Which preposition to use with weepings

of Occurrences 17%

"The incessant weeping of my wife, and the piteous complaints of the pretty babes, who not knowing what to fear, wept for fashion, because they saw their mother weep, filled me with terror for them, though I did not for myself fear death; and all my thoughts were bent to contrive means for their safety.

in Occurrences 13%

Thou art a babe weeping in a place of shadows, so will I go beside thee in the dark to soothe and comfort thee.

for Occurrences 10%

None of all the magic hosts, None remain but a few ghosts Of timorous heart, to linger on Weeping for lost Babylon.

over Occurrences 9%

The letter the ladies had found her weeping over was from Pendennyss, informing her of his want of success on that occasion.

from Occurrences 5%

Came the sound of muffled weeping from the crowd, while high above, in sky deepening to evening, a star twinkled.

at Occurrences 5%

" "Lad, it is the one thing we can do together, and after that?" A plaintive sound came to the ear of Anthony, and he looked down to see Sally Fortune weeping at the grave of Joan.

by Occurrences 5%

The trained nurse turns on the light, lifts the baby, hushes it, sings to it, rocks it, and stills its weeping by caresses and song.

on Occurrences 4%

He had seen the signs of weeping on Lady Mary's face as she stumbled over the threshold of the window into the very arms of John Crewys, and his feelings were divided between passionate sympathy with his divinity, and anger with the returned hero, who had no doubt reduced his mother to this distressful state.

to Occurrences 3%

The Flemish mercenaries vanished "like phantoms," or "like wax before the fire," and their leader, William of Ypres, the lord of Kent, turned with weeping to a monastery in his own land.

with Occurrences 2%

She told from the abundance of her heart how the Lord Jesus condescended to console Mary and Martha at the raising again of their brother Lazarus, and then, speaking of His weeping with them over the dead, she eructated the memory of the abundance of the Lord's sweetness, affectu et effectu (in feeling and expression?).

without Occurrences 1%

At first, there was a weeping without end, But time brings comfort, as the saying is; And so 'twas here.

before Occurrences 1%

No weeping before him.

like Occurrences 1%

With a thrill of emotion too intense for words, with a prayer in his heart too fervent for utterance, Mr. Eddy turned his tearful eyes toward Mary and saw her weeping like a child.

round Occurrences 1%

" These words went to Mary's heart, and she flew to her nurse, and hung weeping round her neck.

than Occurrences 1%

The primate, Warham, Archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to Cardinal Wolsey, "It is reported to me that when the people had orders to make bonfires for the capture of the King of France, many folks said that it was more reason for weeping than for rejoicing.

throughout Occurrences 1%

" "Content, too, to live in palaces, and eat from fine linen," said the Huguenot bitterly, "when the hands of the wicked are heavy upon your kinsfolk, and there is a breaking of phials, and a pouring forth of tribulation, and a wailing and a weeping throughout the land.

under Occurrences 1%

Whilst his companions fell away one by one and lay down to die, and the one native of the wilds was cowering weeping under a bush, he toiled on and managed to reach a little well which the blackfellow had formerly shown him.

until Occurrences 1%

" Their mother overheard them and took to weeping until day.

as Occurrences 1%

" ("Neither-white like Helena, Nor weeping as Magdelena, Neither Argus, nor yet quite blind, And having too a thickish rind, Resisting somewhat to the touch, And as a bull should weigh as much; Not eyeless, weeping, nor quite white, But firm, resisting, not too light.")

Which preposition to use with  weepings