espial
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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
Secured from espial, absorbed in each other, they were able, thanks to the surrounding clamor of voices, to discuss their future plans with some degree of confidence.
From Fran by J. Breckenridge (John Breckenridge) Ellis
The system of espial, too, was carried out with increased severity.
From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge
She did not intend an espial upon Anthony; the question was born of pain and bewilderment.
From A Man's Hearth by Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie) Ingram
How could he keep an espial on the house?
From Will Warburton by George Gissing
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