stander-by

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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

He committed the care of these forces to Hortensius, and himself spent the day in public as a stander-by and spectator of the gladiators, who exercised before him.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

The world, a willing stander-by, Inclines to aid a specious lie: Alas! they would not do you wrong; But all appearances are strong.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 1 by Browning, William Ernst

Too long I bore this weighty pack,   As Hercules the sky; Now take him you, Dan Atlas, back,   Let me be stander-by.

From The Poems of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Volume 2 by Browning, William Ernst

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