complot
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Flour and grain, by reason of the court's complot, began to run low.
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
There is a rumour in letters of some disturbance or complot in the French Pyrenean army—generals suspected or dismissed, and ministers of war travelling to see what's the matter.
From Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 6 With His Letters and Journals by Thomas Moore
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 Sir Percy Fitzpatrick
Madam, be it in secret spoken to your self, if you will but follow the complot I have invented, you will not think me so forward as your self shall prove fortunate.
From Fair Em by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)
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
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
"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
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
