1 That which had seemed incredible in the sober light of day had really come to pass, and he was to assist as a helpless spectator at Mattie's banishment.
2 But I knew it was over and I could no longer be a spectator.
3 She had set off so many newcomers on the social stage that she was like one of those pieces of stock scenery which tell the experienced spectator exactly what is going to take place.
4 Of this scene, Duncan, who, in his eagerness to report his arrival, had entered unannounced, stood many moments an unobserved and a delighted spectator.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 16 5 The melancholy air, the hour, together with the vast frame of the man who thus leaned, musing, against the English ramparts, left no doubt as to his person in the mind of the observant spectator.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 17 6 Placing himself at an angle of the works, where he might be a spectator of the scene without, he awaited the result with as much patience as he could summon.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore CooperContext Highlight In CHAPTER 19 7 He was deeply absorbed as a spectator.
8 From this present view point he was enabled to look upon them in spectator fashion and criticise them with some correctness, for his new condition had already defeated certain sympathies.
9 Haley had stood a perfectly amazed spectator of the scene, till Eliza had disappeared up the bank, when he turned a blank, inquiring look on Sam and Andy.
10 Miss Ophelia did not make an immediate answer; and Eva, who had stood a silent spectator of the scene thus far, made a silent sign to Topsy to follow her.
11 I have noted the struggle between abolitionist and colonizationist, and have received some impressions, as a distant spectator, which could never have occurred to me as a participator.
12 This person, grave with a gravity which was almost menacing, was one of those men who, even when only seen by a rapid glimpse, arrest the spectator's attention.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER V—VAGUE FLASHES ON THE HORIZON 13 The words of this indifferent spectator had, in turn, pierced his heart like needles of ice and like blades of fire.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—THE TRAVELLER ON HIS ARRIVAL TAKES PRECAUTION... 14 He was repaid for his conscientious anxiety in the character of a spectator.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 4: CHAPTER II—MOTHER PLUTARQUE FINDS NO DIFFICULTY IN EXPLAI... 15 Overhead, at the small window in the third story Marius descried a sort of spectator who appeared to him to be singularly attentive.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor HugoContext Highlight In BOOK 13: CHAPTER III—THE EXTREME EDGE