complot
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He clears the now master of any foreknowledge of this complot, but they relied on Ivett's judgment and skill.
From Henry Hudson A Brief Statement of His Aims and His Achievements by Thomas A. (Thomas Allibone) Janvier
And here they found John when they stole in one after the other, soft-footed, that the boy might suspect no complot.
From The Marriage of Elinor by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
As for you, my daughter—as for you, my son-in-law—I shall denounce your execrable complot to my friends of the mad-men's party, to Hebert, to James Roux the disfrocked priest, to Varlet.
From The Sword of Honor, volumes 1 & 2 or The Foundation of the French Republic, A Tale of The French Revolution by Eug?ne Sue
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 Sir Walter Scott
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 Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"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 Eug?ne Sue
Come, let vs suppe betimes, that afterwards Wee may digest our complots in some forme.
From Richard III by William Shakespeare
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 J. Donkersley
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 Edmund Gosse
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 Leonard Bacon
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 Henry F. (Henry Francis) Keenan
