Which preposition to use with ill

of Occurrences 344%

not so, most notable youthful sir, for even as love is long enduring so is my song, it being of an hundred and seventy and eight cantos in all, dealing somewhat of the woes and ills of a heart sore smitten (which heart is mine own also).

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We approach them with a kind of mean caution, and steal unconfidingly around their crystal shores, dashed and ill at ease, as if expecting to hear some forbidding voice.

with Occurrences 188%

heat of coldnorth of south?" "Gentlemen," then said Shakrack, who had been walking to and fro, during the preceding controversy, "as you seem to agree so ill with each other, I trust you will unite in adopting my course.

in Occurrences 188%

When my dear nurse had departed without making further discourse, and I was again alone, I felt that I had acted ill in despising her advice.

for Occurrences 120%

Men now believe you; by and by, The truth found out, each vicious lie Will ill for ill repay.

to Occurrences 63%

" Mrs. Scogin seated herself on the edge of the sofa, well forward, after the manner of those who relax but ill to the give of upholstery.

from Occurrences 31%

Orgulius still design'd him for Erminia; And if the Prince be disoblig'd from this, He only ought to take it ill from him.

on Occurrences 29%

Spenser himself affects the obsolete, And Sidney's verse halts ill on Roman feet: Milton's strong pinion now not heaven can bound, Now serpent-like, in prose he sweeps the ground, In quibbles angel and archangel join, And God the Father turns a school-divine.

as Occurrences 17%

But th' shopkeepers an' th' ale-heawses are in for it as ill as ony mak.

by Occurrences 14%

If he means ill by my father" Anderson muttered low under his breath and his big hand snapped hard at the nodding goldenrod.

than Occurrences 10%

I live in days of hardship and privation, when it seems more natural to feel ill than well; without holidays or rest or peace; friends and the sons of my friends have been killed; death seems to be feeling always now for those I most love; the newspapers that come in to my house tell mostly of blood and disaster, of drownings and slaughterings, of cruelties and base intrigues.

about Occurrences 8%

In what he himself regarded as his spare hours, that is to say, the daytime hours wherein the ordinary man labors, Neddy was a highly skilled craftsman, whose only failing was a tendency to be late in the morning and to fall ill about the festive seasons of the year.

during Occurrences 6%

Michael Angelo was ill during the summer of 1544, and was nursed by Luigi del Riccio in his own house, Shortly after his recovery he quarrelled with his friend, and wrote him this sonnet as well as a very angry letter.

before Occurrences 5%

The sincerity of his manner touched me and I released him, very fortunately for myself, for I was taken ill before reaching London, and, strange as it may appear, was nursed most tenderly by the man who had ripped a fellow mate.

without Occurrences 5%

This is my creed: To do some good, To bear my ills without complaining, To press on as a brave man should For honors that are worth the gaining; To seek no profits where I may, By winning them, bring grief to others; To do some service day by day

over Occurrences 5%

His father fell ill over it, and if we hadn't been attached to one another, I think we should both have gone and drowned ourselves.

against Occurrences 4%

Thus it happened that when Robin came to her and told her how he wished her services as leech, she began plotting ill against him in her mind, thinking that by doing evil to him she might find favor with his enemies.

through Occurrences 4%

This morning she began again, and of course she convinced me, more particularly as, with the thought of poor mamma lying ill through our fault, I had hardly slept all night.

after Occurrences 3%

People are often taken ill after eating food that has been cooked in copper saucepans.

towards Occurrences 2%

Carlos alsoand I think they mean ill towards the Señor Seem'son.

toward Occurrences 2%

Why should I intend ill toward her?

andfor Occurrences 1%

I was very ill andfor years I did not remember these things.

beneath Occurrences 1%

" For every ill beneath the sun There is some remedy or none; If there be one, resolve to find it; If not, submit, and never mind it.

re Occurrences 1%

By my | love, so | ill re |-quited; By the | faith you | fondly plighted; By the | pangs of | lovers slighted; Do not, | do not | leave me |

againin Occurrences 1%

While they were there Mary Lamb was taken ill againin a diligence, according to Mooreand Lamb had to return home alone, leaving a letter, of which this is the only portion that has been preserved, for her guidance on her recovery.

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