Which preposition to use with seal

of Occurrences 507%

In testimony whereof, I have set my hand and the seal of the County, June 3d, 1870.

with Occurrences 114%

A governor of Cilicia, who gave little credit to oracles, and who was always surrounded by unbelieving Epicureans sent a letter sealed with his signet to the oracle of Mopsus, requiring one of those answers that were received in a dream.

to Occurrences 97%

Hence the lips of men are too often sealed to the minister.

in Occurrences 90%

I learned curious facts about seals in those days.

on Occurrences 82%

Aristotle's rhetorical theories superseded those of the early text-books, and through the influence of his Rhetoric and the teaching of his pupil Theophrastus set their seal on subsequent rhetorical theory.

for Occurrences 34%

Why don't you kill a few bull seal for the 'trimmings'?" "Nothin' to do with a voodoo?" grunted Handy Solomon.

at Occurrences 25%

" It was all he could do not to go back and take her by her fragile old shoulders and force her to sign and seal at once.

from Occurrences 19%

"Ah! of course," exclaimed Hutcheson, taking out the brass seal from the safe and examining it minutely.

as Occurrences 11%

" Hosea was about to return the seal as beyond his knowledge, when this remark fell casually from the lips of the Signor Gradenigo.

into Occurrences 8%

And pa helped to lift the slippery seal into the tank, and looked mad at his little boy, and hurt the feelings of the senator's boy.

against Occurrences 5%

Is it an anomaly, a class by itself, a word sealed against all inquisitive attempts?

under Occurrences 5%

The swift-flashing fish are sealed under ice, the wood creatures gone to their underground sleep.

by Occurrences 5%

We killed seals by sequestrating the bulls, surrounding them, and clubbing them at a certain point of the forehead.

off Occurrences 4%

As soon as the representant had left the town, by dint of solicitation we prevailed on the municipality to take the seal off the rooms, and content themselves with selecting and securing my papers, which was done yesterday by a commission, formally appointed for the purpose.

without Occurrences 2%

It is the first time I have tasted seal without being aware of its particular flavour.

before Occurrences 2%

" "Your lips," suggested Polly sarcastically, "are, as far as I can see, usually sealed before our long-suffering, incompetent police and" "And you should be the last to grumble at this," he quietly interrupted, "for you have spent some very pleasant half-hours already, listening to what you have termed my 'cock-and-bull' stories.

beside Occurrences 2%

Let men be told that this is his secret signature, and when they see his seal beside it, will they not believe?

until Occurrences 2%

Vasari wrote to him from that city upon the 10th of March, informing him that the packing-case had duly arrived, and had been left under seals until his, Lionardo's, arrival at the custom-house.

up Occurrences 2%

I look forward to writing to you from New York. 'OLIVER GOGARTY.' Two evenings were passed pleasantly on the composition and the copying of this letter, and, not daring to entrust it to the postboy, he took it himself to Bohola; and he measured the time carefully, so as to get there a few minutes before the postmistress sealed up the bag.

within Occurrences 2%

Sealed within a cenotaph underneath are the remains of the great Akbar.

through Occurrences 1%

The countenance no fear Of death has marred, but on his face sublime The perfect soul has left its seal through time.

amid Occurrences 1%

They never quite got rid of a haunting dread that perhaps, after all, they might be nothing better than insignificant and unheeded atoms, swept hither and thither in the mighty eddies of an unseen, impersonal, mysterious agency, and destined hereafter "to be sealed amid the iron hills," or "To be imprisoned in the viewless winds.

towards Occurrences 1%

" "It must be admitted," wrote M. d'Argenson, "that the situation of Cardinal Fleury and the keeper of the seals towards one another is a singular one just now.

after Occurrences 1%

The keeping quality of the milk may be increased by reboiling it on three successive days for a half hour or longer, and carefully sealing after each boiling.

across Occurrences 1%

It came prepared, however, to transport the sufferer on a hand-barrow that had been used in conveying the skins of seal across the rocks.

Which preposition to use with  seal