stander-by

Example Sentences

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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 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

A stander-by may see more of the game than one that plays.

From Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 3 by Richardson, Samuel

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 Richardson, Samuel

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

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