espial
Example Sentences
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"But here, my lord," answered one of the youths, "is a knave who comes on treacherous espial!"
From The Abbot by Sir Walter Scott
The system of espial, too, was carried out with increased severity.
From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Charles Duke Yonge
Imperious Norman, that's a modern trial That's always being argued more or less; The Press keeps now such vigilant espial On every grasping would-be public plunderer.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 27, 1892 by Various
It was even possible, he thought, that, if she had not herself seen Cecily, some one in her employment had made the espial for her.
From The Emancipated by George Gissing
Then wisdom altered its method and spoke of espial and discovery.
From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
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