Which preposition to use with worth
Let him alone till he proves the worth of what he is about.
It signifies the worth of Him whom we worship, that He is worthy,- -a worthy God, not merely because of what He has done, but because of what He is worth in Himself.
" "And how much is it worth to your neighbour?" "I presume nearly as much.
Why it is worth from four to five hundred head a-year.
In justifying the destruction of churches, cathedrals, etc., Herr Mittelmann asserts that "one single German soldier is of more worth than all the art treasures of our enemies" (p. 12).
Here were girls who possessed something infinitely higher than journalistic acumen; they were true women, with genuine womanly qualities and natures that betrayed their worth at a glance, as do ingots of refined gold.
But in this war time women have secured more than new and larger pay envelopes, for each belligerent has reckoned up the woman's worth as mother in coin of the realm.
Besides, now I think of it, there is, RudolphAh, Rudolph doesn't care a button's worth about me, I know.
Of short-horned stock, there is annually sold from £40,000 to £50,000 worth by public auction, independent of the vast numbers disposed of by private contract.
So friendly is the fire to flinty stone, That, struck therefrom and kindled to a blaze, It burns the stone, and from the ash doth raise What lives thenceforward binding stones in one: Kiln-hardened this resists both frost and sun, Acquiring higher worth for endless days As the purged soul from hell returns with praise, Amid the heavenly host to take her throne.
Scott determined to attack on both sides, and sent forward General William J. Worth on the east, and General Gideon J. Pillow and General David E. Twiggs on the west.
Yet, having deserv'd well both of Spaine and us, We will not pay thy worth with losse of life, But banish thee for ever.
for 1755, p. 42, among the deaths is entered 'Sir James Lowther, Bart., reckoned the richest commoner in Great Britain, and worth above a million.'
'I have ruined you, my poor boy,' he used to say; 'so you may as well take your money's worth out of me in bullying.'
Metaphysicians deal out this fact to the world over and over again, and all the philosophy of Locke, Newton, and Bacon would be of little worth without it.
There are not many millionaires in Ireland; no wonder old Brooks was a notability in his way, since his businessbacon curing, I believe it isis said to be worth over £2,000,000 of solid money.
At the prices which then ruled in the markets of Europe and America, three thousand five hundred barrels of spermaceti, with a due proportion of head matter, was known to be worth near an hundred thousand dollars; and might be set down as large a return for labour, as men could obtain under the most advantageous circumstances.
Thou who survey'st these walls with curious eye, Pause at this tomb where Hanmer's ashes lie; His various worth through varied life attend, 3 And learn his virtues while thou mourn'st his end.
Even the Shaggy Man had to prove his worth before staying on in Oz.
Really, what is life worth under such conditions?
"Do you really think it worth whilefor the few years that are left her?" "Worth while to see well for a few years!" exclaimed the doctor.
Sound fir timber is worth around seven dollars per thousand board feet in the log, got out of the woods, and boomed in the water ready to tow to the mills.
Why not an idol worth like this so much?
The amount of lumber made in these pineries in 1860 is estimated at twelve hundred million feet, worth between eight and nine millions of dollars.
It makes them improve their worth beyond itself, and of a forlorn impotent company become conquerors in a moment.