Which preposition to use with quietness

of Occurrences 59%

For in the quietness of those ancient countrysides was England made by the men who begat us.

in Occurrences 16%

It made such an awful impression on us all, as to produce, for some time, a kind of dismal quietness in the house.

about Occurrences 3%

Compared with the appearance of the town when in full activity, there is now a look of doleful holiday, an unnatural fast-day quietness about everything.

at Occurrences 3%

After that he enjoyed four years of quietness at home.

to Occurrences 3%

Notwithstanding the prominent patriotism of Joel Strides and the miller, they were well satisfied, themselves, with this state of things; preferring peace and quietness to the more stirring scenes of war.

under Occurrences 3%

And so we left him in quietness under a little shade of canvas and reeds; for the air was warm and the sand dry, and he was not like to come to any harm there.

with Occurrences 2%

The quietness with which my whole soul rests upon Him is such blessed quietness!

among Occurrences 1%

There is a great deal of writing on the Indian Government by men who have acquired the habit while they were in the Government, and then unluckily retain the habit after they come home and live, or ought to live, in peace and quietness among their friends here.

above Occurrences 1%

[G.]; earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God [Hageman]; green calm below, blue quietness above [Whittier]; hanging in a golden chain this pendant World

on Occurrences 1%

Toward morning, I began to grow stiff and cold, with my long vigil; also, I was getting very uneasy, concerning the continued quietness on the part of the creatures.

than Occurrences 1%

Even as the blowing of a sorrowful wind did it come; and I knew that all the great multitudes did sing quietly; and the singing passed onwards, and left behind it an utter silence; even as the wind doth rustle the corn, and pass onwards, and all fall to a greater seeming quietness than before.

through Occurrences 1%

He spoke at last with deadly quietness through lips that did not seem to move.

within Occurrences 1%

Presently, there coming again a quietness within the valley, and none knowing what might be toward, the bo'sun caught up a mass of the dry weed, and, lighting it at the fire, ran with it towards that portion of the beach which lay between us and the valley.

without Occurrences 1%

I cannot approve of this method, as the child is frequently frightened into quietness without improving his temper in the least; if it be day time it is not so bad, but if it be dark, the consequences are often serious, and materially injure the constitution of the child.

as Occurrences 1%

In this city I met my former college professor, now the multi-millionaire United States senator, burdened with many crushing cares, knowing about as much peace and quietness as a toad under a two-forty-gait harrow.

from Occurrences 1%

Wind and rain had hardened him and he had inherited a reserved strength and quietness from ancestors who had braved the storms that raged about Ashness.

for Occurrences 1%

Their depredations continuing, the Dutch proposed joint action against them; so, in December, 1750, a joint Dutch and English squadron forced the defences of the Coorla River, burnt and captured twenty-three of their vessels, and reduced them to quietness for a time.

Which preposition to use with  quietness