fpies

Having failed in this, they appointed a fmall committee of both lioufes to attend him, in order, as was pretended, to fee the ai tides of pacification exe - cuted, but really to be fpies upon the king, to extend ftill farther the ideas of patlinm. ntary authority, as well as eclipfe his majefty.

Encyclopædia britannica : or, A dictionary of arts, sciences, and miscellaneous literature : constructed on a plan, by which the different sciences and arts are digested into the form of distinct treatises or systems .. 1797

All thofe individuals, whom for the fafety of the colony it ihall be neceflary to remove from the idand,. cannot remain there, under pain of being profecuted and dealt with as fpies, unlefs his Majefty ihall be pleafed to difpenfe otherwife in their favour*

A Collection of State Papers Relative to the War Against France Now Carrying on by Great Britain ... 1795

The fadt was fimply this: the duke of Berwick, anxious to bring on a decifive adion, fent two fpies into lord Galway's camp, under pretence of being deferters, with a report that the duke of Orleans was conducting from France a re - inforcement inforcement of twelve thoufand men; that in two days he was expe the head of Philip, and, by his valour, he prcferved it there.

A journey through Spain in the years 1786 and 1787; 1791

COURT OF CHASTITY was ellabliflicd: fpies and informers bcfet the haunts of Venus, and watched with malicious fatisfadlion every amorous glance, and every gefture which betrayed the feelings of nature.

Popular tales of the Germans [selected from J.C.A. Musaeus] tr. [by W. Beckford]. 1791

When the lowering frown fhe fpies On her haughty tyrant's brow.

The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790

One boundlefs blufh, one white-empurpled fhower Of mingled bloffoms; where the raptur'd eye 1 1 o Hurries from joy to joy, and, hid beneath The fair profufion, yellow Autumn fpies.

The works of the English poets; with prefaces, biographical and critical 1790

Bafe bloody, crwl — — but, Hali, I will Watch them well $ I have fpies upon them now.

The miscellaneous works of Richard Linnecar, of Wakefield 1789

Thefe impoftors difpatched emifla - ries to diftant regions, to propagate the fame of oracles; and employed fpies at Rome, and other places, to obtain intelligence of the bufinefs of confultors (/).

The history of the effects of religion on mankind : in countries ancient and modern, barbarous and civilized 1788

At length he informed Major Popham of it, who fent a party of the robbers to conduft fome of Jiis own fpies to the fpot: they accordingly climbed up in the night, and found that the guards generally went to fleep after their rounds.

Travels in India during the years 1780, 1781, 1782 and 1783 1783

The poor deluded trav'ler fpies Imagin'd trees and ftrudures rife; *

The Lady's Poetical Magazine, Or, Beauties of British Poetry 1781