Which preposition to use with prejudice

of Occurrences 515%

It is true, that enlightened and well educated men do not seem to feel this prejudice, or at least they do not show it: but those who travel from one hemisphere to the other, are sure to encounter the prejudices of the vulgar, and are often treated with great contempt and indignity.

against Occurrences 491%

Agriculturists have strong prejudices against the species, and allege, not without reason, that large Crow Crops indicate diminished harvests.

in Occurrences 114%

"There is," he wrote, "so much of excellence and beauty in the services of the Breviary, that were it skilfully set before the Protestants, by Romanistic controversialists, as the book of devotions received by their communion, it would undoubtedly raise a prejudice in their favour, if he were ignorant of the case and but ordinarily candid and unprejudiced....

to Occurrences 82%

And, even if they can learn something of science without prejudice to their usefulness, what is the good of their attempting to instil that knowledge into boys whose real business is the acquisition of reading, writing, and arithmetic?

by Occurrences 14%

Yet when he got, along with her mild responses, one of those glances, he was himself strangely subdued by it, and fain to prop his leaning prejudices by contrasting her scant print gown, her slat sunbonnet, and cowhide shoes with the apparel of the humblest in the village which they were approaching.

for Occurrences 13%

" "Ay," put in John Effingham, "as real an American as any man can be, who uses English spectacles for all he looks at, English opinions for all he says, English prejudices for all he condemns, and an English palate for all he tastes.

on Occurrences 13%

It was as though, at bottom, and in the end, something cold and critical in the French temperament, combined with ignorance and prejudice on our own part, prevented a real contact between the two nationalities.

as Occurrences 13%

You could never get into any proper relation to Jimville unless you could slough off and swallow your acquired prejudices as a lizard does his skin.

with Occurrences 12%

I honoured them most of all for what they have been most cried down forthe boldness and freedom from prejudice with which they treated the subject of the family, the most important of any, and needing more fundamental alterations than remain to be made in any other great social institution, but on which scarcely any reformer has the courage to touch.

at Occurrences 8%

Liverpool delegates examined first; these prejudice the council; this prejudice at length counteracted.

about Occurrences 7%

The natives have many singular beliefs and prejudices about tigers, and they are very often averse to give the slightest information as to their whereabouts.

from Occurrences 4%

I thought, as an American citizen and your correspondent, my propositions might have some chance of being favorably entertained, especially as I knew that the English Minister's presents of Stilton cheese and many dozens of BASS' bottled ale to BISMARCK had failed to prevent the current of the Chancellor's prejudice from running strongly in favor of Americans.

than Occurrences 4%

But the French are more logical and freer from prejudices than the British; so the difference of attitude is easily explained.

among Occurrences 3%

Talk about the prejudice of the white people, I think there is just as much prejudice among some colored as there is among them, only we do not get the same chance to show it; we are most too mixed up and dependent on one another for that."

into Occurrences 3%

And we lost America because in 1764 and 1767 neither minister nor Parliament took men's feelings and prejudices into account.

towards Occurrences 2%

In the mean time, Sir, I cannot but think it would be for the good of Mankind, if you would take this Subject into your own Consideration, and convince the hopeful Youth of our Nation, that Licentiousness is not Freedom; or, if such a Paradox will not be understood, that a Prejudice towards Atheism is not Impartiality. I am, SIR, Your most humble Servant, PHILONOUS.

between Occurrences 2%

We cannot but think that the reading of his book will do great good in opening the minds of many to a perception that the agitation of the Slavery question is not a mere clash of unthinking prejudices between North and South, that Slavery itself is not a matter of purely local concern, but that it interests all parts of the Republic equally.

out Occurrences 1%

All we ask is that the American people will take their Christless, Godless prejudices out of the way, and give us a chance to grow, an opportunity to accept life, not merely as a matter of ease and indulgence, but of struggle, conquest, and achievement.

without Occurrences 1%

The notions of the naturalist find mankind in a state of neutrality, or, at worst, have nothing to encounter but prejudice and vanity; prejudice without malignity, and vanity without interest.

after Occurrences 1%

Armed with letters from Dr. Boerhaave and the Burgomaster, he took one stronghold of professional prejudice after another.

hagainst Occurrences 1%

I confess I 'ave a hinsurmountable prejudice hagainst the race; you are not haware that I am Hinglish.

due Occurrences 1%

These "idols" are four: "idols of the tribe," that is, prejudices due to common methods of thought among all races; "idols of the cave or den," that is, personal peculiarities and prejudices; "idols of the market place," due to errors of language; and "idols of the theater," which are the unreliable traditions of men.

like Occurrences 1%

He seemed to be stumbling about in his inherited prejudices like a modern man in mediaeval armour...

before Occurrences 1%

He was conscious of the need to offset past prejudices before suggesting his enormous ability along advanced lines.

amongst Occurrences 1%

The sisters had to combat strong prejudices amongst the farmers.

Which preposition to use with  prejudice