Which preposition to use with parlour

of Occurrences 39%

The colonel in scarlet and the general in blue and buff hang side by side in the wainscoted parlour of the Warringtons in England, and the portraits are known by the name of "The Virginians." BECKY SHARP AT SCHOOL

with Occurrences 26%

We could furnish up the parlour with pianos" He was startled by that "we," and began again: "That is, if you could ever think of such a thing as marrying me.

in Occurrences 21%

There were several empty chairs in sight; but he passed around them all to a dark and inconspicuous corner, from which, without effort, he could take in every room on that floorfrom the large parlour in which the casket stood, to the remotest region of the servants' hall.

at Occurrences 14%

We went into town one afternoonall the toys were spread out on tables in her little parlour at the back of the shop (her little girl attending to the customers, who were consumed with curiosity as to why our carriage was waiting so long at the door) and we made our selection.

to Occurrences 11%

Why, Sir, he was brought in a Chair for your Advice; but how he rambled from the Parlour to this Chamber, I know not.

without Occurrences 4%

" "How long since?" "Why, he came up our garden an hour or more ago; walked right into the parlour without with your leave, or by your leave, and stared at us all round like one out of his mind; and so away, as soon as ever I asked him what he was at" "Which way?"

before Occurrences 4%

Suppose that it is noon-day: Horace is showing a party of guests from London over Strawberry:enter we with him, and let us stand in the great parlour before a portrait by Wright of the Minister to whom all courts bowed.

behind Occurrences 4%

" Mr. Jernshaw, somewhat excited, shook hands, and led the way into the little parlour behind the shop.

off Occurrences 3%

It was in a little parlour off the big kitchen that Janet received her henchmen.

for Occurrences 3%

As I was permitted to walk in the garden or wander about the house whenever I pleased, I used to leave the parlour for hours together, and make out my own solitary amusement as well as I could.

by Occurrences 3%

No sooner had Mr. Ainslie left than Rachel was visited in her private parlour by Walter Grierson himself.

on Occurrences 2%

The large square hall opened into a parlour on one side and a library on the other.

like Occurrences 1%

] He sat down and put 'is feet in the fender, and old Burge, as soon as he 'ad got 'is senses back, went into the bar and complained to 'is niece, and she came into the parlour like a thunderstorm.

near Occurrences 1%

In cottage parlours near the fighting linesthat is to say in the zone of fire, which covered many villages and farmsteads, French doctors, buttoned up to the chin in leather coats, bent over the newest batches of wounded.

as Occurrences 1%

But where, among them all, might be found such another parlour as this at Dapplemere, with its low, raftered ceiling, its great, carved mantel, its panelled walls whence old portraits looked down at one like dream faces, from dim, and nebulous backgrounds.

over Occurrences 1%

After these very poetical themes are exhausted, they all go into the house, where they are introduced to the Vicar's wife and daughter; and while they sit chatting in the parlour over a family dinner, his son and one of his companions come in with a fine dish of trouts piled on a blue slate; and, after being caressed by the company, are sent to dinner in the nursery.

than Occurrences 1%

Diaz' playing was tenfold more impressive, more effective, more revealing in the hotel parlour than in the great hall.

among Occurrences 1%

His Excellency sat in his long parlour among a mass of books and papers and saddle-bags, and glared at me from beneath lowering brows.

above Occurrences 1%

" He went immediately to the parlour above stairs, and there sat Polly in her best gown"the sweetest-looking creature," he was wont to say, "this side of Paradise."

about Occurrences 1%

I made a Lodgment in an outer Parlour about Twelve: The Enemy retired to her Bed-Chamber, yet I still pursued, and about two a-Clock this Afternoon she thought fit to Capitulate.

during Occurrences 1%

Keith never went into the parlour during those days.

between Occurrences 1%

I lay in the parlour between two beds to keep me from being frozen to death, for as we keep open house the winds enter from every quarter, and are apt to sweep into bed to me.

into Occurrences 1%

Then he took up his gold-headed ebony cane and stepped from the dusk of the parlour into the light of day, walking uprightly in the pride of fine raiment and conscious dignity.

Which preposition to use with  parlour