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

Her system of espial is even more minute and irritating than that of Russia.

From The Destroyer A Tale of International Intrigue by Stevenson, Burton Egbert

At the moment of my espial, Cornwallis was speaking, and I drew back to listen, well enough content to be in earshot.

From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Lynde, Francis

His rat-tat-tat brought to the door a thin yellow face, cautious in espial, through the narrow opening.

From Will Warburton by Gissing, George

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

From The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde, Oscar