Which preposition to use with refine

in Occurrences 22%

John is not especially refined in his manner, nor did he have much of an education; but he seems to be a good deal of a man, for all that.

to Occurrences 11%

You find him, likewise, commending FLETCHER's pastoral of the Faithful Shepherdess: which is, for the most part, [in] Rhyme; though not refined to that purity, to which it hath since been brought.

into Occurrences 10%

Think of a disrespected clod that was trod into earth, that was nothing, on a sudden by damned arts refined into an exterminating angel, devouring the fruits of the earth and their growers in a mass of fire!

on Occurrences 8%

Baglivi refines on the doctrine of effluvia, by ascribing his cures of the bite of the tarantula to the peculiar undulation any instrument or tune makes by its strokes in the air; which, vibrating upon the external parts of the patient, is communicated to the whole nervous system, and produces that happy alteration in the solids and fluids which so effectually contributes to the cure.

from Occurrences 6%

Thus, by a gradual process of dehumanization, the mind would be instinctively led from the notion of a man magnified in all excellences and refined from all limitations, to the conception of spirit.

without Occurrences 3%

Learned without ostentation, refined without foppery, elegant without effeminacy!

as Occurrences 3%

The age of Theocritus and Bion has given place toshall we say the age of the Caesars, or the irruption of the barbarians?and the love-singers of the North are beginning to feel, that if that passion is to retain any longer its rightful place in their popular poetry, it must be spoken of henceforth in words as lofty and refined as those in which the most educated and the most gifted speak of it.

beyond Occurrences 3%

And without thinking of cynicism, real or affected, let us remember, that, though the taste ought to be refined, and daily refining, it ought not to be refined beyond being practically serviceable.

of Occurrences 3%

The most elegant, graceful, and refined of all dogs are the tiny Italian Greyhounds.

by Occurrences 2%

But when refined by distance, it has a sad and pleasant effect, and seems to belong to the place,the long wail at the close being the very type of the melancholy stretches of the Campagna.

above Occurrences 2%

But the Russians, profoundly venerating the person of the Grand Prince, and accustomed to consider him as the depository of a wisdom refined above the sphere of ordinary mortality, did not hesitate to ascribe this transcendent exploit to the genius of the reluctant autocrat.

for Occurrences 2%

To thy rich beauty shining in my hearts treasure, The unperfect words refining for perfect pleasure.

among Occurrences 1%

Let us hope that the more intelligent and refined among the nations will make a beginning in this matter, and then that the Germans may take example by it and follow suit.

than Occurrences 1%

" "Perhaps it has never occurred even to you, sharp as you are, that I could have taken society otherwise than at its own valuation of itself, as something much higher, more cultivated and refined than anything that I had been accustomed to.

with Occurrences 1%

" "At least, Clarian," said Mac, after a while, his deep voice wonderfully refined with strong emotion, "at least, the picture was not painted in vain.

at Occurrences 1%

A quantity of it was refined at the Chicago Sugar-Refinery, and the result was a very agreeable syrup, free from the peculiar flavor which the home-made Sorghum-syrup usually has.

about Occurrences 1%

It is easy enough to be refined about things that do not matter; but men kicked and plunged a little in that portentous wrestle in which swung to and fro, alike dizzy with danger, the independence of England, the independence of Ireland, the independence of France.

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