Spectator

Examples

• The average spectator today can see a defect in an exhibited film as quickly as an expert. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• I am no farther interested than as a spectator, said he, with a modesty, admirable, as I thought, to witness. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Whilst, for instance, the spectator is looking at the interior of a church, he sees the objects gradually assuming different appearances. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• It also gave me an opportunity of hearing passing remarks from one spectator to another about their general. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Nor was Mr. Bumble's gloom the only thing calculated to awaken a pleasing melancholy in the bosom of a spectator. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• In this case one of the angles at the back of the box is not apparent, but the colored stripes prevent the spectator from noticing the fact. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Tarzan was an interested spectator. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• They appear equally virtuous, and recommend themselves equally to the esteem of a judicious spectator. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• In language which seems to reach beyond the horizon of that age and country, he is described as 'the spectator of all time and all existence. Plato. The Republic.
• Then I compared my Spectator with an original, discovered some of my faults, and corrected them. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It cannot be the idle view of an unconcerned spectator. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• The spectator may be supposed to look at the heavenly bodies, either from above or below. Plato. The Republic.
• Then how can he who has magnificence of mind and is the spectator of all time and all existence, think much of human life? Plato. The Republic.
• Whilst gazing in wrapt admiration at the architectural beauties of the cathedral, the spectator's attention was disturbed by sounds underground. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• But this is an advantage, that concerns only the owner, nor is there any thing but sympathy, which can interest the spectator. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• There was a short silence, during which the two spectators approached the bed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• This simple Experiment at once proved the effect of the Bomb Submarine to the satisfaction of all the Spectators. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Crowds of spectators assembled to see the boat start on its first experimental voyage. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• His sufferings were hailed with the greatest joy by a knot of spectators, and I felt utterly confounded. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• There are more billiard players in the United States than there are baseball players; not mere spectators, but actual players. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The two spectators started forward, but she stayed them with a motion of her hand. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• To which the more humble spectators added their acclamations, and a numerous band of trumpeters the flourish of their martial instruments. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• All the portions covered with black are, on the contrary, absolutely invisible in the glass, and the spectators cannot see that they exist. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Profiting then by the surprise of his spectators the showman began to offer them his magic portfolio at the price of five sous for the small size and ten for the large. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• As I halted before the officer, he addressed me in a voice audible to the entire assemblage of troops and spectators. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• One of the spectators, near whom I was standing, saw me start. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• The knights and spectators are alike impatient, the time advances, and highly fit it is that the sports should commence. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The exhibition gave every sign of proving a failure when one of the spectators called out that he owned the next field and would be glad to give McCormick a chance there. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• The box can thus be shaken without any noise being heard within it, and the spectators are led to believe that the object has disappeared. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Mr. Rochester then turned to the spectators: he looked at them with a smile both acrid and desolate. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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