Which preposition to use with rebellious

to Occurrences 10%

O thou, rebellious to my warm desires, My black-eyed beauty, if thou'rt vexed with me I'll make apology before the world, I'll bring an offering to thee at once, The symbol of my homage.

against Occurrences 7%

I have once or twice ventured also into those twilit regions where the spirit itself stands rebellious against its limits, and questions even the ultimate insane triumph of flesh and circumstance, closing its short-lived interlude.

in Occurrences 5%

Some other actions of the will are performed by the inferior powers, which obey him, as the sensitive and moving appetite; as to open our eyes, to go hither and thither, not to touch a book, to speak fair or foul: but this appetite is many times rebellious in us, and will not be contained within the lists of sobriety and temperance.

at Occurrences 4%

"You may be in the right," said the tailor, still rebellious at heart; "all that sounds right and reasonable, but still it don't suit me, and I don't see how the country can be proud of us, if we behave like cowards, and let ourselves be bamboozled this way.

than Occurrences 2%

And the child, more tearful, more rebellious than before, crept away to her room.

under Occurrences 2%

Andwhat boys are just towards their pedagogue?the twins grew speedily tired and even rebellious under their new teacher.

about Occurrences 1%

"Gilbert was so rebellious about country schools, so patronizing, so scornful of their merits, that I fully expected he would never stay at the academy of his own free will.

within Occurrences 1%

" And for that time I went after him obediently enough, but all the same my heart was rebellious within me.

as Occurrences 1%

Other prisoners, so far as he can associate with them, are as helpless and hopeless and rebellious as he.

by Occurrences 1%

and then foretell the approach of day, when they speak of the Day of Judgment and the glory that shall be revealed, and, like prudent messengers, before they teach others, arouse themselves from the sleep of sin by mortifying their bodies; and as the weather-cock faces the wind, they turn themselves boldly to meet the rebellious by threats and arguments.

gainst Occurrences 1%

I, so I do, and yet this sinfull flesh Will be rebellious gainst my willing spirit.

of Occurrences 1%

I shall conclude these rambling sketches by observing, that there are two things eminently remarkable in America: the one is, that every American from the highest to the lowest, thinks the Republican form of government the best; and the other, that the seditious and rebellious of all countries become there the most peaceable and contented citizens.

toward Occurrences 1%

His Mother was very rebellious toward her duties and constantly harrassed the "Missus" about letting her work in the fields with her husband until finally she was permitted to make the change from the house to the fields to be near her man.

Which preposition to use with  rebellious