Which preposition to use with villain

of Occurrences 50%

Theoretically, theatrically, and perhaps conventionally, his relations with her constituted him the villain of the piece.

in Occurrences 49%

When we see the comparative facility with which the detective slips the handcuffs on the villain in the last act of Adelphi dramas, we are apt to be misled as to the difficulty which police officers meet with in the execution of one of the most arduous parts of their duty.

to Occurrences 14%

"Oh! sir, I've been a villain to her!"

for Occurrences 9%

Let me perish, I repeat, if I am called a villain for nothing!She 'will have her uncle,' as Miss Harlowe requests, 'sounded about receiving her.

with Occurrences 8%

In those soaring days, let us hope that you played the villain with a swagger, or being cast in a softer role, that you won a pink and fluffy princess before the play was done.

at Occurrences 8%

How, her Father here to morrow, and here he says, that shall be the last Moment, he will defer the Marriage of Celinda to this Sot Oh God, I shall grow mad, and so undo 'em allI'll kill the Villain at the AltarBy my lost hopes, I

from Occurrences 7%

Craddock set his teeth, and vowed that if he had once been a villain from choice he would, at least, never be one by compulsion.

as Occurrences 6%

" "Again, I tell you, sir," said Marston, in a tone somewhat calmer, but no less stern, "such doubts as you describe have no existence; your unsuspecting ear has been alarmed by a vindictive wretch, an old scoundrel who has scarce a passion left but spite towards me; few such there are, thank God; few such villains as would, from a man's very calamities, distil poison to kill the peace and character of his family.

by Occurrences 5%

Quoth he, "I will wait no longer for the hanging of this rogue, but it shall be done forthwith, and that from the very tree whence he saved those three young villains by stepping betwixt them and the law.

on Occurrences 5%

I needed but a plot, a thread of action to string my villains on.

out Occurrences 3%

I count myself as tender-hearted as any other, and yet it would not have troubled my conscience had I put a few wounded villains out of the world, rather than let them live to commit yet more murders.

among Occurrences 3%

The villains among them provided the roast; But Money was forced to pay for the cost Both of their feasting and of their chamber cheer.

like Occurrences 2%

He lies that says so; Yet now I know thee, I do lie that say it, For if she be a villain like thyself, A perjur'd traitor, recreant, miscreant, Doga dog, a dog, has done't. SCAR.

without Occurrences 1%

" She rose to her feet, and, looking scornfully down upon him, exclaimed, "Then you acknowledge yourself a villain!not from premeditation, which would give your baseness some dignity, but a weakly fool, so tossed about by Fate that he is made a villain without either desire or resistance!"

after Occurrences 1%

Any man, friend or not, would take me for a villain after that.

down Occurrences 1%

" "If Joe knew about it, why didn't he track the villain down himself?" inquired Patsy.

during Occurrences 1%

"The Indians of all this department have behaved like villains during my absence, particularly the Indians of Leech Lake, committing the greatest depredations on our people, and would surely have murdered them if they had shown the least disposition to resist their aggravations.

into Occurrences 1%

Regardless of the memory of past kindness, the ruffian determined to possess himself of this place, and under the pretence of craving the hospitality of the rightful owner, introduced himself and fellow villains into the fortification.

than Occurrences 1%

If I were ever to write a melodrama, Margaret, I could wish for no more thorough-paced villain than a large fortune."

under Occurrences 1%

A self-seeking man will turn villain under the encroachment of other people's egotism.

about Occurrences 1%

"I'll tell you," said Bartley"by coming here to tempt, provoke, and insult the wretch whose soul you destroyed, by forcing me to assassinate the best man and the sweetest girl in England, when there were vipers and villains about whom it's a good action to sweep off God's earth.

Which preposition to use with  villain