Which preposition to use with lamps

of Occurrences 226%

Lamps of all Kinds and Times.

in Occurrences 210%

I didn't quite know what orders to give, hadn't mastered yet the number that would be required; but I sent for him, said I should be alone for dinner, perhaps one or two lamps in the dining-room and small salon would be enough.

on Occurrences 115%

The fire which Morphew had built up before dinner was dying out, the shaded lamp on my table left all the corners in a mysterious twilight.

with Occurrences 68%

A lamp with a red shade sprang up and a center chandelier.

at Occurrences 41%

The trains of those who come to scatter flowers and light lamps at them never cease.

for Occurrences 41%

Yes, Johnnie, honeyI'll get the lamp for ye." When Johnnie turned to her uncle, she found Millsaps bending above him, the small can in his hands, its spout approached to the rigid blue lips of the patient with the unconcern of a man about to fill a lamp.

from Occurrences 41%

He lifted the lamp from the table with a sort of abstraction, not remarking even my offer to take it from him, and led the way.

to Occurrences 30%

Johnnie gazed steadily up at those windows; the glow within was other than that which gilded turret and pinnacle and fairy isle in the Western sky, yet perchance this light might be a lamp to the feet of one who wished to climb that way.

over Occurrences 17%

Before the great bay window hangs an Athenian lamp over two hundred years old, which will be kept always burning day and night.

into Occurrences 16%

The best plan, however, to be adopted, if it can be managed, is the following:take a common wine-glass, and, holding it upside down, put a lighted candle or a spirit-lamp into it for a minute or two.

above Occurrences 15%

My nerves were strung now, and, with hardly any hesitation, I stepped up to the door, holding the lamp above my head.

by Occurrences 13%

"But it's an interesting subjectso interesting that I only abandoned my reading when I found I was burning my electric lamp by daylight.

of Occurrences 9%

Meanwhile he wrote other books,Seven Lamps of Architecture (1849), Stones of Venice (1851-1853), Pre-Raphaelitism, and numerous lectures and essays, which gave him a place in the world of art similar to that held by Matthew Arnold in the world of letters.

before Occurrences 8%

Asenath, when she had locked her door, put her lamp before the looking-glass and tore off her gray cape; tore it off so savagely that the button snapped and rolled away,two little crystal semicircles like tears upon the floor.

unto Occurrences 7%

Love lent me wings; my path was like a stair; A lamp unto my feet, that sun was given; And death was safety and great joy to find.

between Occurrences 7%

" Barney stopped dead; they had come under a gas-lamp between Grace and Franklin Streets.

near Occurrences 6%

It occurred to me to have a look at it, by the light of a street lamp near by; and the instant I had straightened out the small, crumpled wad I guessed that here was a link in the mystery.

beside Occurrences 5%

Cartwright sat with his back to the window, a lamp beside him on the table, writing.

through Occurrences 5%

"Come," I said; and I drew near, and put the lamp through the opening, showing a few stone steps; perhaps there were a dozen of them; at least, they went down into undefined darkness.

under Occurrences 5%

The creature rubbed itself along Elettra's skirt while she was lighting the spirit lamp under the urn, which contained water already almost boiling.

out Occurrences 5%

His next movement was to pull the lamps out of the sockets and throw them at the leaders.

about Occurrences 4%

They had already got lamps about the room and after I had set the same order of watching as on the previous night, I joined Beaumont outside of the door.

across Occurrences 4%

However, I s'pose he lighted the lamp across the bridge?" "Willis has friends," Kemp remarked meaningly, and indicated a reflection behind the trees.

amid Occurrences 4%

Then of the THEE IN ME who works behind The Veil, I lifted up my hands to find A lamp amid the Darkness; and I heard, As from Without"THE ME WITHIN THEE BLIND!" Then to the Lip of this poor earthen Urn I lean'd, the Secret of my Life to learn: And Lip to Lip it murmur'd"While you live, Drink!for, once dead, you never shall return.

beneath Occurrences 3%

" Here, Sweetwater glanced up at the corner gas-lamp beneath which he stood, and seeing that he was in Garden Street, tried to locate himself in the exact spot where this young man had first been seen on the notable morning in question.

Which preposition to use with  lamps