fornent

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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

"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

When the door was put ajee, and the furm set fornent p. 76the 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 by Hardie, Charles Martin

Sure enough, on looking round, there was the kelpie stan’in’ in what they ca’ a fause ford, just fornent the auld kirk. 

From Folk-Lore and Legends Scotland by Anonymous

Poor Mary lies on Shupanga brae, "and beeks fornent the sun."

From The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 by Waller, Horace