Which preposition to use with matrons

of Occurrences 72%

There was not a single halfpenny in hand between the matrons of the three orphan houses.

in Occurrences 16%

In this day of monetary papyrus, it is pleasing to read of an ancient matron in Lafayette, Ind., who, at the age of eighty-nine, has gone to her reward, leaving no property save a $20 gold piece.

with Occurrences 10%

Too clever, because he met the subtle matron with the only arm she feared, a perfect honesty.

for Occurrences 5%

15. admires a Roman matron for the same fact to save herself from the lust of Maxentius the Tyrant.

from Occurrences 3%

And whether his companion were a curate or some ragged wastrel of the quarter; painted young person from the chorus of the newest revue or proper matron from Bayswater; keen adventurer from Fleet Street or solid merchant from the City, his attitude was much the same: easy, impersonal, unaffected, courteous, detached.

before Occurrences 3%

At this time, Quintus Fabius Gurges, the consul's son, having prosecuted some matrons before the people on a charge of adultery, built, with the money accruing from the fines which they were condemned to pay, the temple of Venus, which stands near the circus.

to Occurrences 3%

It is yet undecided whether the Persians admitted their matrons to their public banquets and private parties;but if we can believe the positive testimony of Herodotus, such was the case: and the summons of Vashti to the annual festival, and the admission of Haman to the queen's table, are facts which support the affirmation of that historian.

under Occurrences 2%

There is charity in lightening his golden burden, or the man would sink under it, as did the Roman matron under the pressure of the Sabine shields.

at Occurrences 2%

It was at this moment Denbigh entered: he had paid his adieus to the matrons at the door, and been directed by them to the little parlor in quest of Emily.

on Occurrences 2%

Paula was an ascetic Roman matron on her conversion, or else her conversion would then have seemed nominal.

into Occurrences 1%

[Illustration: Hospital Wardmaid (who has shown the new matron into her room)."WELL, I MUST SAY I HOPE YOU'VE COME TO STAY.

as Occurrences 1%

Sorrow to find thou hast not always treated the matron as thou oughtest to have done.

between Occurrences 1%

In the subjects taken from her history which follow the baptism of our Lord, she should appear as a matron between forty and fifty, but still of a sweet and gracious aspect.

among Occurrences 1%

The commanding carriage of the mother is tempered in her to a gentle dignity and calm, contrasting pointedly with the animated manners of the courtly matrons among whom she sits, and whose continuous conversation takes this direction or that, at the pleasure of Madame Grandissime.

over Occurrences 1%

It has been a subject upon which I have often reflected with mortification, that the world is too apt to lay aside your lucubrations with the occasions that gave birth to them, and that if they are ever opened after, it is only with old magazines by staid matrons over their winter fire.

than Occurrences 1%

Cornificia, dressed in white and wearing very little jewelry, received her guests more like an old-time patrician matron than a notorious modern concubine.

throughout Occurrences 1%

Many a matron throughout the South retires at night in dread of what may befall herself and children before the morning.

Which preposition to use with  matrons