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Such as I oft have chanc'd to fpy In far off folitary vale.
The Monthly Review 1796
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Metcalf determining to make a trial, fent one of his comrades in the day-time as a fpy to reconnoitre the pofuion of the ncfts; and having been informed by him as to this, they fct out in the dead of night, and brought away fcven dozen and a half, excepting the beads, which they left under the trees.
The Life of John Metcalf, Commonly Called Blind Jack of Knaresborough: With ... Anecdotes of His ... 1795
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You fpy, what do you fpy? come, give mc aa inftrument, now, fweet Queen.
Works 1795
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Clown, I fpy comfort: 1 cry, bail: here's a geatlemsfc. ii; and a friend of mine* __
Works 1795
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AaiL nofe; that what a man cannot fmell out he may fpy into.
Works 1795
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And now the difceming tjfi hanc'd one remaizung friend to fpy, nil crept abroad, as is his way, baik him in the nooa-tide ny.
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A fpy from ihe enemy's camp, at New - York, vyho had 1777. been employed by them to procure cheveaux dejrife pilots V .. yiii.
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Oh! what defence, if fixt on him, he fpy The languid fweetnefs of the ftedfaft eye I Ye who have felt the dear luxurious fmart.
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If an enormous falmon chance to fpy The wanton errors of the floating fly.
Elegant Extracts; Or, Useful and Entertaining Pieces of Poetry: Selected for the Improvement of ... 1791
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Creep like a fpy, and watch to thrid your gates Unnotic'd?
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