standing-ground

He had, however, as he was aware, thrown a great deal of expression into his inquiries after her health, and he had, now to calculate how he could best use the standing-ground that he had made for himself.

The Claverings 2005

She looked at him as she slowly receded to her former standing-ground, but he never for a moment suspected the nature of her purpose.

Lady Anna 2004

Defeated in the attempt to act like a strong man, he could not yet recover standing-ground, knew not how to tone his utterances.

New Grub Street 2003

There is no longer any standing-ground beneath his feet and he could not be driven into a deeper despair if God himself had yielded to temptation.

The Redemption of David Corson Charles Frederic Goss

The cattle which remain in the village are taken by the owners in the early morning to the _khirkha_ or central standing-ground.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Surely not; it was the rock: _that_ was his standing-ground.

Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson

Filled with frenzy at this idea, he rushed out upon deck, where the general apparent confusion confirmed his fears; then he sprung upon the bulwarks, gazed around him in utter dismay at the crew in busy motion about him, tottered on his insecure standing-ground, caught at a rope to save himself; missed it, and then, with a terrible shriek of horror and despair, fell headlong overboard into the boiling waters.

Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson

Here was his brother living amongst them, and yet, having taken the vows of some self-imposed duty upon him, he was looking down upon them all as though from some higher standing-ground.

Amos Huntingdon T.P. Wilson

Just so with the pledge; it is not the Christian abstainer's standing-ground.

Frank Oldfield Lost and Found T.P. Wilson

There is, then, no standing-ground left for a narrowly individualistic

Christianity and Progress Harry Emerson Fosdick