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The Brother remained for a moment silent, clenching his fists and looking at Albine clinging round Serge's neck, with the disgust of a man who has espied some filth by the roadside.

From Abbe Mouret's Transgression by Zola, Émile

“And the frigate-bird has espied them too,” exclaimed the mate.

From The South Sea Whaler by Groome, William H. C.

One of them has espied a cockroach in a corner, and in darting towards the prey a scorpion crosses its path.

From The Pearl of the Antilles, or An Artist in Cuba by Goodman, Walter

The nightingale, however, is not singing for them nor for her, but for another pair he has espied below.

From Dear Brutus by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)

Walt Wilder has espied the saddled mule hitched up behind the tent—that intended for Conchita.

From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne