stander-by
Example Sentences
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The probe of criticism must be entrusted to an impartial stander-by, of fine talents and unshaken probity.
From The Best of the World's Classics, Restricted to Prose, Vol. VII (of X)—Continental Europe I by Henry Cabot Lodge
Captain B——n asked a stander-by what volunteer corps was parading to-day: "Why, I don't rightly know; but I guess it may be the Taunton Juvenile Democratic Lancers."
From Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II. by Tyrone Power
Sin seldom or never terminates in one person; but the pernicious example of one, doth animate and embolden another; or thus, the beholding of evil in another, doth often allure a stander-by.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 02 by John Bunyan
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
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 Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
