Which preposition to use with pest

of Occurrences 53%

Again, "The plebeian kind of respect for piety is the very pest of virtue.

to Occurrences 12%

He coaxed the jealous demon within him until he must have become a perfect pest to himself and all his friends round about him.

in Occurrences 10%

" "Which was that?" "Apartment A, monsieur; he hass always had t'e pest in t'e house when he come here mit' hees fat'er.

in Occurrences 8%

And I should like to begin," I said, sinking my personal opinion that the female in question was a sloppy pest in my desire to buck and encourage, "by saying that Madeline Bassett is a charming girl.

of Occurrences 7%

No. 20 explains itself; the curious P of Pass is worth notice.

to Occurrences 5%

To avoid painful details I will answer the question, they become a pest to society, each a demoralizer of others, living upon the publicas tramps, begging impostors, thieves, teachers of thieves, and cost the country more than five times their number born under other and better circumstances.

on Occurrences 4%

They lay h on the house, g on the girl, p on the pond, and later do the same with words.

at Occurrences 4%

If you ever have occasion to write to me, would you mind sticking a P at the beginning of my name? P-s-m-i-t-h. See?

with Occurrences 3%

The center line of this slot lies in the plane which contains the axes of the journal, J, and of the shaft, O. A block, E, is fitted to slide in the slotted arm, G; and in this block is fixed a pin, P. A bridle-rod, R, connects P with the pin, A, of one of the eccentric-rods, prolonged for that purpose as shown in Fig.

during Occurrences 3%

ung Chevalier, and the only Person of his own Retinue that attended him from Avignon, in his late Journey through Germany, and elsewhere; Containing Many remarkable and affecting Occurrences which happened to the P during the course of his mysterious Progress" has been assigned to Mrs. Haywood by the late Mr. Andrew Lang, perhaps on the authority of the notice in the "Monthly Review" already quoted.

as Occurrences 2%

We are very willing to hold up Mr. P as a specimen of what colored people generally may become with proper cultivation, or to use the language of one of their own number,[A] "with free minds and space to rise.

on Occurrences 2%

The fortress of Buda was taken after a gallant assault, in the course of which the Austrian commandant bombarded the defenceless city of Pest on the opposite bank of the Danube, and thus the capital, too, was restored to the country.

for Occurrences 2%

I have got all p's for my lessons, but one g. G is for good, and p for perfect."

by Occurrences 2%

We understand that the R.S.P.C.A. plead with allotment-holders to destroy these pests by a less gruesome method.

with Occurrences 1%

They did not in any way compare as pests with the mosquitoes on the lower Mississippi, the New Jersey coast, the Red River of the North, or the Kootenay.

before Occurrences 1%

"'There's a P before the Smith,' I said to him.

by Occurrences 1%

At last the Owl could stand it no longer, but determined to rid herself of the pest by means of a trick.

from Occurrences 1%

in the friction will only alter the quantity Q-P from 5.25 P to 5.55 P, or an alteration of less than 6 per cent.

into Occurrences 1%

Humboldt is of the same opinion, and suggests that the name Carib may be derived from Calina or Caripuna through transformation of the letters l and p into r and b, forming Caribi or Galibi.

like Occurrences 1%

The cochero observed with sadness that the race of little paper animals disappeared each year, as if they had been attacked by the pest like the living animals.

than Occurrences 1%

in the friction produces a somewhat greater variation of P than in Fig.

at Occurrences 1%

Our hands and faces were swollen from the bites and stings of the insect pests at the sand-flat camp, and it was a pleasure once more to be in the middle of the river, where they did not come, in any numbers, while we were in motion.

during Occurrences 1%

After nightfall there had been some mosquitoes, and the piums were a pest during daylight; where one bites it leaves a tiny black spot on the skin which lasts for several weeks.

from Occurrences 1%

John says that the next improvements we make on the farm are to be wire gauze at all the stable windows and screen doors to keep the little pests from the horses and cattle.

until Occurrences 1%

Two robins sang exultantly in the higher branches of the oak, where they had breakfasted satisfyingly upon the first of the little, green worms that gave early promise of being a pest until such time as they stiffened and clung inertly, waiting for the dainty, gray wings to grow and set them aflutter over the tree upon which they had fed.

Which preposition to use with  pest