| 单词 | counterplot |
| 例句 | One senator denounced the various “illegal plots, counterplots, espionage, decoys, dictographs” that were being used not to “detect and prosecute crime but...to shield profiteers, bribe takers and favorites.” Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z It’s an absurd assignment, of course, but no different from other plots and counterplots of the era. Review | Arthur Phillips shows that choosing a leader was no easier 400 years ago 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z A secret counterplot to the ensuing “complete chaos” is uncovered by British communications-satellite techy Martin Hepton after a U.S. space shuttle crashes and burns. Review | Five new thrillers and mysteries to help escape reality — or see it in another light 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The pilot's tone is awfully solemn for "Dynasty"-style plot/counterplot action. "Revenge" is a dish that serves itself in bits and pieces 2011-09-21T20:22:00Z It usually meant a movie or play that involved a heist or a theft, or some sort of illicit deception, and bristled with lively counterplots and sexual intrigue. London Theater Journal: Getting Giddy 2015-09-15T04:00:00Z “And that’s not a bad thing. There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue.” What’s on TV Sunday: ‘The Young Pope,’ ‘Victoria’ and ‘Homeland’ 2017-01-15T05:00:00Z When Emily arrives in the community with a new identity and a metric ton of disposable income, everyone overcomes their legitimate suspicions of her and welcomes her -- and the plotting and counterplotting begins. "Revenge" is a dish that serves itself in bits and pieces 2011-09-21T20:22:00Z The book also perfectly illuminates DeLillo’s obsessive theme: how people in closed rooms, convinced of others plotting against them, design their own counterplots, thereby turning the world into the very conspiratorial place they imagine. What We're Reading: DeLillo, 'The Examined Life,' 'Olive Kitteridge' 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Advertisement Advertisement The attendant plots and counterplots are laid and hatched in a world in which a moss-covered past always coexists with a shiny present. Review: In ‘King Charles III,’ Glimpsing the Near Future of Monarchy 2015-11-01T04:00:00Z Unlike the “Bourne” films, whose baroque webbing of plot and counterplot suggested an allegory of global paranoia, “Haywire” goes to great lengths to avoid being about anything beyond its immediate situations and effects. | 'Haywire': Steven Soderbergh?s ?Haywire? With Gina Carano - Review 2012-01-19T16:57:52Z On the page, at least, it finds its author awkwardly trying to shoehorn his fabled sense of a melting American identity into the intricate plots and counterplots of the genre known as noir. Review: Sam Shepard’s ‘Simpatico,’ Cut Loose and Roaming Wild 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z Dietrich adds a contemporary counterplot: When a reporter saves a woman from neo-Nazi assassins, she finds that her family history is intertwined with that decades-old Tibet expedition. Crime fiction: Spenser's last stand, The Nameless Detective and new books by Western Washington authors 2011-07-06T22:33:03Z There’s something comforting about the normalcy of plot and counterplot, action and intrigue. Review: A Transfer of Power in ‘Homeland.’ Situation Normal, for Now. 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z He was aided by his brother Stephen White, an author of crime fiction, in shaping the narrative, and the book sustains momentum through plots, counterplots and diversions. 'Who Killed Jane Stanford?' Solving the cold case of a California founder's murder 2022-05-20T04:00:00Z There are plots and counterplots this year, too. Changing of the Guard: China’s Communist Elders Take Backroom Intrigue Beachside 2012-07-21T20:19:55Z "What! plot and counterplot, I will warrant!" exclaimed Mr. Croyland, freeing her arm. The Smuggler: (Vol's I-III) A Tale 2012-04-26T02:00:10.260Z His crimes brought plague and pestilence on his subjects, and his reign is a continued succession of wars, revolts, and assassinations, plottings and counterplots. Theological Essays 2012-03-27T02:00:21.867Z However, therefore, abominable it is to be the aggressor in this point, yet it cannot be inconsistent with virtue to counterplot and to take all manner of advantage against the man who is undermining us. ?sop's Fables, Embellished with One Hundred and Eleven Emblematical Devices. 2012-03-19T02:00:22.807Z The villains are as black as Barabas and as crafty as those of Webster; plots are as intricately entangled with counterplots as in Tourneur; and surprises follow as rapidly as in Fletcher. Tragedy 2012-01-31T03:00:19.343Z She found Babylon to be a seething mass of plots and counterplots, little and great, honorable, ignoble, loyal and traitorous. Istar of Babylon A Phantasy 2012-01-31T03:00:15.543Z It is laid amid the plots and counterplots of bloody Russia, the most melodramatic background of modern history. The Critical Game 2012-01-05T03:00:38.527Z The author has taken pains to represent truthfully and effectively the life and times of Mary, Queen of Scots, the Court intrigues of the period, the plots and counterplots of the nobles. By Right of Sword 2011-12-22T03:00:24.563Z In the other the existence of two rival powers is distinctly recognised—Jehovah and Satan—the Aryan Mara, the tempter, who plot and counterplot against each other, and even condescend to personal wrangling. