Which preposition to use with mementoes

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This slab is erected as a memento of admiring esteem by the last of his victims.

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That great four-headed road was a perpetual memento to patriotic ardor.

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As mementos from home, the soldiers wore in their caps and buttonholes withered flowers and sprigs of green which their womenfolk had given in farewell.

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He has not only left for himself a good name in science, he has left a grand memento in his immense service to humanity.

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Then I rose and, paying the bill, went out to purchase a suitable memento for a younger sister.

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"Ah say," my dear friend, "is it right, These glass bottles are hung upon trees: 'Midst a scene of inviting delight, Should we find such mementoes as these?" "From such sights," said my friend, "we may draw A lesson, for look at that bee; Compar'd with the wasp which you saw, He will teach us what we ought to be.

on Occurrences 1%

Among some unpublished papers of the late Rev. Dr. Pike, we find the following story, which we know will be of interest to our readers, both from the sketch itself and the association with its author: A few years after Gen. Hooker fought his famous battle of the clouds, I visited Lookout Mountain, and, while searching for some memento on the battle-field, picked up a slightly bruised rifle bullet.

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They will not be attracted by a perpetual memento before their eyes of your triumph over them.

Which preposition to use with  mementoes