Which preposition to use with wanderers

in Occurrences 63%

" "You are tired," said the wanderer in a tone that implied dislike of any denial.

of Occurrences 34%

"Come hither, Puck," said Oberon to this little merry wanderer of the night; "fetch me the flower which maids call Love in Idleness; the juice of that little purple flower laid on the eyelids of those who sleep, will make them, when they awake, doat on the first thing they see.

from Occurrences 32%

I was told afterwards that many of these were people who had neither money nor tickets for foodsome of them wanderers from town to town; anybody may meet them limping, footsore and forlorn, upon the roads in Lancashire, just now houseless wanderers, who had made their way to the soup kitchen to beg a mouthful from those who were themselves at death's door.

on Occurrences 28%

That a course of untoward circumstances, upon which he seemed unwilling to dwell, had changed his destination, and made him a wanderer on the face of the earth.

with Occurrences 11%

They would have given up their home and all they possessed, and become poor and homeless and wanderers with joy, if God, as they said, would have but spared their child.

to Occurrences 8%

Amongst the numerous illustrations of this mythological conception may be noticed the story told by Ovid, who relates how Baucis and Philemon were rewarded in this manner for their charity to Zeus, who came a poor wanderer to their home.

over Occurrences 8%

He is ever the same alert, vivacious, harsh-tongued wanderer over the white fields as over the summer meadows.

for Occurrences 6%

What hast thou done?his blood cries to me for vengeance: thou art cursed upon earth, a wanderer for ever.'

through Occurrences 6%

We shall see him in the autumn, when he has become a wanderer through the country.

among Occurrences 5%

"All this was many moons ago, and since then I have been a wanderer among strangers.

into Occurrences 4%

She had to direct wanderers into the right road, raise up the fallen, sometimes even carry the paralytic, and drag the unwilling by force, and all these deeds of charity were as so many fresh weights fastened to her cross.

by Occurrences 3%

This heavenly shield, soon as it is display'd, Dismays the vices that abhor the light; To wanderers by sea and land gives aid; Conquers dismay, recomforteth affright; Rouseth dull idleness, and starts soft sleep, And all the world to daily labour keep.

at Occurrences 2%

The Wanderer at first objected to this, because Scothouse was cousin to a person of whom he had suspicions.

like Occurrences 2%

In my wanderings I became acquainted with Dr. Martin Hesselius, a wanderer like myself, like me a physician, and like me an enthusiast in his profession.

of Occurrences 1%

In the present case, the name of Assenaji probably signifies the Wanderers of the Desert.

against Occurrences 1%

I was still in sight of the road, and the twilight was settling down gradually; the air was so clear that even in the absence of a moon, it was long after sunset before it was dark; so I could sit in my dwarf forest, and keep watch of the road to the west to see whether that woman was really a lonely wanderer against the stream of travel, or only a stray from some mover's wagon camped ahead of me along the road.

amid Occurrences 1%

WANDERERS Wide are the meadows of night, And daisies are shining there, Tossing their lovely dews, Lustrous and fair; And through these sweet fields go, Wanderers amid the stars Venus, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, Saturn, Jupiter, Mars.

down Occurrences 1%

The road, leaving on the right a low hill, or convex field, that heaved against the lower stars, now led the wanderers down a lane of hovels, among dim squares of smoky lamplight.

out Occurrences 1%

We must come, as we came before, like wanderers out of eternity for the brief adventure of time.

under Occurrences 1%

As good wine needs no bush, so good babes need no wood; but Messrs. McCLEERY and HUMPHRIES painted for them a quite nice one, where, after some very pleasant business with a brace of giant mushrooms that went up and down like a lift, the robins came and camouflaged the wanderers under a counterpane of fallen leaves, where they behaved much better than in ordinary beds.

up Occurrences 1%

" 'For beneath their pillared shade since Wordsworth wrote his poem, that Yew-tree grove has suggested to many a wanderer up Borrowdale, and visitant to the Natural Temple, "an ideal grove in which the ghostly masters of mankind meet, and sleep, and offer worship to the Destiny that abides above them, while the mountain flood, as if from another world, makes music to which they dimly listen.

within Occurrences 1%

No external danger, no opposition on the part of the nation, however steadfast, not even the fearful lessons of past experience, could check in the Jesuits the rage of proselytism; where fair means were ineffectual, recourse was had to military force to bring the deluded wanderers within the pale of the church.

across Occurrences 1%

And then before you were at the end of your journey, while you were still a wanderer across the desolate sea, happy in the thought of your dear love's fidelity, my courage gave way all at once, and I went down to Heatherly.

Which preposition to use with  wanderers