Which preposition to use with outlaws

of Occurrences 38%

Seth Warner, his assistant, was an outlaw of a somewhat humbler kind.

in Occurrences 24%

Here be caves and caverns enow to hide an army, and rocky passage-ways, narrow and winding i' the dark, where we four might hold all Black Ivo's powers at bay from now till Gabriel's trumpan we had food enow!" Quoth Beltane: "'Tis a fair thought that, and I've heard there be many outlaws in the woods hereabouts?" "Yea, forsooth.

in Occurrences 16%

The other outlaws in the dug-out, having heard the shot which I had fired, knew there was trouble, and they all came rushing down the creek.

for Occurrences 12%

An outlaw indeed he is, but an "outlaw for venyson," like Adam Bell, and one who superadds to deer-stealing the irregularity of a genteel highway-robbery.

of Occurrences 12%

THE LAST OF THE LOWRIES, a play of the Croatan outlaws of Robeson County, by Paul Greene.

from Occurrences 9%

Two of them were outlaws from the colony of New York, which was then disputing with the neighbouring colony of New Hampshire the possession of the lawless region in which all three had taken refuge and which afterwards became Vermont.

on Occurrences 5%

From his door many a time, with his glass, he picked out the shining form of Alcatraz and the mares in the distance; he had even been able to follow the maneuvers of the outlaw on several occasions when Hervey and his men pursued with relays of horses, and on the whole he felt that the site was such a position as a good general must prefer, being behind the lines but with a view which enabled him to survey the whole action.

to Occurrences 5%

That afternoon and night th' Ramblin' Kid rode the outlaw to the Hundred and Oneninety miles away!

from Occurrences 4%

Immense herds of cattle were pastured on it, and bad men and outlaws from various sections of the country awoke reminiscences of biblical stories about cities of refuge by squatting upon it, making a living by hunting and indifferent agriculture, and resting secure from molestation from officers of the law.

with Occurrences 3%

"Like to see this gent that waded into two outlaws with his bare fists.

against Occurrences 2%

As a smuggler in 1804, as a custom-house officer a few years later, as a patriot, a freebooter, a Brazilian general, an Argentinian commander, as President of Uruguay against Lavalleja, as an outlaw against General Oribe, and finally against Rosas, allied with Oribe, as champion of the Banda Oriental del Uruguay, Rivera had certainly ample opportunities for perfecting himself in that study of which he was the ardent devotee.

amongst Occurrences 2%

Were a stranger to the institution of slavery to learn, in answer to his inquiries, that "an abolitionist" is "an outlaw amongst slaveholders," and that "a slaveholder" is "the kindly entertained guest of abolitionists,"here would be a puzzle indeed.

by Occurrences 2%

We, Representatives of the People, declare him an outlaw, but there is no need for our declaration, since he is an outlaw by the mere fact of his treason.

like Occurrences 2%

"Why," quoth he, "it is a merry thing to think of one stout outlaw like Robin Hood meeting another stout outlaw like Guy of Gisbourne.

under Occurrences 1%

One of the outlaws under Matanglawin (Cabesang Tales) had made an appointment with them to join his band in Santa Mesa, thence to sack the conventos and houses of the wealthy.

within Occurrences 1%

" Said Beltane, slow and thoughtful: "There be many outlaws within the green, wild men and sturdy fighters as I've heard.

at Occurrences 1%

His manner was that of a conqueror who had the outlaw at his mercy.

as Occurrences 1%

They were outlawed as felons, and disfranchised as infidels.

into Occurrences 1%

As I ate and drank, I smiled at the strangeness of my fortunesto come thus straight from the wild seas and the company of outlaws into a place of silver and damask and satin coats and lace cravats and orderly wigs.

among Occurrences 1%

And you must have admired, too, the frankness, and fulness, and humbleness of David's repentance, and liked and loved the man still, in spite of his sins, as much almost as you did when you heard of him as a shepherd boy slaying the giant, or a wanderer and an outlaw among the hills and forests of Judaea.

on Occurrences 1%

Soon after his departure this band of outlaws on Navy Island, acting in defiance of the laws and Government of both countries, opened a fire from several pieces of ordnance upon the Canadian shore, which in this part is thickly settled, the distance from the island being about 600 yards and within sight of the populous village of Chippewa.

to Occurrences 1%

Quoth Beltane at last: "We will seek out and talk with these outlaws to-night, Giles!"

Which preposition to use with  outlaws