unespied
- a word derived from espy.
Example Sentences
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But not on the Helper Hermes did sleep take hold as he sought within his heart how he should guide forth king Priam from the ships unespied of the trusty sentinels.
From The Iliad by Homer
Think they their sleights are not already perceived, and that they can walk now unespied, as though they had Gyges’ ring, to go invisibly by, upon their finger?
From The Apology of the Church of England by Bacon, Ann, Lady
When mortals are at rest, And snoring in their nest, Unheard and unespied, Through keyholes we do glide; Over tables, stools, and shelves, We trip it with our fairy elves.
From Boys and Girls Bookshelf (Vol 2 of 17) Folk-Lore, Fables, And Fairy Tales by Baltzell, W. J. (Winton James)
He took the colour of his vest From rabbit’s coat or grouse’s breast; For, as the wood-kinds lurk and hide, So walks the woodman, unespied.
From May-Day and Other Pieces by Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Where the remote Bermudas ride In the ocean's bosom unespied, From a small boat that row'd along The listening winds received this song.
From The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes by Various
