vantage ground
Example Sentences
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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
Forgetting in her haste the dreaded reptiles, she flew quickly to the rocks above, where, having gained a vantage ground of comparative safety, she paused to mark the unaccustomed pageant below.
From Baron Bruno Or, the Unbelieving Philosopher, and Other Fairy Stories by Morgan, Louisa
Meanwhile, from the superior vantage ground of her seniority, she had been making one or two studies of him; and the result of them induced her to give him a hint as to May's prospects.
From That Unfortunate Marriage, Vol. 2 by Trollope, Frances Eleanor
Youth looked back upon from the vantage ground of middle age is as a railway journey compared with a summer day’s boating on a broad, calm river.
From A Word to Women by Humphry, Mrs. C. E.
He watched from a safe vantage ground until he saw her give a quiet glance round, and then surreptitiously slip away.
From Paddy-The-Next-Best-Thing by Page, Gertrude
