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Definition of Espied
1. espy [v] - See also: espy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Espied
Literary usage of Espied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1860)
"... that they may have a seeming colour to throw religion (for the sake of some
infirmities they have espied in them) behind their backs. 6. ..."
2. Le Morte Darthur: Sir Thomas Malory's Book of King Arthur and of His Noble by Thomas Malory, Alfred William Pollard, William Caxton (1903)
"... CHAPTER III How Sir Launcelot was espied in the queen's chamber, and how Sir
Agravaine and Sir Mordred came with twelve knights to slay him. ..."
3. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... ere Zeus espied, ensconced him there, Perch'd on a lofty fir, that tallest
grew On Ida, piercing through earth's mists to heav'n. There couch'd he, ..."
4. The History of the Reformation of the Church of England by Gilbert Burnet, Edward Nares (1843)
"... th.in ther ther. and will not lightly be espied. But yet were tor the Space
of l'en Yeres past, anii I would not gladly leave any Juste ..."
5. La Mort D'Arthure: The History of King Arthur and of the Knights of the by Thomas Malory (1866)
"How sir Gareth was espied by the ... And when sir Gareth espied that hee was
discovered, then hee began to double his ..."
6. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"As the corselet off he took, The dwarf espied the Mighty Book 1 Much he marvelled
a knight of pride Like a book-bosomed priest should ride: 90 He thought ..."
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