stander-by

Example Sentences

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Whereupon a stander-by asks Duncan if he would wrestle with him.

From History of the Mackenzies, with genealogies of the principal families of the name by Mackenzie, Alexander

It was as though a stander-by had overheard tidings given by a king to his servant, and had presumed to hear them himself, as it were Achimaas the son of Sadoc.

From The History of Richard Raynal, Solitary by Benson, Robert Hugh

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 Edgeworth, Maria

His pocket is seldom without a Greek testament or Hebrew bible, which he opens only in the church, and that when some stander-by looks over.

From Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters by Earle, John

Farther, Horace is not merely the stander-by contemplating the game in which objective mankind is engaged.

From Horace and His Influence by Showerman, Grant