Which preposition to use with messages

of Occurrences 652%

Every once in a while one of us would snatch a glance to leeward at the cruel, white waters, the whirl of eddies where the sea was beaten, only to hurry back to the rock and the point of the cliff whence our message of safety or destruction was to be flung.

to Occurrences 597%

Waiters bawl strange messages to the cook.

from Occurrences 584%

Colonel Stanton, who was with the Fifth Cavalry on this scout, had been sent to Red Cloud agency two days before, and that same evening a scout arrived bringing a message from him that eight hundred Cheyenne warriors had that day left the Red Cloud agency to join Sitting Bull's hostile forces in the Big Horn region.

for Occurrences 202%

He said, "No one can carry your message for you; that is not permitted.

in Occurrences 109%

When the straggling couriers reached the point designated as McDowell's headquarters, he had gone to the eastward of the line, and, faithful to the command given him, Jack set out with Barney, leaving the others to deliver the message in case he missed the general.

by Occurrences 52%

Two years later he refused to join other papers in receiving the Governor's message by telegraph from Albany, and was so badly beaten by his rivals in this instance that his paper was thenceforward one of the most generous patrons of the telegraph.

with Occurrences 52%

He is discovered, unknown to himself, in his slummy retreat by Bredwel, Sir Cautious' prentice, who has to convey him a message with reference to the expiration of the mortgage, and who reveals the secret to Lady Fulbank.

on Occurrences 50%

On September 27, 1918, just on the eve of the armistice, when German resistance was already shaken almost to breaking point, President Wilson gave it the coup de grâce by his message on the post-bellum economic settlement.

at Occurrences 48%

"When the lines are not engaged after business hours, you can send a night-letter; a long message at less than the proper charge.

through Occurrences 23%

When his foot touched the ice we danced in circles of joy, and tapped messages through to him with our fingers.

as Occurrences 18%

But now insistently it bore a message to her, such a message as from now on she would hear in the quiet voices of her little camp-fire.

without Occurrences 17%

As he lies in his cot at midnight, he will expound the passing message without striking a light to see it.

about Occurrences 17%

Ida wondered why he had been to the Hall, but concluded that he had gone there with some message about the farm produce.

between Occurrences 15%

And we carry messages between him and the Tidewater, for he has many friends still alive there.

over Occurrences 13%

The Indians, too, had their own silent tongue, by which they could send messages over many leagues in a short space.

into Occurrences 12%

" He slipped the message into its envelope and handed it back to me.

across Occurrences 12%

Then, when maybe the half of our watch had passed, the big seaman, who had been to feed the fires upon the weed side of the hill-top, came across to me, and bade me come and put my hand upon the lesser rope; for that he thought they in the ship were anxious to haul it in so that they might send some message across to us.

like Occurrences 5%

What kind of Indian sends a message like that?

under Occurrences 5%

"Now the heavens be praised!" said the honest soul,"what for can that icy lady want to see old Chloe?" I had carried the message under cover of one from my own heart.

out Occurrences 4%

And oft did I make to instruct her that never should she be tempted forth from the shelter of that Redoubt in which she did live, by any message out of the night; but always to await the Master-Word; and, moreover, to have a sure knowledge that none that was her Friend would ever seek to entice her into the night.

unto Occurrences 3%

And he called thither also Rama the "Gondhali," master of occult ceremonies, Vishram, his disciple, and Krishna the "Bhagat" or medium, who is beloved of the ghosts of the departed and often bears their messages unto the living.

of Occurrences 3%

[Footnote A: See the Messages of the Governors of New-York and Connecticut, the resolutions of the New-York Legislature, and the bill introduced into the Legislature of Rhode Island.]

around Occurrences 3%

Mr. Heatherbloom gazed at an empty window where he had last seen her (had they been there only twenty-four hours?), then he took a bit of painting on ivory from his pocket and wrapped the message around it.

per Occurrences 2%

Some brokers in Wall-street average from six to ten messages per day throughout the year.

before Occurrences 2%

I think Inman will give us another message before opening the ball, so you may rest easy until he makes his next move.

Which preposition to use with  messages