Which preposition to use with remonstrances

of Occurrences 111%

It had been thought that the remonstrances of the pure and high-minded among your readers would have sufficed to overcome the resolution of an infatuated, but not Criminal Editor.

to Occurrences 46%

The idea of Jack Vance addressing a remonstrance to his respected parent caused the ghost of a smile to appear on Mugford's doleful face.

from Occurrences 37%

His great sin was one which he shared with all his brother-popes, that he boldly treated the antique ruins of the city as quarries for his new buildings, not without protest and remonstrance from many, yet with the calm of a mind preoccupied and seeing nothing so great and important as the work upon which his own heart was set.

against Occurrences 29%

Never a remonstrance against what is now going on!

with Occurrences 25%

The tenth essay in this volume unfortunately brought me, I will not say into collision, but into a position of critical remonstrance with regard to some charges of physical heterodoxy, brought by my distinguished friend Lord Kelvin, against British Geology.

on Occurrences 20%

Any further remonstrance on the part of the offender was met with a summary "Shut up, or you'll get your head punched," and so for a time the matter ended.

at Occurrences 10%

Nor did he meet the tearful lament and heart-broken remonstrance at home, to which he had looked forward with lively dread.

in Occurrences 5%

He then addressed to her a remonstrance in writing, in which he reproached her with her violation of the treaties; on the faith of which the confederates had dispersed, and the majority of the Protestants laid down their arms.

for Occurrences 4%

"I beg your pardon," said Dr. Blundell, "but" "I am not offended," interrupted Sir Timothy, mistaking remonstrance for apology.

by Occurrences 4%

This request of Gen. Pope was met with a decided remonstrance by the people of Minnesota, and they succeeded in preventing the removal of any of the troops until they had made two long marches through the Dakotas and to Montana.

as Occurrences 4%

" "But one's country, in a time of actual war, sir!" said the major, in a tone of as much remonstrance as habit would allow him to use to his own father.

about Occurrences 3%

Though Boswell makes a slight remonstrance about the "rude grandeur of Nature" as seen in "Caledonia," he sympathized in this with his teacher.

before Occurrences 1%

This amiable man, during his residence in Spanish America, was so sensibly affected at the treatment which the miserable Indians underwent that he returned to Spain, to make a publick remonstrance before the celebrated emperor Charles the fifth, declaring, that heaven would one day call him to an account for those cruelties, which he then had it in his power to prevent.

without Occurrences 1%

But it was independence; it was deliverance from entreaties and remonstrances without end.

Which preposition to use with  remonstrances