Which preposition to use with moors

in Occurrences 84%

They say to hush the common talk 'tis time that I be wed, And to his home by some fond Moor in bridal veil be led.

of Occurrences 64%

And Valentinian all loose and ruffld a Moment after the Rape, and all this you see without Scandal, and a thousand others The Moor of Venice in many places.

to Occurrences 51%

"Never daunton youth" was, I remember, a saying of my grandmother's; but it was the most dauntoned youth in Scotland that now jogged over the moor to the Edinburgh highroad.

of Occurrences 47%

The term Moorish Literature may appear ambitious applied to the monuments of the Berber language which have come down to us, or are gathered daily either from the lips of singers on the mountains of the Jurgura, of the Aures, or of the Atlas of Morocco; under the tents of the Touaregs of the desert or the Moors of Senegal; in the oases of the south of Algeria or in Tunis.

in Occurrences 36%

The peninsula was conquered by the Moors in the caliphate of Walid I, 705-715 A.D., and the independent dynasty of the Ommiades was founded by Abderrhaman at Granada in 755 A.D.

at Occurrences 35%

The hulk and tug were moored at opposite sides of the wreck, forward of her engine room, and thick wire ropes that ran between them had been dragged back under the vessel for some distance from her bow.

with Occurrences 27%

"I won't cross the moor with you.

on Occurrences 17%

And here the same lady, or anotherfor likeness is identity on tea-cupsis stepping into a little fairy boat, moored on the hither side of this calm garden river, with a dainty mincing foot, which in a right angle of incidence (as angles go in our world) must infallibly land her in the midst of a flowery meada furlong off on the other side of the same strange stream!

from Occurrences 16%

Seven Moors in chains he led with him, And one arm's length aloof Came a dog of a Moor from Morocco's shore In arms of double proof.

near Occurrences 12%

Sharp was murdered on May 3, 1679, in a moor near St. Andrews.

for Occurrences 11%

a-week; he threw up my employ, and went to work upon the moor for 1s.

under Occurrences 11%

This they found moored under a bluff, and Gabe, pointing upward, said the blockhouse was there.

for Occurrences 8%

In the first place, although this does not come under the idea of "serious personal injury," would the English people approve of their countrymen suffering the same punishment as the Moors for theft, by cutting off their right hand?

FROM Occurrences 8%

CONTENTS CHAPTER I ACROSS THE MOORS FROM PICKERING TO WHITBY CHAPTER II ALONG THE ESK VALLEY CHAPTER III THE COAST FROM WHITBY TO REDCAR CHAPTER

by Occurrences 7%

Jackson seems to have won the esteem of the men upon the moor by his judicious management and calm determination.

by Occurrences 7%

Conquest of Toledo from the Moors by Alfonso of Castile. 1086.

along Occurrences 6%

Craft of every possible variety may be seen moored along the levées, and the markets and adjacent streets crowded with people of almost every nation in Europe, Africa, and America, who create a frightful confusion of tongues.

to Occurrences 6%

Two horses broke loose and fought, their combat being aggravated by thirst, "See!" cried the Moors to the merchants, "the Saint is angry with you for having wished to give his water to horses.

as Occurrences 6%

It is hardly correct to classify Moors as mixed Arabs, many of them being simply descendants of the aboriginal Amazirghs.

on Occurrences 5%

Opinion of the Moors on the Abolition of Slavery.

below Occurrences 5%

The Tom Tough had been moored below the shoals, and was now moored in a secure position below Curiosity Peak.

with Occurrences 5%

The general was exceedingly unwilling to proceed to this extremity, afraid of the influence of the Moors with the zamorin, and of producing hostilities with the natives.

off Occurrences 5%

During the greater part of this time Lord Elgin was on board the 'Granada,' moored off Pey-tang, suffering all the anxieties of an active spirit condemned to inactivity in the midst of action: responsible generally for the fate of the expedition, yet without power to control any detail of its operations; fretting especially at the delays which are, perhaps, necessarily incident to a divided and subdivided command.

at Occurrences 5%

Being off these ports and with a scanty wind, the admiral detached Raphael and Perez with their caravels, to examine if there were any ships of the Moors at anchor.

between Occurrences 4%

We have moored between two flats with trees upon them; the mainland on the left, and an island (Bush Island), recently formed from the mud of the river, on the right.

Which preposition to use with  moors