It is a dangerous position for me to stand in, and I should in ordinary circumstances have let the affair remain a mystery.

We were in good position for the enemy to mow us down with bullets, and in such close formation that only those in the outermost ranks could use their weapons to advantage.

He said, deeply agitated: "What a terrible position for me to be inwith a friend suddenly gone mad in the streets of New York and running after a basket containing what he believes to be a cat.

" "It's a very awkward position for you," I said, "but I should think there will not be much difficulty in obtaining the permission of the Court to presume death and to proceed to prove the will.

" Here was a nice position for a man to find himself in.

Wood, water, and commanding position for defense!

XLIX.Perceiving that Ariovistus kept himself in camp, Caesar, that he might not any longer be cut off from provisions, chose a convenient position for a camp beyond that place in which the Germans had encamped, at about 600 paces from them, and having drawn up his army in three lines, marched to that place.

It is a cruel position for the Parisians who are obliged to choose between a regular Government which they would desire to obey, but which by its faults renders such obedience impossible, and an illegitimate power, that, although guilty in its acts, and stained with crime, still represents the opinions of the republican majority.

He has even said that if I wished, he would find a more suitable position for me; but what position could he give me?

Before twelve o'clock we had found a good position for the tent, at a height of eleven thousand feet.

Congestion of the laminal blood-vessels and consequent laminitis occurs when animals are made to maintain a standing position for prolonged periods, as, for instance, when making sea voyages.

This, it would seem, is ample; but we now find the eccentric, K, no longer in the right position for backing; when the engine is reversed it ought to be at, P, the angle, POL, being equal to the angle, KOL.

A Frenchman alsoM. Machphotographed a plant of rapid growth twice a day from exactly the same position for fifty consecutive days.

I have sometimes sat in this interesting position for a whole morning; and should probably have continued it through the afternoon had not Fred, or Henry, perceiving my employment, come slyly behind me and caused me to start suddenly, which always dislodged the troublesome tooth.

Their position for carrying on their industry was an exceptionally favorable one, for the waters teem with fish all the year round, and in March and April whales abound.

" "That was a good position for a fort, where the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers join to make the Ohio," commended Roger.

And he's not in any better position for being friendly to you than I amhe's married.

The best position for them is a sheltered one where they can get a moderate amount of sunshine to develop the flower-buds.

" The two armies marched over the Low Countries and Flanders, seeking out both of them the most favorable position for commencing the attack.

A new position for them, and as formidable as it was grand.

Frequently he informed the commandant that the Rebels were about to open upon us with a dozen heavy batteries, which they were planting in position for a long siege.

Laboring patiently in this humble position for eight years, he was at last rewarded by being transferred to the Gymnasium at Carlsruhe, with the rank of Sub-Deacon.

Select position for night quarters.

He remained in this position for nearly a minute, and the captain gazed at him with a beaming face.

It was a strange position for a young woman to be inthat of watcher over the marriage relations of two persons, to neither of whom she could be a friend otherwise than ab extra.