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
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
From her elevated vantage ground the girl could see the toll-house very distinctly, though she herself was partly hidden by a small clump of young locusts under which she had paused.
From The Night Riders A Thrilling Story of Love, Hate and Adventure, Graphically Depicting the Tobacco Uprising in Kentucky by Wood, Henry C.
Even to ourselves, who look back at the struggle between Christianity and Paganism from the vantage ground of history, it is difficult to realise the suddenness of the transition.
From Sermons by Lightfoot, J. B.
