En route to the ruined city, one would espy the ancient castle still in its grandeur. From LearnThat.org.
We the brown skin espy. From Wordnik.com. [Act II] Reference
Who, when they arriv'd and Robin espy'd. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Hood and the Prince of Aragon] Reference
And on his finger she espy a dazzling diamond ring. From Wordnik.com. [Susan Strayed the Briny Beach] Reference
Gawaine, hold you still and we shall espy our time. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
I took mine, and un-espy'd did dogg e'm to the City. From Wordnik.com. [The Fatal Jealousie (1673)] Reference
So he sent on his part men to espy what deeds he did. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Of many hundred years before (what doth not love espy?). From Wordnik.com. [The Sources and Analogues of 'A Midsummer-night's Dream'] Reference
He charged Merlin to go and espy through all the land of. From Wordnik.com. [King Arthur's Knights The Tales Re-told for Boys & Girls] Reference
Lady Feng, with her eagle eye, was the first to espy him. From Wordnik.com. [Hung Lou Meng, Book II Or, the Dream of the Red Chamber, a Chinese Novel in Two Books] Reference
But no one came, as I expected, neither could I espy a light. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
Neither light nor land did we espy and fearful were our cries. From Wordnik.com. [Lovely Ann] Reference
At last, a large Beetle, during his rambles, chanced to espy the. From Wordnik.com. [Stories to Tell Children Fifty-Four Stories With Some Suggestions For Telling] Reference
The hour is nevertheless welcome when you espy the sun-browned face of. From Wordnik.com. [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference
Now began she to gaze upon every side about her, to espy some labouring. From Wordnik.com. [The Decameron] Reference
For the sake of one fair lady he thought to stay, if perchance he might espy her. From Wordnik.com. [The Nibelungenlied] Reference
"A great army approaches us over the plain," spake Ailill Fergus goes to espy them. From Wordnik.com. [The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge] Reference
Both massive shapes turned sharply, to espy a third figure hovering close behind them. From Wordnik.com. [Impossible Places]
As soon as we espy the sinister ears of the wolf, we believe that the wolf himself is near. From Wordnik.com. [The Danish History, Books I-IX] Reference
The KLA might come handy to espy the land and to divert the Serb forces should the need arise. From Wordnik.com. [Terrorists and Freedom Fighters] Reference
"If you espy anything you don't comprehend, make your path distant from it," he said cheerfully. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
King Arthur, go thou and espy me in all this land fifty knights which be of most prowess and worship. From Wordnik.com. [Le Morte d'Arthur: Sir Thomas Malory's book of King Arthur and of his noble knights of the Round table] Reference
Nor is there any human being, who, I think, O Pandu's son, will espy us depositing our arms at that place. From Wordnik.com. [The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7] Reference
"What about the foreigner?" said he at length, and glowered the more into the interior as if he might espy him. From Wordnik.com. [Doom Castle] Reference
With my glass I could espy our forces at the top of the hill, pleased no doubt to see us coming to their support. From Wordnik.com. [The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy] Reference
Aucassin failed not to espy him; and gripping his sword, he smote him through the helmet so that he clave it to the skull. From Wordnik.com. [Aucassin and Nicolette translated from the Old French] Reference
Some wonderful moments in there (the GI on an APC (a Bradley?) as they first espy the Hulk in San Francisco ... priceless). From Wordnik.com. [grouse Diary Entry] Reference
Yet all this time, though longing to espy the fellow, did I dread to meet him, lest he should be charged with fatal tidings. From Wordnik.com. [Clarissa Harlowe] Reference
Reuben chances to espy an old-fashioned round life-buoy lashed to the taffrail, and, cutting it loose, makes himself fast to it. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866] Reference
When now he heard of the great prowess that Sir Tristram did in England he was sore grieved, and sent men to espy what deeds he did. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
But on the left was a narrow crevice, very difficult to espy, and having a sweep of grey ivy laid, like a slouching beaver, over it. From Wordnik.com. [Lorna Doone] Reference
Then they espy the good-natured admiring face of their mother, peering at them over the corner of the straw, and at her they all rush. From Wordnik.com. [Little Folks (Septemeber 1884) A Magazine for the Young] Reference
Girl! if from the turret-top at distance you espy the hastening travellers, turn, swift as thought, and call me to partake your watch!. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Volume I, Number 1] Reference
Merlin was sent to espy out in all the land fifty knights of most prowess and honour, who should make up the full number for the Round. From Wordnik.com. [Stories of King Arthur and His Knights Retold from Malory's "Morte dArthur"] Reference
The surface wet, the corruption of the air; the mist so thick and dark that scarce might any man espy the length of two pair of butts. From Wordnik.com. [Mary Queen Of Scotland And The Isles]
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