Which preposition to use with toiler

of Occurrences 292%

You and I enjoy it longer, because it brings back old memories and relieves us from the toils of business and the restraints of conventional life.

for Occurrences 136%

" WILLIAM MORRIS SECOND The trade of toil for money has led to many problems and discussions.

in Occurrences 133%

However, that shall not be an Incouragement to me to trouble the Criticks with new Occasion of affronting me, for endeavouring at least to divert; and at this rate, both the few Poets that are left, and the Players who toil in vain will be weary of their Trade.

at Occurrences 59%

His grandfather, who adopted him, failed in business; and Joseph Livesey commenced his career by doing the work of a domestic servant, as well as toiling at the loom.

with Occurrences 56%

It is one to dwell with, to toil with.

on Occurrences 40%

His backwoodsmen were wild and reckless fellows, incapable of discipline, and soon took themselves off to the settlements, while we toiled on westward through the now unbroken forest.

through Occurrences 32%

Lying in bed and listening to their dreary music had a pleasure in it akin to that which Lucretius describes in witnessing a ship toiling through the waves while we sit at ease on shore, or that which Byron speaks of as to be enjoyed in looking on at a battle by one "who hath no friend, no brother there.

over Occurrences 25%

There are in that whitish tract which separates the countries on the southern shores of the Mediterranean from the rest of Africa, thousands of human beings at this moment toiling over that dreary ocean of sand, to whom a draught of fresh water would be a blessing, and the simplest meal a luxury.

from Occurrences 20%

We rowed along the shore in the boats, to see if we could find any suitable place for landing, but, after toiling from morning till night, we found no way or passage which we could enter and disembark.

to Occurrences 19%

He himself, though his ship was carried away by the tempest, yet, by the great pains and skill of the sailors and pilots, resisted it and reached the land, with great toil to the rowers, and beyond everyone's expectation; for the rest of the fleet was overpowered by the gale and scattered.

of Occurrences 18%

remarked the sturdy, brown-faced toilers of the sea, grinning knowingly.

after Occurrences 15%

She was not changed, as she expected, but so much like herself; stillstill perplexed, and feeling herself foolish; not understanding: toiling after a something which she could not grasp.

under Occurrences 13%

" Unceasing toil under the blazing sun, combined with the discipline of the overseers, speedily wore down Gaddo's strength, already impaired by captivity and ill-treatment.

like Occurrences 12%

By toils like these alone, he cries, Th' adventurous youths to greatness rise; If bloated indolence were fame, And pompous ease our noblest aim, The orb that regulates the day Would ne'er from Aries' mansion stray.

as Occurrences 11%

His old father toiled as ten men.

along Occurrences 11%

Even when the traveller, after toiling along these dreadful pathways, comes near a town or village, he generally finds that the approach to it is practicable only by ascending irregular steps, cut out of the solid rock, on which they are built.

among Occurrences 10%

It is true he was dressed in a rude Indian garb, and had a red belt or sash swathed round his body; but his face was neither black nor copper-color, but swarthy and dingy, and begrimed with soot, as if he had been accustomed to toil among fires and forges.

by Occurrences 10%

Mental Science does not offer a premium to idleness, but it takes, all work out of the region of anxiety and toil by assuring the worker of the success of his labour, if not in the precise form he anticipated, then in some other still better suited to his requirements.

into Occurrences 9%

The "day off" means a concentration of the usual toil into a few hours, followed by a hazy passing show that she is too weary to enjoy.

in Occurrences 9%

I've trudged life's highway up and down; I've watched the lines of men march by; I've seen them in the busy town, And seen them under country sky; I've talked with toilers in the ranks, And walked with men whose hands were white, And learned, when closed were stores and banks, We're nearly all alike at night.

without Occurrences 8%

The men were treating them most cruelly, and once or twice they lowed so piteously, that we have translated it into "THE OXEN'S APPEAL." Working and toiling the whole of the day, Working and toiling without any pay, Only perchance a few mouthfuls of hay, From earliest dawn till late.

across Occurrences 6%

It had towered there ahead of them as they jerked and toiled across the interminable flat in their accompanying cloud of dust.

against Occurrences 5%

Hence, in Hamburg, sailors, after long toiling against a contrary wind, on meeting another ship sailing in an opposite direction, throw an old broom before the vessel, believing thereby to reverse the wind.

during Occurrences 4%

But among the mariners a general stillness prevailed, such as befitted their toil during the day, and their ordinary habits.

beneath Occurrences 4%

About the feet of those in the valley the waves of the out-reaching city beat and break, and out on the hill-sides they stand like mighty fortresses built to guard the lives and fortunes of the multitudes who toil beneath them.

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