If not, bid him begone, for lookers-on hinder the work. '. From Wordnik.com. [Chatterbox, 1905.] Reference
At any rate, to lookers-on they seemed absorbed in one another. From Wordnik.com. [Blue Aloes Stories of South Africa] Reference
But there were other lookers-on with whom it was very different. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
Consequently, we were there in the position of lookers-on in Vienna. From Wordnik.com. [A Biographical Sketch of the Life and Character of Joseph Charless In a Series of Letters to his Grandchildren] Reference
These are the veterans who contribute most to the crowd of lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892] Reference
I never saw a party more diverted than were the lookers-on at this dance. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
I have heard that even among men, lookers-on are sometimes the best judges. From Wordnik.com. [Cat and Dog Memoirs of Puss and the Captain] Reference
The lookers-on took their places on benches and on the floor, as they preferred. From Wordnik.com. [Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day] Reference
Groups of lookers-on kept growing, too, until all the square was alive with them. From Wordnik.com. [Illustrated Science for Boys and Girls] Reference
Frank did not allow himself to pay the least attention to the shouting lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck] Reference
His eye falls on no one, but seems to pass beyond the lookers-on, and to rest on space. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 330, April 1843] Reference
It seemed to me I caught glances of pity passing between one and another of the lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Tudor A Romance of Old St. Augustine] Reference
Games between experts are watched with interest by quite a number of lookers-on, of every age. From Wordnik.com. [India and the Indians] Reference
British Army, one of the lookers-on in Naples, comes in, having just returned from "the front.". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 42, April, 1861] Reference
Afterward she ran on foot down the slope of the hill and joined the smiling crowd of lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [The Dragon Painter] Reference
Churches, sang psalms as they walked forward, amidst all the noise of the surrounding lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan] Reference
There was in this something so startling that the lookers-on were beside themselves with amazement. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 402, Supplementary Number (1829)] Reference
The lookers-on said nothing, but they doubtless expected some dreadful calamity would happen to me. From Wordnik.com. [Old Daniel] Reference
Protestant states, together with a numerous concourse of sympathizers and lookers-on, were present. From Wordnik.com. [The Vaudois of Piedmont A Visit to their Valleys] Reference
The laughter of the lookers-on didn't trouble him in the least; for he could laugh louder than any. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 83, September, 1864] Reference
The lookers-on stared to see the craft put off and drop down the river with a crew of one man each. From Wordnik.com. [In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India] Reference
It was thronged with people; some, idle lookers-on, others, eager expectants of friends or relatives. From Wordnik.com. [Elson Grammar School Literature v4] Reference
In the first place, I knew that what I did aright, I did not for the sake of lookers-on, but for my own. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Sayings of Epictetus] Reference
In return, he gave P. two, B. and myself each one paper of salt, similar to those given to the lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
It seemed to most of the thousands of lookers-on as though both biplanes left the green at the same instant. From Wordnik.com. [The Airplane Boys among the Clouds or, Young Aviators in a Wreck] Reference
Her fingers drummed applause on the glass, and the big player glanced quickly up and saw the two lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [Miss Theodosia's Heartstrings] Reference
The affections are too sacred for such outward showing, and the lookers-on are in a very disagreeable position. From Wordnik.com. [Manners and Social Usages] Reference
I know, as you say, that lookers-on see most of the game, and I am sure that you are perfectly genuine in your advice. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Blanche nor the Misses Evesham had ever taken part in anything of the kind, and declared in favour of being lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
She was far too skilful a manoeuvrer to give lookers-on such transparent grounds for designating her a match-making mother. From Wordnik.com. [Belles and Ringers] Reference
Many guests took their ease, and were mere lookers-on at the frolic; but a right goodly company put their shoulders to the wheel. From Wordnik.com. [Idle Hour Stories] Reference
José T. Monágas, which was soon suppressed, the administration of Paez was such as surprised all lookers-on in America and Europe. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859] Reference
Do all that is possible to keep back the crowd of curious lookers-on, whom a morbid curiosity has gathered about the injured person. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
He was also aware of inspiring entertainment for the lookers-on, with the feeling at such times that he, too, was an amused spectator. From Wordnik.com. [The Pool in the Desert] Reference
The leader of the outlaws stretched out his limbs and gave the man a good chance to make the search before the eyes of the lookers-on. From Wordnik.com. [Young Wild West at "Forbidden Pass" and, How Arietta Paid the Toll] Reference
There they danced gleefully, calling to the lookers-on and saying, "Young men, have a care; the choice you now make may have consequences.". From Wordnik.com. [Hebraic Literature; Translations from the Talmud, Midrashim and Kabbala] Reference
But they are nevertheless hideous inventions, and it is impossible for lookers-on to feel for wheelmen the cordial good will given so freely to. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885] Reference
This decision being put into effect, the excited crowd began to thin, and before long, with the exception of those who could render assistance, very few lookers-on remained. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880] Reference
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