Which preposition to use with pleasuring

of Occurrences 2716%

On the sixth day, I had the pleasure of seeing Pepper, once more, upon his feet; and, though still very weak, he managed to keep me company during the whole of that day.

in Occurrences 1752%

She was utterly wretched when her husband died, but after a time she took up her life again and seemed to find interest and pleasure in the things they had done together.

to Occurrences 492%

We often had music and recitations at our parties, and that was always a great pleasure to me.

at Occurrences 207%

" Blushing with pleasure at the implied compliment to his equipage from such lips, the skilled horseman had not the heart to object to the wildly mutilated fragment of currency with which his fare had been paid, and went back to where his steeds were taking turns in holding each other up, as happy a man as ever lost money by the change in woman.

from Occurrences 139%

Last Sunday I was unable to leave my tent, but I had happy communion with Jesus in my solitude, and derived much pleasure from the fourteenth and fifteenth of St. John.

with Occurrences 108%

He had had a rare evening of pleasure with Evadne.

on Occurrences 102%

Feet may beat a snare of pleasure on the pavement, glad cries may pipe across the darkness, a fiddle may scratch its invitationall the rumbling notes of midnight traffic will tap in vain their summons upon his window.

for Occurrences 98%

All things that are violent have passed out of its life,no more strong emotions, such as rend the heart; no great labors, bringing after them the weariness which is unto death; but the calm of an existence which is enough for its needs, which affords the moderate amount of comfort and pleasure for which its being is now adapted, and of which there seems no reason that there should ever be any end.

than Occurrences 80%

A few ducks are usually seen sailing on the lake, apparently more for pleasure than anything else, and the ouzels at the head of the rapids sing always; while robins, grosbeaks, and the Douglas squirrels are busy in the groves, making delightful company, and intensifying the feeling of grateful sequestration without ruffling the deep, hushed calm and peace.

as Occurrences 70%

The fourth, the excessive thirst for pleasure as the great aim of life.

by Occurrences 52%

I wonder if you would give me a little Sunday pleasure by inspecting all the rooms.

out Occurrences 29%

When I had seen as much as I desired of the pleasure out of doors, I was taken by some to see the interiors of houses, which were all decorated for this festival, whatever it was, lighted up with curious varieties of lighting, in tints of different colors.

without Occurrences 26%

I will enjoy poverty and loneliness with him rather than endure every pleasure without him.'

into Occurrences 20%

Mainly through his intimacy with the spiritual mind of Petrarch, Boccaccio's moral character gradually underwent a change from the reckless freedom and unbridled love of pleasure into which he had easily fallen among his associates in the court life at Naples.

through Occurrences 12%

" It stung me into high pleasure through sufferings.

like Occurrences 10%

You can't go and spoil all our pleasure like that.

after Occurrences 9%

The union of these four qualities causes his great poems to continue to yield pleasure after an indefinite number of readings.

beyond Occurrences 6%

She was therefore cheerful, and even gay, at home; but she desired no pleasures beyond those that her home afforded, and that were perfectly consistent with the self denying views and principles of her Puritan fellow-countrymen.

about Occurrences 6%

'This place,' Sir Robert, in 1743, wrote to General Churchill, from Houghton, 'affords no news, no subject of entertainment or amusement; for fine men of wit and pleasure about town understand neither the language and taste, nor the pleasure of the inanimate world.

among Occurrences 6%

exclaimed Mademoiselle Vielville, who was enchanted at discovering something like gaiety and pleasure among the "tristes Amêricains," and who had never even suspected them of being capable of so much apparent enjoyment.

over Occurrences 6%

He forgot all about the distinguished wits whom he had expected to see, in his pleasure over the glees, and joined in all the choruses with an exceedingly sweet voice.

along Occurrences 5%

Of course, I have nosed my way with pleasure along aristocratic shelves and flipped out volumes here and there to ask their price, but for the greater part, it is the plainer shops that engage me.

before Occurrences 5%

" "Then," I said, "Eunané has a new life and a multitude of new pleasures before her.

under Occurrences 4%

A few timid and irresolute masquers now began to appear in the throng, stealing a momentary pleasure under the favor of that privileged disguise, from out of the seclusion and monotony of their cloisters.

during Occurrences 3%

My chief pleasure during that shut-in winter was watching those children.

Which preposition to use with  pleasuring