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Her blindness is the merest fable; she can espy her favourites long before they are born.
THE WAY OF ALL FLESHSAMUEL BUTLER
They rode on rapidly, intending to go to the house and inquire for Espy.
STUYVESANTJACOB ABBOTT
I do think I espy about twenty yards ahead the fly agaric (Amanita muscaria).
COUNTRY WALKS OF A NATURALIST WITH HIS CHILDRENW. HOUGHTON
She had heard of Espy, knew something of what had been the state of affairs between the lovers.
SIGNING THE CONTRACT AND WHAT IT COSTMARTHA FINLEY
With my glass I could espy our forces at the top of the hill, pleased no doubt to see us coming to their support.
THE EXPEDITION TO BORNEO OF H.M.S. DIDOHENRY KEPPEL
I heard Mr. Espy go way, and I thought Id just come and tell you that suppers ready.
SIGNING THE CONTRACT AND WHAT IT COSTMARTHA FINLEY
Reuben chances to espy an old-fashioned round life-buoy lashed to the taffrail, and, cutting it loose, makes himself fast to it.
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY, VOLUME 17, NO. 104, JUNE, 1866VARIOUS
To abide in a certain place, or not to go further, not to espy some landmark, these are privations.
THEODICYG. W. LEIBNIZ
In a few moments Espy had learned from Ethel all that Hetty had had to tell of her fellow-passengers of the previous day.
SIGNING THE CONTRACT AND WHAT IT COSTMARTHA FINLEY
That Espy has rendered the question clearer, is equally hazardous to assert.
OUTLINES OF A MECHANICAL THEORY OF STORMST. BASSNETT

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