Which preposition to use with roguing

of Occurrences 43%

she wailed, "it means the company's all a set of cheats, an' the biggest rogue of the lot hez lit outrun awayan' taken the money the Gin'rel left you along with him.

in Occurrences 29%

This Ravenous bird abounds in all temperate regions, and is a fowl of sober aspect, although a Rogue in Grain.

at Occurrences 9%

We take Money to marry our Wives, but very seldom part with 'em, and by the Bargain get MoneyFor a Night, say you?Gad, if I shou'd take the Rogue at his word, 'twou'd be a pure Jest.

to Occurrences 8%

HumI'm afraid, 'tis a harder task to leap from a Lord to a Rogue, than 'tis from a Rogue to a Lord.

with Occurrences 6%

quoth Roger, wiping sweat from him, "O sweet Christ forgive me, for I have hunted down poor rogues with such ere now" "Forsooth, Roger, and now is their turn to hunt thee, mayhap.

by Occurrences 5%

utenberg.org Title: A Rogue by Compulsion Author: Victor Bridges Release Date: December 21, 2003

as Occurrences 4%

And then there will be Robin Goodfellow, as good a drunken rogue as lives, and Tom Shoemaker; and I hope you will not deny that he's an honest man, for he was constable

for Occurrences 4%

All these games, which were as much forbidden as dice, were played in taverns as well as at court; and, just as there were loaded dice, so were there also false cards, prepared by rogues for cheating.

from Occurrences 3%

it's the little rogue from upstairs.

on Occurrences 3%

" "Nay," answered Beltane, "first let us reason together, let us hark to the wisdom of Folly and grow wise" "Ha, Roger!" cried one of the men, "tap me this tall rogue on his golden mazzard!"

into Occurrences 3%

" "Heigho!" sighed the jester, "thy very look doth proclaim thee lover, and 'tis well, for love maketh the fool wise and the wise fool, it changeth saints into rogues and rogues into saints, it teacheth the strong man gentleness and maketh the gentle strong.

like Occurrences 3%

This is a hard world in winter for wolves and wenches and poor rogues like me.

than Occurrences 3%

The whole baronetage, peerage, and commonage of England did not contain a more cunning, mean, foolish, disreputable old rogue than Sir Pitt Crawley.

about Occurrences 2%

" Sang Giles, a sprig of wild flowers a-dance in his new-gotten, gleaming bascinet, his long-bow upon his mailed shoulder, and, strapped to his wide back, a misshapen bundle that clinked melodiously with every swinging stride; and, while he sang, the ragged rogues about him ceased their noise and ribaldry to hearken in delight, and when he paused, cried out amain for more.

after Occurrences 2%

But it chanced the wind lifted my cloak, and one of the warders, spying mine axe, must think to recognise me and gave the hue and cry; whereat I, incontinent, fled ere they could drop the portcullisand divers rogues after me.

out Occurrences 1%

Your thief-takers are desperate rogues out of business; your tide-waiter has got his art by cheating the revenue; and I have been in lands where it was said, that all they who most fleeced the people began their calling as suffering patriots.

before Occurrences 1%

He would work weeks without compensation to argue the case of some guilty rogue before the Court of Appeals, in order, as he said, to "settle the law," when his only real object was to get the miserable fellow out of jail and send him back to his wife and children.

under Occurrences 1%

The judge was forced at last to rule something, and the lawyers saved their rogue under the fog of a definition.

among Occurrences 1%

One curly-headed urchin made bold to take off his well-worn cap and wait to be recognized as "little Johnny,""no great scholar," said the kind-hearted old lady to me, "but a sad rogue among our flock of geese.

without Occurrences 1%

" IV.The End of Don José's Story "One becomes a rogue without thinking, sir.

Which preposition to use with  roguing