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z She was warned in time, and thereupon hatched a counterplot for his destruction. The Beautiful White Devil 2011-11-11T03:00:24.760Z Be of good heart—we will set to work presently, and, if it be possible, counterplot this cunning witch. The Legendary and Poetical Remains of John Roby author of 'Traditions of Lancashire', with a sketch of his literary life and character 2011-11-07T02:00:18.317Z The astute Athenian saw that the counterplot had collapsed. The Golden Hope A Story of the Time of King Alexander the Great 2011-10-02T02:00:13.920Z It was as though nature had stopped her orchestra in disgust at the plot and counterplot brewing on her darkened stage. The Crime Doctor 2011-09-09T02:01:05.570Z Good heavens," I cried, "it's a perfect network of plots and counterplots, and I seem fated not to understand it. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z There seem to be plots and counterplots for the leaders. Peggy Owen Patriot A Story for Girls 2011-07-17T02:00:32.837Z No more curious mixture of plot and counterplot than this minor chapter of the Bithoor romance came to light during that disastrous upheaval in India. The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny 2011-06-22T02:00:20.120Z His crimes brought a plague and pestilence on his subjects, and his reign is a continued succession of wars, revolts, and assassinations, plottings and counterplots. A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays 2011-05-31T02:00:28.247Z She imagined all sorts of plots and counterplots, and now in the valleys there was grain growing and cattle grazing! Nan Sherwood's Summer Holidays 2011-05-22T02:00:14.900Z By the second challenge Jim had risen to the situation and formed his counterplot. Humours of Irish Life 2011-04-19T02:00:16.057Z But let the Independents on the one hand, and the Cavaliers on the other, plot and counterplot as they might, his course was clearly taken in his own mind. The Cavaliers of Virginia, vol. 1 of 2 or, The Recluse of Jamestown; An historical romance of the Old Dominion 2011-03-23T02:00:21.287Z It was with profound astonishment that Dyson closed the little book, and thought of the strange series of incidents which had brought him into touch with the plots and counterplots connected with the Gold Tiberius. The Three Impostors or The Transmutations 2011-03-09T03:00:45.227Z He resolved to learn the nature of the plots that were in existence, before he commenced counterplotting. The Spy of the Rebellion Being a True History of the Spy System of the United States Army during the Late Rebellion, 2011-01-17T03:00:42.913Z But then it's by the bad I gain and thrive; bickerings, quarrellings, evil-speaking, lying, and slander, plots, counterplots, conspiracies, hangings, and headings, are my especial good. William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale 2011-01-01T03:00:20.833Z Plot and counterplot, mystery and excitement, sentiment and romance—all skilfully blended. The Wayfarers 2010-12-30T03:00:22.387Z Still a third time the relentless tinkle sounded, and he was without plan, excuse, or counterplot. The Gay Adventure A Romance Confound it, New York is full of plots and counterplots. The Social Gangster "But you are entirely in the dark as to the purport of all this plot and counterplot?" said Reggie. A Traitor's Wooing During the meal the President was too deeply engrossed in the working out of a small counterplot to hear or heed much of the desultory table-talk. A Romance in Transit Plots meet with counterplots, revenge and blood: Rebels' ruin makes thy tragedy good. A Select Collection of Old English Plays Volume 14 of 15 I don't think the lady will scream, for it seems to me that there's a kind of counterplot afoot—either against Billy, the Turkish government, or Miss Arkwright. The Gay Adventure A Romance As nearly as I could make it out, there was a counterplot against the Furious. The Social Gangster Would all this trouble, the plotting and counterplotting, never end? John Marsh's Millions Fagan's own schemes for a high alliance for his daughter had made him acquainted with many a counterplot of adventurers against himself. Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience There was, of course, much evil talk in the court, as well as plots and counterplots between the friends of the queen and the friends of the favorite. