stander-by
Example Sentences
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None but a perfectly cool stander-by, and one previously acquainted with Mrs. Falconer's character, could have seen all that Alfred saw.
From Tales and Novels — Volume 07 by Maria Edgeworth
After all the maxims and systems of trade and commerce, a stander-by would think the affairs of the world were most ridiculously contrived.
From The Battle of the Books and other Short Pieces by Jonathan Swift
I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken!
From Characteristics of Women Moral, Poetical, and Historical by Mrs. (Anna) Jameson
In my conscience, I think the common observation just: a stander-by sees more of the game, than he that plays.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Samuel Richardson
Farther, Horace is not merely the stander-by contemplating the game in which objective mankind is engaged.
From Horace and His Influence by Grant Showerman
