Which preposition to use with talents

of Occurrences 372%

Here all was neatness and propriety: every thing was either in place, or only enough out of it to indicate the recent occupation of the room, or to show the taste or talent of the occupant; such as a book left half open at one end of an ottoman, and a piece of embroidery at the other.

for Occurrences 314%

She had great talent for music.

in Occurrences 158%

There is too little recognition of individual talent in the Church.

AS Occurrences 73%

(From the Daily Press.) "A SON OF ONE OF OUR WEALTHIEST RESIDENTS DISPLAYS GREAT TALENTS AS A SCULPTOR.

to Occurrences 63%

In the judgment of the Edinburgh Review, Tom Moore, who had just published his "Odes and Epistles" but had not yet begun his Irish melodies, is a man who "with some brilliancy of fancy, and some show of classical erudition ... may boast, if the boast can please him, of being the most licentious of modern versifiers, and the most poetical of those who, in our times, have devoted their talents to the propagation of immorality.

at Occurrences 18%

The latter did not show any remarkable talent at school, but learned easily, and was 'a very orderly scholar,' acquiring a fair amount of Latin but no Greek.

with Occurrences 17%

But I ain't got the nacheral talent with a gun that Sinclair has got.

by Occurrences 17%

If young, the middle-class Memon and Rangari is fond of the native theatres where he rewards Parsi histrionic talent by assiduous attention and exclamations of approval.

than Occurrences 15%

He had more quickness, more sensibility, more real talent than George; which enabled him to perceive, and caused him to feel more acutely, the partiality of his mother.

on Occurrences 11%

And so they are laughed at (and deservedly) as dreamers, as fanatics, as foolish unpractical people, who are wasting their talents on impossible fancies.

of Occurrences 9%

But I detain you too long upon things that are too personal to myself, and will defer giving the World a true Notion of the Character and Talents of Mr. ADDISON, till I can speak of that amiable Gentlemen on an occasion void of controversy.

from Occurrences 9%

"As a matter of fact she probably gets her talent from you.

like Occurrences 5%

Yet with talents like these, and an excellent heart, The man had his failings, a dupe to his art: Like an ill-judging beauty his colours he spread, And beplastered with rouge his own natural red; On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting 'Twas only that when he was off he was acting.

into Occurrences 5%

The Pedagogue no longer gets a chance at the gifted young rascal who needs, first and foremost, a premonitory whipping; the youthful genius simply stays away from school and carries his unwhipped talents into the market place."

among Occurrences 4%

I think this lack of adequate practice is one of the reasons why there is such a dearth of rising talent among lawn tennis players.

before Occurrences 4%

Mr. Spectator, You, who are no Stranger to Publick Assemblies, cannot but have observed the Awe they often strike on such as are obliged to exert any Talent before them.

without Occurrences 3%

31):'No Scotsman could write a book of respectable talent without calling forth his loud and warm eulogiums.

in Occurrences 3%

If all who have been obliged to these Talents in Estcourt, will be at Love for Love to-morrow Night, they will but pay him what they owe him, at so easy a Rate as being present at a Play which no body would omit seeing, that had, or had not ever seen it before.

as Occurrences 3%

Hook's Talents as an Improvisatore.

for Occurrences 3%

Such a Man, if he is Wise or Valiant, knows it is of no Consideration to other Men that he is so, but as he employs those high Talents for their Use and Service.

under Occurrences 2%

Why do we hide so many pretty talents under a bushel, when the church-door swings behind us?

above Occurrences 2%

He was introduced to John Pigot, a medical student of Edinburgh, and his sister Elizabeth, both endowed with talents above the average, and keenly interested in literary pursuits, to whom a number of his letters are addressed; also to the Rev. J.T. Becher, author of a treatise on the state of the poor, to whom he was indebted for encouragement and counsel.

beyond Occurrences 2%

The Duke had talent beyond the ordinary.

within Occurrences 1%

He is one of those that deserve very well, but are very awkward at putting their Talents within the Observation of such as should take notice of them.

along Occurrences 1%

" "Surely you accord her some natural talent along those lines.

Which preposition to use with  talents