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1
Yet how fair was this world in which he had no place-evento a
mere
looker
-
on
2
Yet it does seem very odd to me to be giving orders while you sit by a
mere
looker
-
on
.
3
Now that she had proved to be a
mere
looker
-
on
she began to take thought about the lamb's future.
4
Why, how silly of him to be crouching there, a
mere
looker
-
on
,
when he ought to be having a hand in the matter.
5
Now I was a
mere
looker
-
on
;
seldom an unmoved, and sometimes an angry spectator, but still a spectator only, of the pursuits of mankind.
6
You know our plan, and you must see that as only one can act in it, your part would be that of a
mere
looker
-
on
.
7
We supped merrily, and after supper we began our sports again, the syndic remaining as usual a
mere
looker
-
on
,
and well pleased with his part.
8
People mostly say that the Secretary will win, but as an old woman- amerelooker-on-Ihavemy doubts.
9
One of the parties had evidently been repulsed; but the
mere
lookers
-
on
could not tell whether Mandiboy or Camerfield had gained the upper hand.
10
Better be the poorest drudge, with powers fitted to your station, than to be as I am, an idler- amerelooker-onat the world.
11
"I am not even a stakeholder in the game; though, as a
mere
looker
-
on
,
I confess having watched it with keen and growing interest."
12
"Perhaps it is very impertinent for a
mere
looker
-
on
like myself to have any views at all about this marriage," Honoria put in quickly.
13
"What do you say," said I to my blonde, "will you allow your heroic sister to remain a
mere
looker
-
on
at our sweet struggles?
mere
looker
mere