Which preposition to use with penitences

for Occurrences 18%

He has expressed penitence for what he has written and declared that he will never again apply any little talents he may possess to such purpose: and I have said that I shall be happy to praise him whenever I find that he has abjured these objectionable topics."

of Occurrences 6%

Amen.' Such was the distress of mind, such the penitence of Johnson, in his hours of privacy, and in his devout approaches to his Maker.

at Occurrences 4%

For this deception, such as it was, Johnson expressed penitence at the end of his life, though he said that he had ceased to write when he found that they were taken as genuine.

in Occurrences 4%

He describes her penitence in a fine passage.

to Occurrences 3%

And this great truth applies not to nations alone, but to the humblest individual, as he bows down in grief or wrath or penitence to unlooked-for chastisement,like Job upon his heap of ashes, or the broken-hearted mother when afflicted with disease or poverty, or the misconduct or death of children.

by Occurrences 3%

An end, however, was put to the tragedy by the fellow throwing himself on a bench, and bursting into tearswailing and asking pardon for his offence, and perfecting his penitence by requesting Lord Byron to kiss him in token of forgiveness.

on Occurrences 3%

There was, therefore, no room for penitence on the one side, for forgiveness on the other, and, through these, for a renewable moral relation between the two.

before Occurrences 1%

My testimony of Eliza's penitence before her departure is a source of comfort to this disconsolate parent.

into Occurrences 1%

I see no necessity for a home thrust, Master Jacopo; but a smart wound, that may put matrimony out of the head of the Duca for a time at least, and penitence into its place, would be better" "Strike to the heart!"

like Occurrences 1%

Even the hottest blaze of wrath could not burn quite so fiercely when exposed to a generous penitence like his young brother's.

as Occurrences 1%

A little further on, the pilgrims encountered the spirits of such Delayers of Penitence as, having died violent deaths, repented at the last moment.

about Occurrences 1%

It was a great risk, but there had been a penitence about both that Julius trusted was genuine.

out Occurrences 1%

" "I cannot get the least pretence of penitence out of any one of them," exclaimed John, unable to forbear laughing.

from Occurrences 1%

All the softness and youth gone from Alma's tragic face, and the last gleams of penitence from her heart, since her perjury.

Which preposition to use with  penitences