Espy in example sentence

"Very true," said Cacambo, "but we have still two sheep remaining, with more treasure than ever the King of Spain will be possessed of; and I espy a town at a distance, which I take to be Surinam, a town belonging to the Dutch.

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Left alone, the Skinner began to throw fearful glances around, to espy the hiding places of his tormentors.

"I espy him," said De Bracy; "I see the waving of a knight's crest, and the gleam of his armour.

At last, having seen the Parsee carnival wind away in the distance, he was turning his steps towards the station, when he happened to espy the splendid pagoda on Malabar Hill, and was seized with an irresistible desire to see its interior.

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