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

A better vantage ground for a weary wayfarer need not be desired.

From Through East Anglia in a Motor Car by Vincent, J. E. (James Edmund)

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

At these times the animosity shown in some of the cartoons seems rather surprising, when looked at from the sober vantage ground of later years.

From The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature by Cooper, Frederic Taber

Now, however, he conceived himself to stand on high vantage ground, and appealed to the aerial reflection as a splendid miracle wrought for his behoof.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Leighton, Alexander