Which preposition to use with writing

to Occurrences 5372%

I had written to Madame Grevy to ask if she would receive me before I left for Italy.

in Occurrences 4083%

He was quite proud of that daily record and remembered to write in it on an average of once a week.

on Occurrences 1491%

There is still more force and "go" about No. 6: it was written on "Wednesday night, past 12," and also in haste.

of Occurrences 1484%

Who, indeed? Out of that leaf-writing, and bark-etching, and later rune, have grown the printed writings of mankind.

for Occurrences 918%

I'll tell Edith you'll write for rooms.

with Occurrences 787%

He had, however, soon the misfortune to be discovered by Balty Mahu, and, in consequence, Veenah is debarred from pen and ink, but contrives to acquaint her lover that their intercourse has been discovered, by a short note, written with a burnt stick.

of Occurrences 744%

No doubt, this is as it should be; for, by waiting, I see the incidents more truly, and write of them in a calmer and more judicial frame of mind.

about Occurrences 699%

Your correspondent who writes about "The Real Estate of Woman," will be relieved to find that the threatened dearth in husbands can be so readily obviated.

at Occurrences 563%

Of one thing, I am certain, that, had it not been for my sister's untiring love and nursing, I had not been writing at this moment.

from Occurrences 526%

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from Occurrences 516%

On his way he wrote from Marseilles to his mother; and, after telling her of the sights and scenes he has witnessed, mentions that he will leave Marseilles "D.V. on Monday for Constantinople".

without Occurrences 480%

If the second copy is also defective, you may demand a refund in writing without further opportunities to fix the problem.

in Occurrences 262%

" The Brahmin then added: "Though our party are the only voyagers of which authentic history affords any testimony, yet it is probable, from obscure hints in some of our most ancient writings in the Sanscrit, that the voyage has been made in remote periods of antiquity; and the Lunarians have a similar tradition.

on Occurrences 167%

The writing on the other envelope puzzled her.

under Occurrences 159%

Your letters clearly showed that you wrote under the influence of an intense emotionan emotion which I can both understand and respect, but which might well make it impossible for you to accord a dispassionate reception to a reply which controverted your own views.

as Occurrences 150%

Annihilation is written as the doom of both.

to Occurrences 127%

I am sure the Rogue did love her; and since it was not to marry her, it was for the thing you wot on, as appears by his writing to her nowBut yet, I will not believe what this Boy said, till I see it.

against Occurrences 112%

When the proposal to make government paper a legal tender for debts was before Congress, he opposed it with great zeal, writing against it in the democratic journals.

after Occurrences 110%

He was never an early riser, worked always very late (said his best despatches were written after midnight), and didn't care about beginning his day too early.

during Occurrences 107%

Most of the German music that has been written during the last three centuries is played by the orchestra during these intermissions.

for Occurrences 90%

"An undergraduate, who has read Herbert Spencer, Comte and Voltaire," said he, "cannot demean himself to letter-writing for the public," to which she justly replied that an education which prevents a man earning his daily bread must be worthless.

without Occurrences 80%

I would not do it were I not accustomed to read and write without the smallest amount of mischief.

like Occurrences 80%

Let writing like a Gentlemanfine appear, But must you needs judge too en Cavalier?

before Occurrences 79%

This charge does not affect Livy, indeed, for he copied only what others had written before him; but he did not allow his own conviction to appear as he generally does, for he treats the whole of the early history with a sort of irony, half believing, half disbelieving it.

by Occurrences 60%

Adonais is the first writing by Shelley which has been included in the Clarendon Press Series.

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