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catch sight of
- On one side, the rotting roofs and unpaved enclosure of the Cour des Miracles could be descried.1.3.2 — Vol 1 Bk 3 Chpt 2 — A Bird's-Eye View of Paris (68% in)
- Close beside it one descried the quadrilateral enclosure of the fair of SaintGermain, where the market is situated to-day; then the abbot's pillory, a pretty little round tower, well capped with a leaden cone; the brickyard was further on, and the Rue du Four, which led to the common bakehouse, and the mill on its hillock, and the lazar house, a tiny house, isolated and half seen.1.3.2 — Vol 1 Bk 3 Chpt 2 — A Bird's-Eye View of Paris (45% in)
- A large figure of Christ might be vaguely descried above the judges, and everywhere there were pikes and halberds, upon whose points the reflection of the candles placed tips of fire.2.8.1 — Vol 2 Bk 8 Chpt 1 — The Crown Changed into a Dry Leaf (20% in)
There are no more uses of "descry" in The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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