fornent
Example Sentences
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When the door was put ajee, and the furm set fornent the fire, I gave Isaac a dram to keep his heart up on such a cold stormy night.
From The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself by Moir, David Macbeth
Whiles I wad sleep and whiles wad wake, an’ whiles was mair than surly; I wondered sair as I sat there fornent the eyes o’ Nerli.
From Robert Louis Stevenson: a record, an estimate, and a memorial by Japp, Alexander H. (Alexander Hay)
"And is it there ye're lying on the broad of yer back, and me as sick as a dog fornent ye?"
From The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer — Volume 1 by Lever, Charles James
I think truly there was not much sleep for Margaret, even as she said, for did not I hear her moving, and I would be thinking of her turning and twisting fornent the image-glass.
From The McBrides A Romance of Arran by Sillars, John
Bonaparte gathered his host fornent the English coast, and the government at London were in terror of their lives for an invasion.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 04 — Fiction by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir
