Which preposition to use with urging

on Occurrences 185%

" Now this is precisely what the New York hackman invariably does before he gathers up the reins and urges on his "galled jades."

in Occurrences 156%

In short, having made up their minds that what I said was not true, they had an answer ready for all that I could urge in support of my character; and those who judged most christianly, defended my veracity at the expense of my understanding, and ascribed my conduct to partial insanity.

against Occurrences 116%

If Gifford was doubtful as to the expediency of the plan, and it was with a considerable amount of hesitation that he brought himself to agree to it, he seemed to have no good reason to urge against it.

to Occurrences 79%

He urged to them that the nations of the earth felt so much jealousy and ill-will towards one another, that they never cordially co-operated in any enterprise for their common interest or glory; and that if any one nation were to send an army into the moon, such a scheme of ambition would afford at once a temptation and pretext for its neighbours to invade it.

with Occurrences 54%

Full well he knew that he would ne'er return again How vehement and how beautiful they swept The Grey of Macha and the Black most bold And keen-eyed Laegh, the watchful and adept, Nor turn'd, nor spake, as on the chariot roll'd The steeds he urged with his red goad of gold

as Occurrences 50%

The paintings, or rather the stupendous architectural designs, of a modern artist, have been urged as objections to the theory of our motto.

for Occurrences 35%

And yet the right to secede was urged for many years, but Lincoln completed the work of Washington, Franklin, Madison and Hamilton by establishing that "a government for the people, by the people and of the people should not perish from the earth.

of Occurrences 26%

Desire is the ceaseless life-urge of all things, from amoeba to archangel.

of Occurrences 13%

Jack refused the prayerful urgings of the juniors, who pleaded tearfully to join him.

at Occurrences 10%

It was urged at one time, that the best road would have the grades undulating from one end to the other,so that the momentum acquired in one descent would carry the train almost over the succeeding ascent; and that very little steam-power would be needed.

by Occurrences 6%

That urged by thee, I turned the tuneful art From sounds to things, from fancy to the heart; For wit's false mirror held up Nature's light; Shewed erring pride, Whatever is, is right; That reason, passion, answer one great aim; That true self-love and social are the same; That virtue only, makes our bliss below; And all our knowledge is, ourselves to know.

from Occurrences 6%

It was now urged from the right quarter, and in a manner that was as sincere as it was gratifying.

along Occurrences 5%

Then as the pocket-like valves prevent the backward flow of the blood, the pressure of the various muscles of the body urges along the blood, and thus promotes the onward flow.

beyond Occurrences 4%

It is advisable, therefore, to give a sufficient calorimeter in all low pressure boilers, and a sufficient height of chimney to enable the chimney to operate without a steam jet; but it is useful to know that a steam jet is a resource in the case of a defective boiler, or where the boiler has to be urged beyond its power.

to Occurrences 4%

" Willie never required any urging to what his father wished.

on Occurrences 3%

The young of all animalsman among the restappear to have such an instinctive fondness for amusement, that so long as they are unrestrained, they seldom need any urging on this point.

from Occurrences 3%

"They have come with the expedition through no urging from me.

through Occurrences 3%

The blood of the animal having completed its course through all parts, and having had its waste recruited by the digested food, is now received into the heart, and by the action of that organ it is urged through the lungs, there to receive its purification from the air which the animal inhales.

into Occurrences 3%

He asks from two to four annas for the prayer sheet and finds many a purchaser in the crowd; and now and again he rolls the sheet into a thin tube and ties it round the neck of a sick child or round the arm of a sick woman, whom faith in Allah urges into the presence of the peripathetic healer.

for Occurrences 2%

Kent heard the chink of coin and the low-spoken urgings for haste at the receiving clerk's window; but he forbore to move until the cab had rattled away.

toward Occurrences 2%

I don't see how a murderer could ever be regarded as assisting in the onward urge toward sweetness and light, exactly.

in Occurrences 2%

The British government had done its best for the Loyalists in the treaty of peace and had urged Carleton, who needed no urging in such a cause, to do his best as well.

out Occurrences 2%

Dan Dalzell, who had been thunderstruck, and who was now full of questions, was being urged out of the room by Dave.

across Occurrences 2%

But we little know until tried how much of the uncontrollable there is in us, urging across glaciers and torrents, and up dangerous heights, let the judgment forbid as it may.

toward Occurrences 1%

Her talk that morning, many weeks ago, that had seemed to ramble so from one irrelevant matter to another,from the parable to her fancy-traveling, the scenes and pleasures she had made for herself, wondering if the real would ever come; to the linen-drawer, representing her little feminine absorptions and interests; and back to the fig-tree again, ending with that word,"the real living is the urging toward the fruit"?

Which preposition to use with  urging