Which preposition to use with weals

of Occurrences 25%

His illusion was at first explained as the effect of a peculiarly vivid dream; but when he declared his intention of actually holding a service and conducting a procession for the weal of his namesake and predecessor, the conviction became universal that the rats had effected a lodgement in his Holiness's upper storeys.

to Occurrences 6%

Wayeeses had chosen her den well, on the edge of the untrodden solitudessixty miles as the crow fliesthat stretch northward from Harbor Weal to Harbor Woe.

by Occurrences 4%

" "Proceed, son," said the Pope; "we will not be deterred from providing for the public weal by the ribaldry of a ratcatcher.

across Occurrences 4%

A weal across one of her white arms and a dog-whip upon the floor were enough to show that our escape had hardly been in time to save her from his brutality.

in Occurrences 3%

Perhaps the following telegram sent by the manager of the Lake Hotel to Major Pitcher illustrates with sufficient clearness the mutual relations of the bears, the tourists, and the guardians of the public weal in the Park.

for Occurrences 3%

It's out of the course of nature!' Lancelot tried in vain to make him understand that a man might sacrifice everything to conscience, and actually give up all worldly weal for what he thought right.

on Occurrences 2%

Where the Trail Begins From a cave in the rocks, on the unnamed mountains that tower over Harbor Weal on the north and east, a huge mother wolf appeared, stealthily, as all wolves come out of their dens.

against Occurrences 2%

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each the guardian of the public weal against invasions by the others, has been evinced by experiments ancient and modern, some of them in our country and under our own eyes.

at Occurrences 1%

" The joy and bliss that late I did possess, In weal at will, with one I loved best, Is turned now into so deep distress, As teacheth me to know the world's unrest.

before Occurrences 1%

20. The men of the city put forward Papirius as dictator, and fearing that Rullus might be unwilling to name him on account of his own experiences while master of the horse, they sent for him and begged him to put the common weal before a private grudge.

as Occurrences 1%

I saw a countenance lean like a starved wolf, with great weals as of old wounds on cheek and brow.

Which preposition to use with  weals