espial

Example Sentences

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How could he keep an espial on the house?

From Will Warburton by Gissing, George

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

Thus urged by our despairing lord, we made Th’ espial.

From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles

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 conditions under which he obtained the espial of one of the King's most trusted friends, and a member of the 'Sealed Knot,' formed a complete protection to the Earl of Rochester and his associates.

From The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886 by Various