espial

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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)

I saw not what was to be gained by any such long-range espial in the darkness.

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

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 Stearns, Frank Preston

She did not intend an espial upon Anthony; the question was born of pain and bewilderment.

From A Man's Hearth by Ingram, Eleanor M. (Eleanor Marie)

From his new point of espial Kent checked off the members of the party.

From The Grafters by Lynde, Francis