Which preposition to use with lance

in Occurrences 68%

he murmured, "O Helen, poor am Ia beggar" "Beltane," she whispered, "an thou wed this lonely maid within the forest, then will I be beggar with thee; but, an thou take to wife the Duchess, then shalt thou be my Duke, lord of me and of Mortain, with her ten thousand lances in thy train.

of Occurrences 51%

Then the lower peaks and spires caught the glow, and long lances of light, streaming through many a notch and pass, fell thick on the frozen meadows.

with Occurrences 35%

In this pursuit, however, the ranks of the Americans were greatly broken; and as the Mexicans far outnumbered them, they soon afterward made a stand, using their lances with good effect.

to Occurrences 17%

"Art less of a dullard than I thought thee," said the stranger, taking back his cap, "though, mark me boy, 'tis another matter to ride against a man fully armed and equipped, lance to lance and shield to shield, than to charge a harmless, ancient leathern cap.

into Occurrences 13%

The lance was held fast by the native, and the bear was often mortally wounded by forcing the lance into himself in his struggles to reach his enemy.

at Occurrences 12%

On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curbed the fury of his car And dropped his thirsty lance at thy command.

through Occurrences 11%

dismount from your horse, take off your coat of mail, and your armor; if you hesitate to do so, I will run this lance through your heart."

from Occurrences 7%

Upon wresting the lance from the earth, a label was found upon it importing that it was intended for the Queen.

AS Occurrences 7%

THE LANCE AS A WEAPON

on Occurrences 6%

Fearing the two bills, he raised his shield, and struck one of the Englishmen with his lance on the breast, so that the iron passed out at his back.

for Occurrences 6%

Say, the next time you expect to get lanced for the big feed tell her you were once in the business and it will save you money.

against Occurrences 5%

But before they had time to give him the final blow they were scattered by the rapid charge of Sir Thomas and his men, who quickly rescued Marmion and set him on his horse again; and using their lances against the horses of the Scots, caused many of them to throw their riders, while the rest galloped away.

between Occurrences 3%

Julian thrust his lance between his dewlaps.

by Occurrences 2%

Hath Sir Benedict many men, my father?" "Alas! a pitiful few, and Black Ivo can muster bows and lances by the ten thousand" "Yet doth Sir Benedict withstand them all, my father!"

before Occurrences 2%

He held his lance before him like a rod, and the king's steed ran upon the spear, so that it pierced deeply in his body.

behind Occurrences 2%

I imagined that if I could strike him with the lance behind the head, and pin him to the ground, I might succeed in capturing him.

without Occurrences 1%

They are to fight with three charges of the lance without 'lice'" (meaning in this instance a barrier), "with sharpened point, armed at all points; afterwards twelve charges with the sword, all on horseback.

across Occurrences 1%

A stumble of the horse threw him, and as he lay on the ground, unable to move, one of the servants of the company came up and broke the lance across Don Quixote's ribs.

amid Occurrences 1%

So fair THALESTRIS shook her plumy crest, And bound in rigid mail her jutting breast; 195 Poised her long lance amid the walks of war, And Beauty thunder'd from Bellona's car; Greece arm'd in vain, her captive heroes wove The chains of conquest with the wreaths of love.

around Occurrences 1%

While the chivalrous in the arts and in the antiquities of the country have been gallantly breaking their lances around the mouldering walls, the less instructed and the less zealous have regarded the combatants with the same species of wonder as they would have manifested had they been present when the renowned knight of La Mancha tilted against those other wind-mills so ingeniously described by the immortal Cervantes.

below Occurrences 1%

"Then Taillefer put his horse to a gallop, charging before all the rest, and struck an Englishman dead, driving his lance below the breast into his body, and stretching him upon the ground.

beneath Occurrences 1%

When he came to land, and perceived the Saracens, he asked what folk they were, and it was told him that they were the Saracens; then he put his lance beneath his arm and his shield in front of him, and would have charged the Saracens, if his mighty men, who were with him, had suffered him.

beside Occurrences 1%

His eye fell on a lance beside a dead Frenchman, so he swerved his horse to let the other pass, and hopping off cleverly enough, he gripped hold of it.

en Occurrences 1%

le Philippe Dont l'ombre immense va du Gange au Pausilippe? Tout n'est-il pas fini quand il a dit: Je veux! N'est-ce pas lui qui tient la victoire aux cheveux? N'est-ce pas lui qui lance en avant cette flotte, Ces vaisseaux effrayants dont il est le pilote Et que la mer charrie ainsi qu'elle le doit?

out Occurrences 1%

When Cassius drew his lance out of the wound a quantity of blood and water rushed from it, and flowed over his face and body.

Which preposition to use with  lance