Which preposition to use with submission

to Occurrences 423%

" Thus did William Henry Smith see the door of the Church closed upon him with no vain regrets, but in a spirit of submission to his father's wishes.

of Occurrences 170%

The people are Protestants; and of that kind which is the most adverse to all implicit submission of mind and opinion.

on Occurrences 31%

A last attempt was now made by the Hungarians to negotiate peace with the court, but it failed, Windischgraetz being so elated with his success that nothing short of unconditional submission on the part of the country would satisfy him.

by Occurrences 20%

Nay, even the savage god of war, whose strength appalls the giants, repressed his wrathful bluster, being forced to such submission by this my son, and became gentle and loving.

in Occurrences 15%

I saw there was no submission in her obedience and made up my mind not to leave her until she had given up her will to mine.

from Occurrences 7%

This Hugh went as the King's ambassador to Rome, and having received promises of submission from the King, who awaited his return in the mother house of the Order in England, at Waverley, was successful in reconciling him with the Pope.

at Occurrences 7%

Henry completed his submission at Avranches on the 27th of September.

under Occurrences 5%

They delivered the Hebrew nation when it had sunk to abject submission under the kings of Syria, and when its glory and strength alike had departed.

as Occurrences 5%

Such a submission as this, of our reason to faith, takes not away the landmarks of knowledge: this shakes not the foundations of reason, but leaves us that use of our faculties for which they were given us. 11.

with Occurrences 4%

But she kissed himan act which combined the sweetness of submission with the glory of triumph!

into Occurrences 3%

Give yourself with a blind submission into the arms of the brown Fate, and he will lead you to new chambers of delight.

without Occurrences 2%

The Dutch governor hastily assembled his magistrates at the fort to consider public affairs; but, to his disgust, they favored submission without resistance.

than Occurrences 2%

If some proud monarchs by the fortune of war have fallen suddenly from as lofty an eminence as that of Croesus, it is certain that few have yielded with nobler submission than he to the decrees of fate.

after Occurrences 1%

Their even-breathing submission after the first agony is their tribute to its inevitableness.

throughout Occurrences 1%

In the previous history of Mexico a successful military revolution at the capital had almost universally been the signal for submission throughout the Republic.

before Occurrences 1%

When the expedition returned to Medina with the news, they found that the tribe in question had sent in its submission before the slaying of its members.

towards Occurrences 1%

Already, over the very infancy of Louis XV. was passing the breath of decay; little by little that people, as yet so attached to their young sovereign, was about to lose all respect and submission towards its masters; a trait long characteristic of the French nation.

among Occurrences 1%

There would be no contentment or submission among animals if they were endowed with the reason of men.

unto Occurrences 1%

In a very remarkable letter, subsequently addressed by Lady Lake to her successful opponent in this great case, she said:"I wish my submission could make you an innocent woman, and wash you as white as a swan; but it must be your own submission unto God, and many prayers, and tears, and afflictions, which, seeing you have not outwardly, examine your heart, and think on times past, and remember what I have written to you heretofore.

against Occurrences 1%

More than a hundred thousand human beings had died of misery, or under the lash, as the Minsk nuns were proved to have been killed, before he terrified these unhappy millions into a submission against which their consciences revolted.

for Occurrences 1%

The pope allowed Anselm to communicate with the prelates who had already received investitures from the crown; and he only required of them some submissions for their past misconduct [s].

Which preposition to use with  submission