stander-by
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A poor excuse, but an heart affecting one; for many times want of wit and cunning to defend ourselves, doth affect and turn the heart of a stander-by to pity us.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by Bunyan, John
He was sensible of his error when too late, and oft reproaches Atticus that, being a stander-by, and less heated with the game than himself, he would suffer him to make such blunders.
From The Life of Cicero Volume One by Trollope, Anthony
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
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
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
