Which preposition to use with proprietor

of Occurrences 642%

In a perfectly natural way, he went from manager of the local team to proprietor of the New York Giants.

in Occurrences 49%

Mr. Croall, an extensive coach proprietor in Scotland, limited his horses to 4-1/2 lbs.

to Occurrences 12%

Potts, enthroned upon a big box in front, among bolts of muslin, straw hats, and bunches of innocent early lettuce, read the splendid tribute of the store's proprietor to his capacity as an expert in jurisprudence and his fitness for a seat of judicial honor.

at Occurrences 11%

We did not find the proprietor at home, but a young man, his brother, did the honors with kindly and liberal hospitality.

by Occurrences 8%

The idea of a right to lay off the roads of the United States on a general scale of improvement, to take the soil from the proprietor by force, to establish turnpikes and tolls, and to punish offenders in the manner stated above would never occur to any such person.

with Occurrences 8%

Let him be made proprietor with all the privileges which have ever been attached to that appointment.

for Occurrences 7%

Those who have never read the masques argue, that, as "very little Latin and less Greek," in truth no learning of any traceable description, went to the creation of Ariel and Caliban, Oberon and Puck, the possession of Latin, Greek, and learning generally, incapacitates the proprietor for the same happy exercise of the finer and more gracious faculties of wit and fancy.

as Occurrences 6%

To be dissociated from that soil forever would be regarded by its proprietors as almost equivalent to family annihilation.

on Occurrences 4%

We congratulate the proprietors on their prospects of remuneration, for the attractions of their publication are irresistible.

under Occurrences 3%

" Here follow the details of the two plans: either outright purchase by the Government of the existing line and construction by the Government of the line from Baltimore to New York, or construction of the latter by the proprietors under contract to the Government; but no specific sum was mentioned in either case.

from Occurrences 3%

Finally, considered in its true light, we shall not find in the measure above described anything more than a very trifling discount required of the proprietor from the price at which he sells his bonga, and which, as already noticed, ultimately falls on the consumer alone.

than Occurrences 3%

They stated that they had more trouble with petty overseers and managers and small proprietors than with the entire black population.

behind Occurrences 3%

The people sitting about were laughing, and the proprietor behind the desk smiling grimly.

out Occurrences 2%

DEAR PUNCHINELLO:I arrived here last Saturday, and as I would be the last person to allow a commendable enterprise to languish for want of proper encouragement, and in order to put the Hotel proprietors out of suspense, I thought I would let you know without further delay that I consider Lake George a success.

among Occurrences 2%

These shrewd Frenchmen, and, I am told, even small proprietors among the Negroes, not being crippled, happily for them, by those absurd sugar-duties which, till Mr. Lowe's budget, put a premium on the making of bad sugar, are confining themselves to growing the canes, and sell them raw to 'Usines Centrales,' at which they are manufactured into sugar.

without Occurrences 1%

Under the Bourbon kings of France more than one half of the produce of the land was taken by the Government and the feudal proprietors without compensation, and that not in provision for coming national trouble, but for the fattening of the royal purse.

above Occurrences 1%

Thoughtfully Jane noted the number, observing, too, that the name of the proprietor above the door was obviously Teutonic.

along Occurrences 1%

Competition would make the building of railroads a matter of bargain with proprietors along the line, and an obdurate farmer could compel a long detour or could block the whole undertaking.

during Occurrences 1%

The undertaking, as the name imports, is one of the most gigantic enterprises for public gratification which it has ever been our lot to witness; but great as may be the capital already expended here, and indefatigable as have been the exertions of the proprietor during the last seven years, it is almost impossible that such genius should not be amply remunerated.

like Occurrences 1%

Soldiers, not civilians, henceforth were to rule the world,a dreary thought to a great lawyer like Cicero, or a landed proprietor like Brutus.

near Occurrences 1%

The former slaves of Richard Randolph who were colonized in accordance with his will as petty landed proprietors near Farmville, Virginia, proved commonly thriftless for half a century afterward; and Olmsted observed of the Virginia free negroes in general that their poverty was not due to the lack of industrial opportunity.

over Occurrences 1%

His father was whispering to the proprietor over the desk, and at Kurt's touch he glared his astonishment.

within Occurrences 1%

It is not to be denied that Congress, while administering the public lands as a proprietor within the principle distinctly announced in my annual message, may sometimes have failed to distinguish accurately between objects which are and which are not within its constitutional powers.

about Occurrences 1%

If there be a cigar factory within reach, talk with the proprietor about this matter.

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