Which preposition to use with relied

on Occurrences 875%

Let him rely on more quiet friends who watch loyally, hope, encourage, inspire.

for Occurrences 88%

This M. Armand is a great criminal, and has, of course, various followers, upon whom he must rely for the performance of certain details, since he can be in but one place at a time.

in Occurrences 30%

"That little boy, relying in his simple faith upon the wisdom and truthfulness of his father, believed for a long time, that the weathercock on the top of the barn, could bring the cold north, or the warm south wind, by turning upon its perch.

with Occurrences 16%

"As I said before," he continued, "I am sorry, Allingford, even to appear to doubt your word; I have always had reason to rely with confidence upon the integrity and honour of my prefects, and believe me, this interview is to me an exceedingly painful one.

as Occurrences 9%

" "Thank you, serjeant," the captain said, feelingly"On you, I can rely as on myself.

to Occurrences 2%

In his historical plays he relied to some extent on his hearers' knowledge of history, whether gathered from books or from previous plays of the historical series; and where such knowledge was not to be looked for, he would expound the situation in good set terms, like those of a Euripidean Prologue.

at Occurrences 2%

In former times they relied at the hour of danger upon the generous credulity of nations.

oninto Occurrences 1%

" From these and from other like sources Coleridge's mind was no doubt stored with suggestions of tropical wonder and loveliness, which fell togetherif his own account of the making of the poem is to be relied oninto the kaleidoscopic beauty of "Kubla Khan."

than Occurrences 1%

140 The tall Batavian in a vast ship rides, Bearing an army in her hollow sides; Yet, not inclined the English ship to board, More on his guns relies than on his sword; From whence a fatal volley we received; It miss'd the Duke, but his great heart it grieved; Three worthy persons from his side it tore, And dyed his garment with their scatter'd gore.

through Occurrences 1%

Above all, there was Polybius himself, who perhaps approaches nearer to the critical historian than any writer of antiquity, and it is Polybius upon whom Livy mainly relies through his third, fourth, and fifth decades.

throughout Occurrences 1%

In this they would have been successful but for Mahomet's efficient system of espionage, a method upon which he relied throughout his life.

under Occurrences 1%

Utterly, indeed, should I despair did not the presence of many whom I here see remind me that in the other high authorities provided by our Constitution I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal on which to rely under all difficulties.

ON Occurrences 1%

RELIED ON LAW OF NATIONS

of Occurrences 1%

It was full of old trenches, filled with water, relies of the period when we turned the Germans out of it.

after Occurrences 1%

Greenwood urged that he should have ten or twelve men on whom he could rely after reaching deep snow.

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