Which preposition to use with language

of Occurrences 2253%

Not much!" Up came the signal quartermaster to get his orders, and there ensued a one-sided conversation in the pregnant language of the sea.

in Occurrences 415%

There were endless discussions and speeches and very violent language in the Chambers.

for Occurrences 152%

It would be infamousinfamous without power in the language for comparisonif we should requite their humanity by stirring up servile strife.

to Occurrences 146%

In another half century, they will extend the Christian religion and the English language to the Pacific Ocean.

with Occurrences 101%

What a linking of language with life you discover when you learn the original signification of presently, of idiot, of rival, of sandwich, of pocket handkerchief!

from Occurrences 81%

Paris for me and a little gal to learn the language from.

by Occurrences 78%

The commands, of course, were given to them in their own language by Major North, who could talk it as well as any full-blooded Pawnee.

as Occurrences 71%

Even such masters of classical prose as Francis Parkman, perhaps the greatest historian who has used the English language as his vehicle, are almost unknown to the average reader.

than Occurrences 54%

There is no more hateful word in the English language than 'darling.'

on Occurrences 53%

But this much | | he does not hesitate to claim, that, after a study of less | | than two weeks, he was able to sustain conversation in the | | newly-acquired language on a great variety of subjects."

at Occurrences 40%

She made a rule that we should use only one language at mealsshe didn't care which one, but we must keep to it.

into Occurrences 21%

He wrote with great elegance and dignity of style, and had the peculiar felicity of readiness and facility in every thing that he undertook, being able, without premeditation, to translate one language into another.

about Occurrences 15%

Whatever may be the prognosis given to friends, in all febrile cases, the most confident and consoling language about the ultimate recovery should be used to the sick, as prophecies not unfrequently contribute to bring about the event foretold, by making people feel, or think, or act, differently from what they otherwise would have done.

without Occurrences 13%

" Shelley, on the other hand, is most satisfying and original when his individual spirit forms in night, cloud, skylark, and wind are made to sing, not as a reflection of his own mood, but as these spirit forces might themselves be supposed to sing, if they could express their song in human language without the aid of a poet.

among Occurrences 13%

We found seven different languages among them, each of which was not understood by those who spoke the others.

like Occurrences 13%

"I shall soon feel that I can reel off the language like a native of Crabtown," she confided laughingly to Dare.

against Occurrences 12%

They were personally cowardly, as their own chronicles declare; querulous, passionate, prone to unmanly tears; prone, as their writings abundantly testify, to scold, to use the most virulent language against all who differed from them; they were, at times, fearfully cruel, as evil women will be; cruel with that worst cruelty which springs from cowardice.

between Occurrences 11%

And this difference is not more marked than the difference in style and language between this and her earlier novels.

under Occurrences 11%

Occasionally a light case or bale would fall off, and quantities of small boys who seemed always on the spot would precipitate themselves, tumbling over each other to pick up what fell, and there would be protestations and explanations in every language under the sun.

towards Occurrences 9%

The same spirit which enabled him to inflict a sore punishment on that wicked wretch, did prompt him to use that sharp language towards him; unquestionably deserved, and seasonably pronounced.

during Occurrences 8%

"Why, sir," said Vanbraam at last, "I have managed to pick up the fag ends of a good many languages during my life, and I can jabber French a little.

out Occurrences 5%

"I am impatient to hear good sense pronounced in my native tongue; having only heard my language out of the mouths of boys and governors for these five months" (she complained to Lady Pomfret).

after Occurrences 5%

Its best qualitiesstrength, simplicity, directnesscome from Anglo-Saxon sources; its enormous added wealth of expression, its comprehensiveness, its plastic adaptability to new conditions and ideas, are largely the result of additions from other languages, and especially of its gradual absorption of the French language after the Norman Conquest.

through Occurrences 4%

I do not see why the British flag should be any impediment to the Latinisation of tropical Africa or to the natural extension of the French and Italian languages through Egypt.

before Occurrences 4%

The first great masters of the Greek language in prose were the historians, so far as we can judge by the writings that have descended to us, although it is probable that the orators may have shaped the language before them, and given it flexibility and refinement The first great prose writers of Rome were the orators; nor was the Latin language fully developed and polished until Cicero appeared.

Which preposition to use with  language