espial
Example Sentences
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Quite into fairyland they had come now, in truth; as if, skirting the dark peak that shut it off from ordinary espial, they had lighted on a bypath that led them covertly in.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
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 M. (Margaret) Robertson
The act of espial had always been hateful to him: he preferred to trust his brethren, and it cost far less trouble.
From Brother Copas by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
His rat-tat-tat brought to the door a thin yellow face, cautious in espial, through the narrow opening.
From Will Warburton by George Gissing
Some regarded it as an act of espial, and much foolish talk arose about the covenanters and persecution and martyrdom.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
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