vantage ground
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From the vantage ground of these two lofty technicalities, Sir Eric Drummond, the Ambassador of Victoria's grandson, was entitled to gaze reproachfully upon Benito Mussolini last week and did in fact so gaze.�
From Time Magazine Archive
He plants his standard on the present, as on a vantage ground, where he can survey his field, and manoeuvre all his force, and compute the battle he is to fight.
From The Principles Of Secularism by Holyoake, George Jacob
Jean, the lynx-eyed, from his vantage ground in the tavern doorway, caught sight of La Souris' suspicious manœuvres.
From When a Cobbler Ruled a King by Seaman, Augusta Huiell
On this vantage ground, the scheme of necessity may be erected beyond the possibility of an overthrow.
From An Examination of President Edwards' Inquiry into the Freedom of the Will by Bledsoe, Albert Taylor
They drew lots for this vantage ground, and he, who won, after a copious perspiration, produced the following line— Here lies Dickson, Provost of Dundee.
From Dealings with the Dead, Volume I (of 2) by School, A Sexton of the Old
