stander-by

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"I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman's feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of."

From Mansfield Park by Austen, Jane

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 Bunyan, John

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

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 Power, Tyrone

Farther, Horace is not merely the stander-by contemplating the game in which objective mankind is engaged.

From Horace and His Influence by Showerman, Grant