complot
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Nay, if the Douglas and the Hepburn hatch the complot together, the bird, when it breaks the shell, will scare Scotland.
From The Abbot by Scott, Walter, Sir
The Raad thereupon publicly gave thanks to the Almighty, Who had revealed and frustrated this 'hideous complot.'
From The Transvaal from Within A Private Record of Public Affairs by Fitzpatrick, Percy, Sir
Richard's speech: Nor never by advised purpose meet, To plot, contrive, or complot any ill, 'Gainst us, our state, our subjects, or our land.
From Literary Remains, Volume 2 by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
My businesse craves the absence of the world: None but my selfe and Rodoricke shall behold The secret complot that I doe intend.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
Nay, if the Douglas and the Hepburn hatch the complot together, the bird when it breaks the shell will scare Scotland, will it not, my Fleming?'
From Sir Walter Scott (English Men of Letters Series) by Hutton, Richard Holt
Come, let vs suppe betimes, that afterwards Wee may digest our complots in some forme.
From Richard III by Shakespeare, William
"All these plots and complots are of your own invention," grumbled Desmarais, feeling very uneasy.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Sue, Eug?ne
Far from concealing, let us show the boy, And let the diadem surround his head: I even will urge on the expected hour, Before vile Mathan's complots can be formed.
From Athaliah A Tragedy, Intended For Reading Only, Translated Into English Blank Verse, From Racine (A. Gombert's Edition, 1825) by Donkersley, J.
It is the Countesse Iuliana the Marquesse of Mantuaes wife and no other, that hath complotted our confusion.
From The Vnfortunate Traveller, or The Life Of Jack Wilton With An Essay On The Life And Writings Of Thomas Nash By Edmund Gosse by Gosse, Edmund
While they of Carrión this shame complotted each with each, In the midst a Moor o'erheard them, that could of Latin speech.
From The Lay of the Cid by Bacon, Leonard
If she could only see him face to face, she would be spared all this odious complotting.
From The Iron Game A Tale of the War by Keenan, Henry F. (Henry Francis)
