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 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 Lodge, Henry Cabot

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

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