Which preposition to use with speculator

in Occurrences 23%

But the mast and rigging were as obstinate as outside speculators in Wall street,they would not go by the board,and Mr. P. was obliged at last to break down the mast by main force.

of Occurrences 9%

For thirty years he had sincerely denounced the dangerous intrigues of the dishonest politicians and speculators of his country; he was a member of the League for the Rights of Man, and loved to make speeches for either cause, as it might happen.

with Occurrences 5%

The great majority of the ruling senatorial order regarded the system of the speculators with dislike, and not only conducted themselves in the provinces on the whole with more integrity and honour than these moneyed men, but often acted as a restraint on them.

on Occurrences 5%

Indeed, it has been thought by some speculators on the subject, that the bergs themselves are formed in part by a similar process, though snows undoubtedly are the principal element in their composition.

at Occurrences 5%

It has tended to keep open the public lands for entry by emigrants at Government prices instead of their being compelled to purchase of speculators at double or triple prices.

for Occurrences 3%

He was on the point of foreclosing a mortgage, by which he would complete the ruin of an unlucky land-speculator for whom he had professed the greatest friendship.

like Occurrences 2%

Sharp-sighted speculators like Dr. Petty, by whom the well-known Survey of Ireland was made, acquired immense tracts of land at little or no outlay.

behind Occurrences 2%

After the game was finished, Mr. Oakhurst drew the youthful speculator behind the door and thus addressed him: "Tommy, you're a good little man, but you can't gamble worth a cent.

than Occurrences 2%

Meanwhile, the actual value of this currency, and the effort required to obtain it, is decided much more by market speculators than its actual users.

from Occurrences 2%

Legal claims might be transferred to a third person by sale, exchange, or donation; but to prevent speculators from purchasing debts at low prices, it was ordered that the assignee should not be entitled to exact from the debtor more than he himself had paid to acquire the debt, with interest,a wise and just regulation.

throughout Occurrences 1%

This threw on the individual settler the obligation of keeping the road across his lot in good repair; but the large amount of crown lands and clergy reserves and land held by speculators throughout the province made this act of little avail.

to Occurrences 1%

John Worlington Dodds had many of the gifts which lead a speculator to success.

under Occurrences 1%

The first step in reassuring labour must be to bring the greedy private owner and the speculator under a far more drastic discipline than at present.

by Occurrences 1%

My character, as well with my professional brethren as with the public, is at stake upon it; for I would not be thought silly by the one, or a mere speculator by the other.

Which preposition to use with  speculator