Sentence:  But now this visit of my soft warm hand in those so sensible parts had put every thing into such ungovernable fury that, disdaining all further preluding, and <WSD>taking advantage of</WSD> my commodious posture, he made the storm fall where I scarce patiently expected, and where he was sure to lay it 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  To use or make use of.