Which preposition to use with scotchmen

of Occurrences 10%

It needed the shock of the great war to bring home the wisdom of that old Scotchman of Königsberg to the mind of the ordinary man.

by Occurrences 6%

James Wilson, a delegate of Pennsylvania and a Scotchman by birth and education, turning to the representatives of the little States, passionately said: "Will you abandon a country to which you are bound by so many strong and enduring ties?

in Occurrences 4%

Boswell's surprise seems to indicate that Scotchmen in those days were even greater bears than Johnson.

to Occurrences 3%

Lord Camden, when pressed by Dr. Berkeley (the Bishop's son) to appoint a Scotchman to some office, replied: 'I have many years ago sworn that I never will introduce a Scotchman into any office; for if you introduce one he will contrive some way or other to introduce forty more cousins or friends.' G. M. Berkeley's Poems, p. ccclxxi.

of Occurrences 3%

The question was whether this very young lady could manage it at all; and if she failed, as the last incumbent had,failed egregiously, too; the school had broken up in riotous confusion before the end of the year,the canny Scotchmen of the School Board did not wish to be pledged to pay that extra five pounds.

on Occurrences 3%

A Scotchman on board pointed out to us the remarkable places, and related many interesting legends.

from Occurrences 2%

He was a Scotchman from Ayr, dour enough, and little disposed to be communicative, though I tried him with the "Twa Briggs," and, like all Scotchmen, he was a reader of "Burrns."

with Occurrences 2%

No one suspected James Fairbairn; there was no occasion to do that; to begin with he was a great heavy Scotchman with obviously no powers of invention, such as Mrs. Ireland's strange assertion credited him with; moreover, the theft of the bank-notes could not have been of the slightest use to him.

in Occurrences 2%

I scotch'd, not kill'd, the Scotchman in my blood, And love the land of mountain and of flood.

for Occurrences 2%

They say that no town in Europe is without a Scotchman for an inhabitant.

with Occurrences 1%

[Footnote 1: Lord Bute used his influence in favour of Scotchmen with so little moderation that he raised a prejudice against the whole nation, which found a vent in Wilkes's North Briton and Churchill's bitter and powerful satire, "The Prophecy of Famine."

into Occurrences 1%

Lord Camden, when pressed by Dr. Berkeley (the Bishop's son) to appoint a Scotchman to some office, replied: 'I have many years ago sworn that I never will introduce a Scotchman into any office; for if you introduce one he will contrive some way or other to introduce forty more cousins or friends.' G. M. Berkeley's Poems, p. ccclxxi.

out Occurrences 1%

For instance, there are crack regiments in the British Army which wear the kiltthe kilt which, as Macaulay says with perfect truth, was regarded by nine Scotchmen out of ten as the dress of a thief.

without Occurrences 1%

He is a Scotchman without one particle of hypocrisy, of cant, of servility, or selfishness in his composition.

for Occurrences 1%

Romans have died for a bronze eagle on a wreathed staff, Englishmen for a flag, Scotchmen for the sound of the pipes.

from Occurrences 1%

In time, Italians from Piedmont, Moravians and Lutherans from Germany, and Scotchmen from the Highlands, all made settlements in Georgia.

on Occurrences 1%

Don't play for money unless you have the majority of Scotchmen on your side.

among Occurrences 1%

I have used the word "British"; but though there were some Englishmen and Scotchmen among the tories and provincials, they were mainly loyalist Americans.]

Which preposition to use with  scotchmen