Which preposition to use with imitations

of Occurrences 1210%

His loving companion, eyes and month dilated with horror, stood still and rigid, gazing upon the fearful descent, and its tragic ending, then throwing her arms aloft, and giving a fearful shriek of agony that thrilled with horror the hearts of the hearersif there were anycast herself down in exact imitation of the fall of her hero, rolled over and over as he did, and ended by mingling her blood with his upon the same stones.

in Occurrences 26%

He is only insisting that imitation in unmetrical language is still poetry; that meter is not the characteristic element of poetic.

by Occurrences 8%

In all financial matters, Mr. Irving's providence and preciseness were worthy of imitation by all professional literary men; but with exactness and punctuality he united a liberal disposition to make a suitable use of money, and to have all around him comfortable and appropriate.

as Occurrences 7%

But in establishing imitation as the criterion of poetic, Aristotle seems to have injected something of a private, or at least a special scientific meaning into the word.

to Occurrences 5%

As the characteristic quality of poetic, imitation to Aristotle evidently did not mean a literal copy.

FROM Occurrences 5%

FRENCH DETECTIVE TAKES BACK PASTE IMITATIONS FROM AMERICA.

of Occurrences 4%

' Pope, Imitations of Horace, 2 Satires, i. 78.

for Occurrences 4%

It substitutes Imitation for Invention; reproduction of old types instead of the creation of new.

than Occurrences 4%

We need not insist on the obvious fact of there being more irritability than mastery, more imitation than creation, more echoes than voices in the world of Literature.

on Occurrences 3%

The aim was obedient imitation on the part of the child, and the imagined virtues accruing to him in consequence were good habits, patience, accuracy and technical skill.

during Occurrences 2%

Plagiarism and imitation during the English Renaissance; a study in critical distinctions.

before Occurrences 1%

That the stage of a people in its foundation and formation, who neither knew nor wished to know anything of foreign models, will possess many peculiarities, and not only deviate from, but even exhibit a striking contrast to, the theatres of other nations who had a common model for imitation before their eyes, is easily supposable, and we should only be astonished were it otherwise.

among Occurrences 1%

" The reverence of the Indians for the memory of their departed friends, and their dutiful attention in visiting and making offerings to the Great Spirit, over their last resting-places, is an example worthy of imitation among their more enlightened brethren.

with Occurrences 1%

" As this was said not only vehemently, but with an accent that defies imitation with the pen, Mrs. Willoughby was quite at a loss to get a clue to the idea; but, her husband, more accustomed to men of Mike's class, was sufficiently lucky to comprehend what he was at.

amidst Occurrences 1%

Again the theatre was filled to overflowing, and again the Clown gave his imitation amidst the cheers of the crowd.

out Occurrences 1%

I shall understand laces well enough soon: I can pick a piece of imitation out of a hundred real pieces now.

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