espial
Example Sentences
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How could he keep an espial on the house?
From Will Warburton by George Gissing
Wondering we come into this lodge of watchmen, this office of espial; let us not retreat astonished and ashamed.
From Sketches from Concord and Appledore by Frank Preston Stearns
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 Rossiter Johnson
There is yet," he answered, having made espial; "for the attack goes but upon the street side, leaving the lane free.
From Idonia: A Romance of Old London by Arthur F. Wallis
Among the crowd entering the Exhibition he could easily keep her in sight without risk of his espial being detected.
From Eve's Ransom by George Gissing
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