Which preposition to use with speculates

on Occurrences 155%

When I hadn't anything else to worry over, I used to lie awake at night and speculate on the purpose of those carpet tacks.

in Occurrences 69%

I knew a little boy years ago, a thoughtful, philosophic child, who speculated in his simplicity upon what he saw, as great philosophers do, in their wisdom, upon the various phenomena of Nature.

as Occurrences 48%

One of our corps of Philosophers (a trifle visionary, perhaps) has been speculating as to certain possible (or, perhaps, impossible) results flowing from the practice among publishers of ante-dating their monthly issues.

about Occurrences 40%

" It was not until they were called below by Mrs. Gilligan that they gave up speculating about the value of the trunk.

with Occurrences 22%

I replied that I could not give him the reason, unless it was to convert me into cash, and speculate with me as with other commodities.

at Occurrences 5%

"Oh, well, when you speculate at the Board of Trade, a railroad engineer is not a useful friend.

over Occurrences 5%

He marks out squares with his eye, making his plans for all, speculating over all; they are to be made green and fruitful.

without Occurrences 4%

But it was useless to speculate without facts.

amongst Occurrences 2%

It was a very brief Sunday sermon which Harry preached to me this afternoon, but it was an effective one, and out of the abundance of his good nature he gave me these well-remembered words of friendly warning, "Mr. Hawkins, I see you come here pretty regularly on Sunday afternoons; but I advise you not to speculate amongst us, for if you do we shall beat you.

for Occurrences 1%

He has just been electrophonoscopically attending the "Illinois Central" half-yearly meeting at New York, and, having speculated for the rise, finds that he has made a pot of money.

than Occurrences 1%

It was now that that bewildered and Pharasaical faith which had so long held this professor of religion in a bondage even more oppressive than open and announced sins, most felt the insufficiency of the creed in which he had rather been speculating than trusting all his life, to render the passing hour composed and secure.

of Occurrences 1%

He that without danger will know God, and will speculate of him, let him look first into the manger, that is, let him begin below, and let him first learn to know the Son of the Virgin Mary, born at Bethlehem, that lies and sucks in his mother's bosom; or let one look upon him hanging on the Cross.

to Occurrences 1%

"You've been converted mighty sudden, I reckon, from land speculating to preachingand preaching, too, against folks who tried to make a fortune for you.

among Occurrences 1%

They speculated among themselves as to who would be appointed to the vacancy on the High Court Bench.

through Occurrences 1%

And I knew another thing in that moment: poor Maisie, lying awake to listen for the tap at her window, so that she might get up and peep round the corner of her blind to assure herself that her Hughie was alive and safe, would have to lie quaking and speculating through the dark hours of that night, for here was work that was going to keep me busied till day broke.

Which preposition to use with  speculates