Which preposition to use with leaf

of Occurrences 238%

Touch that solemn looking old croaker on yonder broad leaf of that pond lily, with the end of your fishing rod, while the music is at the highest, he will send forth a quick discordant and cracked cry, like that of a greedy dog choked with a bone, as he plunges for the bottom; and note how suddenly that sound will be repeated, and how quick the roar of the frogs will be hushed into silence.

in Occurrences 100%

If but a leaf in a whole June, I will be a perfect leaf.

from Occurrences 61%

So he tore out a fly-leaf from the big Bible, and jotted down notes of the meeting,"An outpouring of the loyal heart of West Virginia,"and yawned, ready for bed, contented with the world, himself, and God.

on Occurrences 41%

The profound bass of the naked branches and boles booming like waterfalls; the quick, tense vibrations of the pine-needles, now rising to a shrill, whistling hiss, now falling to a silky murmur; the rustling of laurel groves in the dells, and the keen metallic click of leaf on leafall this was heard in easy analysis when the attention was calmly bent.

to Occurrences 31%

And "If you would have fruit, you must carry the leaf to the grave;" which Ray explains, "You must transplant your trees just about the fall of the leaf," and then there is the much-quoted rhyme: "Fruit out of season, Sorrow out of reason.

with Occurrences 19%

Detached clouds swept imposingly up the valley, as if they were endowed with independent motion and had special work to do in replenishing the mountain wells, now rising above the pine-tops, now descending into their midst, fondling their arrowy spires and soothing every branch and leaf with gentleness in the midst of all the savage sound and motion.

by Occurrences 17%

THE CATERPILLAR Under this loop of honeysuckle, A creeping, coloured caterpillar, I gnaw the fresh green hawthorn spray, I nibble it leaf by leaf away.

for Occurrences 14%

In it are herbs of the field for health of the body, a fern leaf for grace, a sprig of elm for peace, one of oak for strength, with evergreen to show that we live forever in the deeds we have done.

out Occurrences 14%

And though he talked little, when he saw how I followed all that he did, he was a little moved towards me, and spoke and explained to me the conceptions that were in his mind, one rising out of another, like the leaf out of the stem and the flower out of the bud.

at Occurrences 12%

Let him turn over a new leaf at once.

into Occurrences 8%

Here it was good to find the sassafras growing side by side with the persimmon, although when, for old acquaintance' sake, I put a leaf into my mouth I was half glad to fancy it a thought less savory than some I had tasted in Yankeeland.

before Occurrences 5%

I am driven like a dead leaf before the winds of March.

after Occurrences 4%

With puckered brow he was pulling one leaf after another from the hedge.

over Occurrences 4%

Choose the greenest cucumbers, and those that are most free from seeds; put them in strong salt and water, with a cabbage-leaf to keep them down; tie a paper over them, and put them in a warm place till they are yellow; then wash them and set them over the fire in fresh water, with a very little salt, and another cabbage-leaf over them; cover very closely, but take care they do not boil.

as Occurrences 4%

I did not tell them that the way to tell a single leaf was to look for buds in the axils, but incautiously drew their attention to the stipules at the base of a rose leaf as a means of knowing that the whole was one.

above Occurrences 3%

This was the supreme effort, the rattle in his throat increased, everything was fading into nothingness, when he perceived the blank leaf above Clotilde's name.

than Occurrences 3%

The trees were taller, and had a darker and more glossy leaf than the American beech.

under Occurrences 3%

It was veritably a country club, gay and full of life in the season, but isolated and lonesome beyond description after winter had set in and buried flower and leaf under a wide waste of untrodden snow.

below Occurrences 3%

Thus to set the sight for 500 yards the index line of the slide is brought in exact line with the line on the leaf below the figure 5 and the slide clamped.

off Occurrences 3%

A name just like a leaf off a rose.

like Occurrences 2%

Theophrastus, the disciple of Aristotle, notices the growth of cotton both in India and Arabia, and observes that the cotton-plants of India have a leaf like the black mulberry, and are set on the plains in rows, resembling vines in the distance.

through Occurrences 2%

Not the scantest and toughest of rock-growths thrust a leaf through its brassy surface, not a well-head or a darker depression of the rock gave sign of a trickle of water.

within Occurrences 1%

There's not a leaf within the bower, There's not a bird upon the tree, There's not a dew-drop on the flower, But bears the impress, Lord, of Thee!

against Occurrences 1%

This old home of histhe old house seemed full of well-remembered sounds of mouse and cricket and leaf against the roof and soft night wind at the eavessounds that brought his boyhood back, his bare feet on the stairs, his father's aloofness, his mother's love.

amid Occurrences 1%

he had ample leisure for his private activities, though he enjoyed every day the brilliant conversation of the King, though he could often forget for weeks together that he was the paid servant of a jealous despotyet, in spite of all, there was a crumpled rose-leaf amid the silken sheets, and he lay awake o' nights.

Which preposition to use with  leaf