Which preposition to use with libelling

on Occurrences 53%

"Every thing by turns and nothing long"that is a libel on which a suit could be hung.

against Occurrences 17%

His master, Sir William Berkeley, in a memorial to parliament, had just said: "I thank God that there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best governments.

in Occurrences 12%

The printer of the daily news is surely the proper object of your indignation, who inserted this libel in his paper, without the fondness of an author, and without the temptation of a bribe; a bribe, by the help of which it is usual to circulate scurrility.

of Occurrences 3%

It is to be hoped that no one, who shall become great by means of my rules, will turn upon me and revile me, when he finds himself interviewed incessantly, persecuted by unearthings of his early sins, by persistent beggars, by slanders of the envious, by libels of the press, and by the other concomitants of greatness.

as Occurrences 3%

"You may be certain I shall never reply to such a libel as Lady Mary's," he wrote to Fortescue.

for Occurrences 3%

But, as we know, there are certain pettifogging men of law who are ever ready to encourage people to bring actions for libel for the mere sake of getting damages.

without Occurrences 1%

Yet I see, to my great regret and astonishment, that this Act is described as an Act for judging cases of seditious libel without a Jury.

like Occurrences 1%

Having thus cleared myself, sir, from this aspersion, I declare it as my opinion, that every gentleman in the house can safely purge himself in the same manner; for I cannot conceive that any of them can have written a libel like this.

at Occurrences 1%

" This is a libel at once upon myself and on General Parker's hospitality.

behind Occurrences 1%

What then?' 'Then,' he said abruptly, and looked me in the face, 'then, Lady Pinkerton, Gideon should be called on to answer to the charge in a court of law, not libelled behind his back.' 'That,' I said, 'will, I hope, Mr. Juke, happen at the proper time.

Which preposition to use with  libelling