espial

Example Sentences

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Then Wisdom altered its method and spoke of espial and discovery.

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar

Besides being kept under the eyes of these wretches, and exposed to their insults and mockery, she was subjected to espial from without.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 by Johnson, Rossiter

The system of espial, too, was carried out with increased severity.

From The Life of Marie Antoinette, Queen of France by Yonge, Charles Duke

The lover's endless minutes slowly pass'd; The dame return'd, and whisper'd in his ear To follow her; with aged eyes aghast From fright of dim espial.

From Keats: Poems Published in 1820 by Robertson, M. (Margaret)

Some regarded it as an act of espial, and much foolish talk arose about the covenanters and persecution and martyrdom.

From Malcolm by MacDonald, George