espial
Example Sentences
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Not caring to be observed in his clandestine espial he drew back a little, still keeping the figure of the girl in sight, and listened to the music.
From Aunt Rachel by David Christie Murray
Her mother’s small mind yet had an uncanny power of partial divination, gained from years of experience and espial, that irritated while it impressed.
From The Wayfarers by Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting
He remembered his reluctant consent to McCloskey's proposal touching the espial upon Hallock, and was sorry he had given it.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Francis Lynde
At the moment of my espial, Cornwallis was speaking, and I drew back to listen, well enough content to be in earshot.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
Wondering we come into this lodge of watchmen, this office of espial; let us not retreat astonished and ashamed.
From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Frank Preston Stearns
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