Which preposition to use with spurred

of Occurrences 313%

It was undoubtedly a portion of some ruined building; yet now I made out that it was not built upon the edge of the chasm itself, as I had at first supposed; but perched almost at the extreme end of a huge spur of rock that jutted out some fifty or sixty feet over the abyss.

to Occurrences 160%

The other man and myself put spurs to our horses and made a dash for our lives.

on Occurrences 62%

My mule seemed to have gotten his second wind, and as I was on the old road I had played the whip and spurs on him without much cessation.

into Occurrences 50%

As she spoke she turned her horse suddenly, stuck spurs into him, and dashed off at full gallop towards her own country.

in Occurrences 23%

My boythe papersthe swordsAylorffAylorff" "'Shh-h-hmama" "It came through his heart out the backa blade with two sidesout the back when I opened the door; the spur in his face when he fell, Shilathe spur in his facethe beautiful face of my boymy Aylorffmy husband before himthat died to make free!"

at Occurrences 16%

As we were carried slowly at no great distance from the ground, managing our birds with ease by a touch on either side of the neckthey are spurred at need by a slight electric shock communicated from the hilt of the sword, and are checked by a forcible pressure on the wingsI asked Ergimo why the thernee were not rather shot than hunted, since utility, not sport, governs the method of capturing the wild beasts of Mars.

from Occurrences 12%

'Tis as though I missed somewhat, and yet" But now came Roger, a dusty figure, spurring from the rear: "Master," he cried, pointing with eager finger, "O master, the keep where is the great keep that stood yonder?" "Aye, verilythe keep!" nodded Sir Benedict, clapping mailed hand to thigh, "and 'twas a great and mighty hold as I do mind me!" Now looked they gloomily on each other and halted their array what time

for Occurrences 11%

For my own part I never turned my head, but I touched Violette with the spur for the first time and flew after the leader.

with Occurrences 9%

" Now, all at once, the General felt the tremendous fatigues of the day; there was a wild, swimming, whirling sensation in his head that forced him to let his eyelids sink down; yet, just there, in the midst of his painful bewilderment, he realized with ecstatic complacency that the most martial-looking man in Louisiana was standing in his spurs with the hand of Louisiana's queenliest woman laid tenderly on his arm.

after Occurrences 6%

For a moment she was on the verge of spurring after him, but she kept the rein taut and merely stared until he dipped away among the hills.

as Occurrences 5%

" "Thou wrongest me, Robin," said the Knight, "for listen: I have a son but twenty winters old, nevertheless he has won his spurs as knight.

along Occurrences 5%

Ajax beating down the Trojan leader with a rock which two ordinary men could scarcely lift; Horatius defending the bridge against an army; Richard, the lion-hearted, spurring along the whole Saracen line without finding an enemy to withstand his assault; Robert Bruce crushing with one blow the helmet and head of Sir Harry Bohun in sight of the whole array of England and Scotland,such are the heroes of a dark age.

than Occurrences 3%

He rolled about like a tipsy man, holding on, in fact, far more by his spurs than by his knees, to the utter infuriation of Shiver-the-timbers, who kicked and snorted over the down like one of Mephistopheles's Demon-steeds.

towards Occurrences 3%

At this Marmion mounted and spurred towards the Scots, by whom he was instantly set upon, wounded, and dragged from the saddle.

toward Occurrences 2%

The truth is otherwise: your postulant approaches not spurred toward you by vainglory, but rather by equity, and equity's plain need to acknowledge that he who seeks to write of noble ladies must necessarily implore at outset the patronage of her who is the light and mainstay of our age.

through Occurrences 2%

" She rose into the misty sky, A brooding menace hid on high, Ere she dipped earthward suddenly As dips the silver swallow; Then, spurring through the rushes grey, Cried WILLIAM, "Sirs, away, away!

around Occurrences 2%

"I will wear my spurs around my wrists, if you say, tie roses in the fringe of my chaps, bind my hat with a big red silk bandanna, and put streamers on P.D.'s bits!"

against Occurrences 2%

On the southern shore of a frozen lake, I encountered an extensive field of hard, granular snow, up which I scampered in fine tone, intending to follow it to its head, and cross the rocky spur against which it leans, hoping thus to come direct upon the base of the main Ritter peak.

by Occurrences 2%

The following day they went down through the ravines and across the spurs by a stony and precipitous path, in the midst of magnificent scenery, and camped at the mouth of Grassy Creek.

behind Occurrences 2%

The voice and the jingle of spurs behind her told Lenore of the presence of the best liked of all her father's men.

unto Occurrences 2%

With the Khabyles a string of love-songs is called "Alamato," because this word occurs in the first couplet, always with a belligerent inspiration: "He has seized his banner for the fight In honor of the Bey whose cause he maintains, He guides the warriors with their gorgeous cloaks, With their spurs unto their boots well fastened, All that was hostile they destroyed with violence; And brought the insurgents to reason.

without Occurrences 1%

A description of a church that has principally ceased to exist, is in general very, very, very dry; inscriptions on tombstones, without comment, or moral, are hard reading; an old pan dug up among rubbish proves a sore affliction in the hands of the antiquary, and twenty pages quarto, with plates, about a rusty spur without a rowel, is, in our humble opinion, an abuse of the art of printing.

across Occurrences 1%

He swung up on Gray Leg and spurred across the mesa.

among Occurrences 1%

In vain a few devoted officers spurred among them, and called on them to rally; they broke from the ranks in every quarter of the field, and rushed madly up the hillsides and into the shelter of the trees.

beside Occurrences 1%

But hereupon Black Roger spurred beside Beltane, his eyes wide and fearful in the shadow of his helm, his strong, mailed hand a-tremble on Beltane's arm.

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