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Example sentences for "placed himself"

  • Mesrour failed not to do as the caliph had commanded; and, as soon as the caliph went into the room where Abon Hassan lay, he placed himself in a little closet, from whence he could see all that passed.

  • I will obey you, replied Scheich Ibrahim; so, coming forward with a simpering countenance, to think he should be seated near so beautiful a creature, he placed himself at some distance from the Fair Persian.

  • Saladin purposed to intercept their passage; and he placed himself on the road with an army, amounting to three hundred thousand combatants.

  • When he reached the army neither his troops nor his Guard had been able to come up, and under those circumstances he placed himself at the head of the Bavarian troops, and, as it were, adopted the soldiers of Maximilian.

  • He placed himself, according to the common phrase of the time, astride of the Constitution of the year III.

  • On this day Captain Maitland took his seat at the end of the table, but on the following day, by Napoleon's request, he placed himself on his right hand, whilst General Bertrand took the top.

  • Mr. Van Buren accepted the nomination, and in so doing, placed himself in opposition to the general tenor of his political conduct in relation to slavery, and especially in what relates to its existence in the District of Columbia.

  • All the friends of the compromise blamed his impracticable opposition; and Mr. Calhoun, in joining in that blame, placed himself in the ranks of the cordial friends of the measure.

  • Having then departed from Rome, I know not why, he placed himself in Perugia with a master stone-cutter, who at the end of a year left him in charge of all his works.

  • He, assuming the name of Dmitri, placed himself at their head, and boldly commenced a march upon Moscow.

  • He placed himself at the head of other divisions of the army, and endeavored to distract the enemy and to divide their forces.

  • He placed himself in communication with Pomier and other chiefs.

  • He placed himself eagerly at the service of anyone who crossed the threshold.

  • Stephen, however, had been apprised of his coming, and having drawn up his forces in battle array, placed himself at their head.

  • The troops demanded to be led towards the Turkish territory, and Walter the Penniless, having in vain attempted to restrain their impatience, placed himself at their head.

  • He left it to come to Paris and study law; placed himself with an attorney; attempted literature without success; gambled on the Bourse and lost there.

  • Young Dardennes, to obtain grace for the equivocal origin of his convictions, placed himself in the front rank of these last.

  • With this impulse he climbed the little hedge bordering the road, placed himself on the top, and found himself several feet above the level of the lighted window.

  • Christy with a smile, as he placed himself in an attitude to be scrutinized by the commander.

  • Mesrour failed not to do as the caliph had commanded, and as soon as the caliph went into the room where Abou Hassan lay, he placed himself in a little raised closet, from whence he could see all that passed.

  • He placed himself in the middle, from whence he could see all that passed without being discovered; and the tree stood at the base of a single rock, so steep and craggy that nobody could climb up it.

  • The strand cliffs were still warm, and he placed himself down on one of the many arm chairs, that the cold had blasted out and the waves had polished smooth.

  • Then he placed himself in one of the arm chairs which the sea had sculptured from the cliffs, wrapped a blanket round him and with his knees crouched under his chin shut his eyes and seemed to fall asleep.

  • Do only as I tell you and you will at once be able to navigate a boat," replied the commissioner as he placed himself in front of the girl and helped her with the maneuvering.

  • So saying, he placed himself at the head of the troops.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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