisdom, and stuffed with lumbered lore, may be childish and ignorant beside some old singing saint who brings the wood into his study, and who, with the lens of his own experience, brings down the orbs of truth, and beholds through his faith and his humility things of which the white-haired scholar never dreamed.

without Occurrences 1%

An absurd report had somehow arisensince you cannot keep men ignorant without making them unreasonable alsothat on the ensuing Fourth of July the whites were to create a false alarm, and that every black man coming out was to be killed, "in order to thin them"; this being done to prevent their joining an imaginary army supposed to be on its way from Hayti.

beyond Occurrences 1%

The person who is not familiar, therefore, with the main points at issue, must be ignorant beyond the power of any writer to enlighten him.

cf Occurrences 1%

Charles, in spite of the cloud upon his mind, could hardly have been completely ignorant cf such facts; but it is not necessary to be a king to experience extreme displeasure on learning that offensive scandals are almost public, and on hearing the whole tale of them.

from Occurrences 1%

Mr. Langbaine professes himself ignorant from whence the plot is taken, neither can he find the name of any such Prince as Alaham, that reigned in Ormus, where the scene lyes, an island situated at the entrance of the Persian Gulph, which is mentioned by Mr. Herbert in his account of Ormus.

at Occurrences 1%

We must be ignorant at once of the heart of man and of history to preserve the slightest doubt on this point.

into Occurrences 1%

They are luring the ambitious with visionary promises of Southern grandeur and prosperity, and deceiving the ignorant into the belief that the principles and practice of the Free States were truly represented by John Brown.

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