Which preposition to use with reasoning

for Occurrences 4285%

Several times, the thought had come to me, that the Things had, at last, left us; but, up to this time, I had refused to entertain the idea, seriously; now, however, I began to feel that there was reason for hope.

of Occurrences 2758%

I could see it but dimly, by reason of the somber light that now lit the world.

in Occurrences 416%

And for this reason, when influenced by my highest thoughts, I resolved, although it was a most serious thing to do so, not to set will above reason in carrying this my desire unto an ending.

with Occurrences 265%

Through some minutes, I reasoned with her; pointing out the need for caution, and asking her to be brave.

to Occurrences 153%

The of the movement could as yet see no reason to .

than Occurrences 108%

Every man has his politics, (that is to say, every man except Bennett,) and they ought to be taxed, if for no other reason than the great impetus the measure would give to the erection of fences throughout the land.

on Occurrences 105%

"If there is any reason on earth has manifested itself for this devastating and terrible war it is that it has been a maker of men.

of Occurrences 95%

But amid all the confusion and among those who had fallen the lowest they found not one who was forsaken, whose name the Father had forgotten, or who was not made to pause in his appointed moment, and to sit upon his throne and hear the pleadings before him of the great advocates of God, reasoning of temperance and righteousness and judgment to come.

against Occurrences 93%

Paris, reasons against holding of Parliament in; gaiety of, during exposition; return of the Parliament to.

from Occurrences 78%

I shall submit this view of the case to my uncle: he is accustomed to hear reason from me, of whom, between ourselves, he is not a little afraid.

as Occurrences 77%

toutoisi tois autoisi touton chortasoo] Now all these schemes, ingenious as they may be, are objectionable for the same reasons as the flying Island of Laputatheir glaring violation of verisimilitude, and many of them of possibility.

from Occurrences 55%

" "Then, quite roughly, quite a shot, from what I know of the deals wemy friends, I meandid with them, and reasoning from that, there might be a matter of seven or eight thousand pounds.

about Occurrences 54%

They never reasoned about it.

by Occurrences 49%

To arrive at a clear view of our present condition, it will be necessary, sir, not to amuse ourselves with general assertions, or overwhelm our reason by terrifying exaggerations: let us consider distinctly the power and the conduct of our enemies, and inquire whether they do not affright us more than they are able to hurt us.

in Occurrences 45%

One morning he found himself reasoning in his own mind, whilst enjoying a warm, comfortable bed, that, after all, half-crowns were very acceptable to the poor woman who received them.

on Occurrences 43%

Pessimism, we are told confidentially, is not an outcome of just reasoning on the miserable residue of hope which materialism leaves to us, but of the indisposition "of those digestive organs upon which the sensation of health and well-being so mainly depends."

at Occurrences 42%

For reasons at which Gifford could only guess, Henshaw seemed to be playing an elusive game; he kept out of sight, or, at any rate, avoided all intercourse with the two friends, and on the rare occasions when they met he was to Gifford tantalizingly uncommunicative.

with Occurrences 35%

He said: "The small progress we have made after four or five weeks' close attendance and continual reasonings with each otherour different sentiments on almost every question, several of the last producing as many noes as ayes, is, methinks, a melancholy proof of the imperfection of the human understanding.

by Occurrences 23%

As we ascend in the scale of education, there is more and more of this reasoning by rote, so that critical incompetence is more easily concealed and may lurk unsuspected even in the pulpit and the professorial chair, where logic alone seems paramount.

to Occurrences 19%

Jeffery's theory of beauty, as developed in the article beauty, of the supplement to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, in which he denies the existence of original beauty and refers it to association, is ridiculed by an extension of a similar kind of reasoning to the smell.

about Occurrences 15%

" "Your reasoning about the natives of Spanish America appears very probable," said the Brahmin; "but is it not equally applicable to your own country ?

into Occurrences 13%

Man alive, if you had tried to put reason into some of their heads, you would despair of human nature.

for Occurrences 13%

It were useless to follow farther the ever-varying changes of the never-varying reasonings for the justification of the unjustifiable "lie of necessity" in the course of the passing centuries.

out Occurrences 12%

If he be a virtuoso, he applies himself with so much earnestness to what he undertakes that he puts his reason out of joint and strains his judgment; and there is hardly anything in the world so slight or serious that some one or other has not squandered away his brains and time and fortune upon to no other purpose but to be ridiculous.

like Occurrences 12%

Crochard, I think, reasons like this; to kill an adversary is too easy; it is too brutal; it lacks finesse.

Which preposition to use with  reasoning