Which preposition to use with sceptres

of Occurrences 96%

He had bowed beneath the sceptre of Uranus, he had witnessed his fall, and marked the ocean crimson with his blood.

in Occurrences 28%

When holding the sceptre in his hand, his body would be somewhat bent forward, as if he were not equal to carrying it; wielding it now higher, as in a salutation, now lower, as in the presentation of a gift; his look would also be changed and appear awestruck; and his gait would seem retarded, as if he were obeying some restraining hand behind.

with Occurrences 10%

His image carried in the left hand this wheel, and in the right a sceptre with the end recurved.

from Occurrences 9%

But the crimes of Richard were so horrid, and so shocking to humanity, that every person of probity and honor was earnest to prevent the sceptre from being any longer polluted by that bloody and faithless hand which held it.

over Occurrences 6%

He waves his sceptre over the vulgar and the rascals of the town.

at Occurrences 6%

Yet one shape that I never can forget Waved a wild sceptre at me, ruling yet An empire gone where all empires must go, Melting away as simply as the snow; Yet no one heeded the flower of his menace, As little heeded him as that One Face That suddenly I saw go wandering by, And saying as she went"IstillamI!"

for Occurrences 6%

I do not sit in Council with dull ears, or silent lips, or empty hands; and it is not for the highest more than for the lowest under me to snatch my sceptre for a moment.

on Occurrences 6%

Then she takes off her crown and hangs it on the back of her throne; after which she rests her sceptre on the floor, and, rising, stretches herself to her full height, and goes forth to take a long, refreshing walk by the waters of Unreflection.

to Occurrences 5%

So the king made a great feast and gave over his crown and sceptre to his son-in-law, to be king in his stead.

towards Occurrences 2%

The King inclines his sceptre towards the Queen indicating his appreciation of her person and her gifts; five ladies attend the Queen and five of the King's courtiers stand on his right hand.

into Occurrences 2%

For centuries they were titular kings of Ireland, yet during all that time they seem never to have tried to transform their faint, shadowy sceptre into a real and active one.

without Occurrences 1%

Aurora realised that her sun had set, and relinquishing her sceptre without a murmur, she retired to the convent of Quedlinburg, of which Augustus had appointed her Abbess.

as Occurrences 1%

"He consumed his time in writing verses to the canon's niece; and even as Hercules in the gay court of Omphale threw down his club in order to hold the distaff, so Abélard laid aside his sceptre as a monarch of the schools to sing sonnets at the feet of Héloïse."

by Occurrences 1%

So precious an object cannot long escape the notice and the skill of artists nor the vanity of its owner, especially in times of peace, when it is worn with no more use than a crosier by a bishop or a sceptre by a king.

toward Occurrences 1%

Then the king held out the golden sceptre toward Esther.

amid Occurrences 1%

The flower falls apart so easily that when in full bloom it will hardly bear transportation, but with a touch the stem stands naked, a bare gold-tipped sceptre amid drifts of snow.

Which preposition to use with  sceptres