espial

Example Sentences

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How could he keep an espial on the house?

From Will Warburton by Gissing, George

They heard a vehicle draw up before the house, and Barbara, making cautious espial from the windows, exclaimed that it was Mr. Musselwhite.

From The Emancipated by Gissing, George

So they held their peace, and arranged between them to keep her in watch and close espial, that they might catch her unawares.

From The Decameron, Volume II by Rigg, J. M. (James Macmullen)

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 Lynde, Francis

The flow'r grew wild and rankly as the weed, Roses with thistles struggled for espial, And vagrant plants of parasitic breed Had overgrown the Dial.

From The Poetical Works of Thomas Hood by Hood, Thomas