"Favourable position" Quotes from Famous Books
... hold his ground against so large a force, he ordered two shots to be fired as a warning to de Brogue to advance to meet him, and fell back on his comrades. Indeed, the rebels had only pursued him till they had reached a favourable position, on which ... — Celebrated Crimes, Complete • Alexandre Dumas, Pere
... Browning and Keats are over there under the Encyclopedia Britannica," said Ernestine, roused to the necessity of securing a favourable position for her friends. ... — The Glory Of The Conquered • Susan Glaspell |