Which preposition to use with kindnesses

of Occurrences 570%

I was greatly delighted with his improvement, and also with the natural kindness of my sister's heart, in taking such good care of him, in spite of her condition of mind.

to Occurrences 382%

There was never the slightest attempt at any sort of harmonising, or of suitability; there was a great deal of kindness to the hard-up, and a wild and extravagant delight in any novelty.

in Occurrences 158%

If he takes his drop of blood from your veins, the tickling of his tiny lance is but a pleasant titilation, and you let him feed on, almost grateful for his kindness in keeping you from sleeping too soundly, or losing in utter oblivion the full extent of the luxury of perfect repose.

for Occurrences 96%

I declined his kindness for the present, as I told him casually of the dog whose midnight barking was killing me.

from Occurrences 45%

It had been a conspiracy of delusive kindness from the day Wesley entered Rosedale.

towards Occurrences 45%

Whom will the Psalmist not fill with admiration when he recounts the gifts of the Divine loving kindness towards the people of Israel and all mankind, and when he sets forth the truths of heavenly wisdom?

by Occurrences 43%

Therefore the carrying out of the feeling of kindness by a ruler will suffice for the love and protection of all within the four seas; and if he do not carry it out, he will not be able to protect his wife and children.

with Occurrences 40%

In spite of the overflowing kindness with which he was surrounded John found the meal a hard one.

ON Occurrences 35%

EFFECTS OF KINDNESS ON THE SICK.

toward Occurrences 20%

A man's "mental attitude" toward the other man in such cases as A.J.'s should be the same as toward other menthe attitude of real kindness toward an Individual who, like the rest of us, is being "as good as he knows how to be and as bad as he dare be.

as Occurrences 17%

'Pears to me I'd let my oven cool a spell, and hunt up some homely, happy folks to write about; folks that don't borrer trouble and go lookin' for holes in their neighbors' coats, but take their lives brave and cheerful; and rememberin' we are all human, have pity on the weak, and try to be as full of mercy, patience and lovin' kindness as Him who made us.

at Occurrences 10%

The youth, who had formerly experienced kindness at the hands of Ortiz, begged him to avoid the danger.

than Occurrences 10%

Or do you fancy that their smiles are more loyal and sincere when won by kindness than...."

during Occurrences 9%

Thus the only place of refuge for the little girl, who had escaped miraculously, was the home of her uncle, who showed her great kindness during the two years of life that remained to him.

into Occurrences 8%

"I believe I will write to father and tell him I will take his kindness into serious consideration.

between Occurrences 6%

She had always trusted him and liked him too, and there had been only kindness between them always.

under Occurrences 4%

"There is nothing so kingly as kindness!"and true kindness under this most trying condition will in time win even a recalcitrant wife's admiration and loveIF the two are really mates.

about Occurrences 3%

The novelty, the awe which she inspired, the real kindness about her, ended in overcoming in Mary's young mind the first miserable impression of such a return to her home.

among Occurrences 3%

He had lived all his life among the white people of the South, and had been owned by several masters, but he did not know that there was so much kindness among the white race, till he had rested in a Northern home, and among Northern people.

unto Occurrences 3%

A man shall be serv'd thus always, when he follows any of these females: but 'tis my kind heart that makes me thus forward in kindness unto them:

over Occurrences 2%

She held, with the great English dramatist, her contemporary, that true wit was nearly allied to good-nature; and she showed herself more decided in nothing than in discouraging and checking every tendency to disparagement of the absent, and diffusing a tone of friendly kindness over society.

like Occurrences 2%

' It was by little acts of thoughtfulness and kindness like this that the Empress so endeared herself that she had really no enemies in France, even among those who were most bitterly opposed to her husband.

before Occurrences 2%

This was all the answer he vouchsafed to the weeping disappointed senators; only at parting, he bade them commend him to his countrymen, and tell them, that to ease them of their griefs and anxieties, and to prevent the consequences of fierce Alcibiades' wrath, there was yet a way left, which he would teach them, for he had yet so much affection left for his dear countrymen as to be willing to do them a kindness before his death.

without Occurrences 2%

It is not easy to state instances of such kindness without revealing what for many reasons had better be left untold.

beyond Occurrences 1%

The master of the house was absent, but with a kindness beyond thanks had offered us a resting place there.

Which preposition to use with  kindnesses