Which preposition to use with themes

of Occurrences 470%

There, poetry has not wanted themes of great achievement and noble daring; but heroes have wanted poets.

for Occurrences 105%

Philosophy and Genius would have found, in his benevolent labours, the most ample theme for instruction, and the purest subject for universal panegyrick.

in Occurrences 48%

Mr. Beck approached that great theme in the spirit of a great judge; he marshalled his arguments with the skill of a great advocate, and the combination of these qualitiesqualities, highly appreciated everywhere, but nowhere more than in this Hall and among a Gray's Inn audiencehas given an epoch-making character to his work.

with Occurrences 33%

But as the young man's voicefallen into a melodious murmurceased, she took up the theme with unexpected earnestness.

on Occurrences 26%

More than once old Osborne asked Major Dobbin about Mrs. George Osborne,a theme on which the Major could be very eloquent.

as Occurrences 16%

It is plain that Lippi, left to himself, would never have chosen religious themes as such: it is equally plain, that having chosen them, he would naturally try to emulate and eclipse what was most admired in the great works of his predecessors and contemporaries.

to Occurrences 13%

From theme to theme with secret pleasure toss'd, Amidst the soft variety I'm lost: 100 Here pleasing airs my ravish'd soul confound With circling notes and labyrinths of sound; Here domes and temples rise in distant views, And opening palaces invite my Muse.

by Occurrences 10%

Then comes a summary of the entire theme by that widely known "friend of humanity," Elbert Hubbard.

from Occurrences 10%

Or you may make a list of such topics, writing each on a separate piece of paper; may jumble the slips in a hat; and may thus have always at your elbow a collection of satisfactory themes from which you may take one at random.

like Occurrences 7%

It is difficult to tear oneself away from themes like this, when the story one has still to tell is the story of Gerbéviller.

without Occurrences 5%

All this is done so unobtrusively that the Statesman resumes his theme without regarding her.

at Occurrences 5%

This paper comes out every week and devotes itself, as its forerunner, L'Assiette au Beurre, used to do, to one theme at a time, one phase or facet of the struggle, usually in the army, but also in civil life, where changes due to the War steadily occur.

than Occurrences 5%

It would not however be safe to infer that Shelley, at the precise time when he wrote Adonais, was really in a more definite frame of mind on this theme than at other periods of his life, or of a radically different conviction.

into Occurrences 4%

For the poet of "literary" epic, however, it is his own consciousness that must select the kind of theme which will fulfil the epic intention for his own day; it is his own determination and studious endurance that will draw the theme into the secrets of his being.

after Occurrences 3%

Besides, we get tired of a "manner" in conversation as in painting, when one theme after another is treated with the same lines and touches.

throughout Occurrences 2%

Theme Writing and Correcting.+Any written exercise, whether long or short, is called a theme throughout this book.

about Occurrences 2%

+Theme XV.+-Write a theme about one of the following subjects, using words that you think will be understood by your readers: 1.

under Occurrences 2%

It must be remembered, however, that the standard of verisimilitude naturally and properly varies with the seriousness of the theme under treatment.

before Occurrences 1%

This good fortune comes from the fact that it was the writer's habit "to test and explore," in a written or dictated sketch, the possible developments of any theme before embarking upon its treatment in detail.

against Occurrences 1%

There shall you see a puny boy start up, And make a theme against common lawyers; Then the old, unwieldy camels 'gin to dance, This fiddling boy playing a fit of mirth; The greybeards scrub, and laugh, and cry, Good, good!

during Occurrences 1%

Herbert found pleasure in the society of the young Earl, for St. Eval had penetrated the secret of his and Mary's love; though with innate delicacy he refrained from noticing it farther than constantly to make Mary his theme during his walks with Herbert, and speaking of her continually to the family, warming the heart of Emmeline yet more in his favour, by his sincere admiration of her friend.

among Occurrences 1%

Meanwhile, Fra Paolo was still the theme among the senators at large in the Council Chamber.

beneath Occurrences 1%

Alexandrian precept, handed on by Horace, gave to the five act division a purely arbitrary sanction, which induced playwrights to mask the natural rhythm of their themes beneath this artificial one.

Which preposition to use with  themes