Which preposition to use with respectabilities

of Occurrences 62%

Our little lass isn't very well adapted to making her way among strangers, and the Bohemianism of this life is a poor preparation for the heavy respectability of a New England existence.

in Occurrences 24%

The money, the treasure, I personally thought nothing about, willing enough that it should go to others; but I was ambitious to regain my honor among men, my place of respectability in the world, for the one vital purpose which now dominated my mindthat I might claim Dorothy Fairfax with clean hands.

among Occurrences 4%

If we desire to maintain our respectability among the nations of the earth, it behooves us to enforce steadily and sternly the neutrality acts passed by Congress and to follow as far as may be the violation of those acts with condign punishment.

to Occurrences 3%

This sentimental symbol was obviously intended to lend dignity and respectability to the otherwise disreputable vehicle of concord and its steed without wings, waiting patiently to be offor to lie down and pay the debt of nature!

with Occurrences 3%

Common minds, which must always associate a certain conventional respectability with the forms of religion, will think it irreverent.

by Occurrences 3%

He is prouder of a court-livery than of a laurel-wreath; and is only sure of having established his claims to respectability by having sacrificed those of independence.

for Occurrences 2%

His chief residence was at his country seat; but he spent his winters in the venerable family mansion in St. James, Westminster, London, to attend his duties as member of Parliament and enjoy the society of men of the first respectability for rank, talents, and literature.

at Occurrences 2%

A ludicrous mistake, which came near being fatal to Fernando's respectability at Mariana, resulted from this incident.

without Occurrences 1%

Nor was respectability without much to say for itself.

as Occurrences 1%

The occasion could not be indicated on which he had risen above the average level of respectability as a public man.

into Occurrences 1%

I succeeded in procuring many hairy and horned trophies of trap and rifle, as well as in converting myself from some semblance of respectability into the veriest looking cannibal that ever breakfasted on an underdone enemy.

over Occurrences 1%

We stopped and bought hats, to throw an air of respectability over our cortège, and we kept together until I saw the men into train and omnibus, lest, with the bitter feelings now roused, conflict should again arise.

than Occurrences 1%

"Well, whether you knock me down or not, I beg leave to tell you that I am a stranger in this fair, and shall part with the horse to nobody who has no better guarantee for his respectability than a roll of bank-notes, which may be good or not for what I know, who am not a judge of such things.

through Occurrences 1%

He preached gratuitously in St. Cloud, and Border Ruffianism and Slavery gained respectability through their connection, when he and his wife made that fatal plunge off the bridge in St. Clouda plunge which sent a thrill of horror through the land.

about Occurrences 1%

But there is a clear halo of respectability about the place; superior habiliments are distinctly in the ascendant; and orderly behaviour reigns throughout each section of worshippers.

Which preposition to use with  respectabilities