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) If the reader will take down his David Balfour and read the intrigues, plots, and counterplots of David’s attorneys and those of the Crown, he will grasp our own highlanders’ viewpoint. Our Southern Highlanders Plots and counterplots added to the general uneasiness; failing to soothe them, more than one minister had been dismissed in disgrace. Trusia A Princess of Krovitch Every one at some time gets his revenge; and the play is entirely made up of plotting, killing, gloating, and counterplotting. An Introduction to Shakespeare His mind was now thoroughly aroused to vigilance, to careful and hourly scrutiny of the plots and counterplots which were ever forming around him. Henry IV, Makers of History He has written of Cornwall before, but never such a story of plot and counterplot, mystery and adventure, so deftly intermingled as this. The White Lie I had a scheme for collecting that ransom without danger of being caught by counterplots that ought to commend itself to professional kidnapers. The Boy Scouts Book of Stories The authority of Somerset awakened discontent and secret counterplots. A History of England Principally in the Seventeenth Century, Volume I (of 6) No sooner were M. and Madame Roland established in their city residence, than they were involved in all the plots and the counterplots of the Revolution. Madame Roland, Makers of History This state of things led to a great many intrigues, and manœuvres, and plots, and counterplots, the favorites against the uncles, and the uncles against the favorites. Richard II Makers of History Interview with Demetrius on the frontier.Plots and counterplots. Pyrrhus Makers of History Order had come out of the chaos of plot and counterplot; Trevison’s course was to be as direct as his hatred. 'Firebrand' Trevison Instead of constructing marvellous counterplots, I fell sound asleep. The Crack of Doom An obscure period of plot and counterplot followed which culminated in the ruin of Marcel and his followers. The Story of Paris If it really were a part of the Government counterplot, as is very probable, it was not likely to be any of them. It Might Have Been The Story of the Gunpowder Plot But the waters were seething now, stirred to their very lees by plot and counterplot. The Secret Witness The admiral evidently had known all, and was prepared with a perfect counterplot. Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea There followed a long contest, in which there was plotting and counterplotting on one side and on the other, and manœuvres without end. Margaret of Anjou Makers of History But woman's wits are more fertile in expedients, and therefore more adroit for plots and counterplots than our own. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Either he or some one else had devised an effective counterplot; effective considered as a second act in a comic opera. Gossamer 1915 Running like a thread through all these events was a little counterplot. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. I. (of IV.) So there were many plots and counterplots, and the politest men might not be always what they seemed. Ahead of the Army But nobody else saw either plot or counterplot, until one morning, when a low soft voice arrested Sir Thomas as he was passing out of the garden door. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada Be of good heart; we will set to work presently, and, if it be possible, counterplot this cunning witch. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Disraeli’s imagination, at once practical and extravagant, is not of the kind that delights in plot and counterplot. Views and Reviews Essays in appreciation "Perhaps one of you will condescend to let me in presently on all these plots and counterplots," he remarked as he walked away. Little Miss Grouch A Narrative Based on the Log of Alexander Forsyth Smith's Maiden Transatlantic Voyage Moreover, he knew so much already about the plots and counterplots which were going on that it was of little use to keep some things from him. Ahead of the Army Don Juan himself had very quickly perceived the counterplot, and had found it a most amusing episode in the little drama with which he was beguiling the time during his forced stay in England. Clare Avery A Story of the Spanish Armada He resolved that the jade should know of his intelligence, and he would attack the citadel by a counterplot of a most rare and excellent device. Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 Thus, with plot and counterplot, did the mutineers and Otaheitans render their lives wretched. The Lonely Island The Refuge of the Mutineers Instead of counterplotting, as I might have done, I was pleased at their frustrated efforts. The Pacha of Many Tales Plots, counterplots, hair-raising and hair-breadth escapes, mixed with love, adventure and good science seem to fairly tumble all over the pages. The Skylark of Space Ever the unexpected happens, surprise follows surprise, plot is succeeded by counterplot. The Blunders of a Bashful Man By this fellow's means, I have counterplotted all his master's fine schemes. St. Ronan's Well Well," he said, "perhaps you will understand my meaning more clearly if I tell you that I am the brains of a counterplot. Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo Through all of this I keep the comparatively noiseless tenor of my way, and plots, counterplots, and cabals seethe deliciously round me. White Ashes The story of each year, with its plot and counterplot, I have told elsewhere. Canada: the Empire of the North Being the Romantic Story of the New Dominion's Growth from Colony to Kingdom Elizabeth was unquestionably surrounded by them; and where so many existed, a thousand more were naturally suspected—leading on all sides to counterplots. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 They must act or perish; they must plot and counterplot, or be submerged. Phantom Wires A Novel The Consuls, looking upon Drusus as a conspirator, resolved to meet his plots by counterplots. A Smaller History of Rome For this reason the tale of the plots and counterplots through which I lived in my many years of Balkan travel, seems worth the telling. Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle So after all the plotting, the counterplotting, the dangers and hardships; after all her own gallant efforts, the girl had lost the game. A Pagan of the Hills That brightness was the bribe, unspoken and unknown to all save himself, that had brought him into Washington and these sundry and divers plots and counterplots of state. The President A novel During the whole reign they were plotting and counterplotting, mining and undermining. The Leading Facts of English History Then, swiftly, as he penetrated the maze of plot and counterplot, those who had fooled him began to fall before his wrath. Vergilius A Tale of the Coming of Christ I repair the damage, and make things worse—Plot and counterplot—Tim gains a watch by setting watch upon his tongue. Japhet, in Search of a Father Such was the labyrinth of plot and counterplot, of force repelled by violence, in which the princes praised by Ariosto and by Tasso lived. Renaissance in Italy, Volume 1 (of 7) The Age of the Despots The Hawkins counterplot of revenge on Philip and his guilty confederates was completely successful. Drake, Nelson and Napoleon As the Athenian orators thundered against Macedon so the statesmen of China formed leagues and counterplots for and against the rising power of the northwest. The Awakening of China Is the lack of unity in the Play sufficiently remedied by enriching the Bianca counterplot and arranging for alternate interest first in the plot and then in the counterplot, or is the original difficulty irremediable? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies Their plots and counterplots drive repose far from them: There's but three furies found in spacious hell; But in a great man's breast three thousand dwell. Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series The public is not always able to tell which was plot and which counterplot in the accomplishment of some intricate things. 54-40 or Fight There, too, moves the game of politics in plot and counterplot. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 17, No. 102, June, 1876 This harsh treatment and the search for their books naturally gave rise to counterplots. The Awakening of China What characters belong in common to plot and counterplot? Shakespeare Study Programs; The Comedies The history of the plots and counterplots by which each strove to circumvent the other is extremely amusing, but too long to be given here. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 88, April, 1875 As soon as our plots were revealed, we found that counterplots had been carried on by the Hof family. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 31, October, 1873 A letter from L. that my business was almost as well as done; but must be so sudden as not to leave room for 39's party to counterplot. Notes and Queries, Number 25, April 20, 1850 By nature imaginative and ingenious, plots and counterplots appealed to his artistic ability, and as English Ambassador to Venice, he was never tired of inventing them himself or attributing them to others. English Travellers of the Renaissance Nothing is the matter," I answered, "except that we have come to an end of this tissue of lies and plots and counterplots. The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora As we go over these stories of plot and counterplot, it is hardly possible to avoid thinking what a singularly high-souled set of gentry we have got amongst. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour Hildeburh's brother is slain through the treachery of her husband, Finn; her son, partaking of Finn's faithlessness, falls at the hands of her brother's men; in a subsequent counterplot, her husband is slain. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 2 "We shall have a game of plot and counterplot before this ends, my man," he muttered. Fort Lafayette or, Love and Secession He restricted himself to grumbling, and brooded to counterplot the mischiefs of the minister. Paul Faber, Surgeon In the first place, I would have them know that they have not all the wits on their side, and if they plot, we, too, can counterplot. The Lost Ambassador The Search For The Missing Delora Over the plotting and counterplotting, the rivalries and jealousies which followed, we must pass. Love affairs of the Courts of Europe Thereafter, a succession of plots and counterplots—the Rising of the North, the plots to liberate Mary Queen of Scots, and the Gunpowder Plot—each claimed a Percy among their adherents. Northumberland Yesterday and To-day Absorbed in his theme, and forgetting her inability to follow him, Moffatt launched out on an epic recital of plot and counterplot, and she hung, a new Desdemona, on his conflict with the new anthropophagi. The Custom of the Country So now for a counterplot--alas! the counterplot would not unfold for me! The Cavalier You are the victim of some fiendish counterplot by the man, who has not quite mastered what the woman is driving at. The Crimson Blind Rechid, evidently no coward, or past feeling fear in rage at the failure of his counterplot, ran on, wheezing slightly—he was fat for his age—toward the erect Arab and the prostrate negro. It Happened in Egypt Why should he reason, or object, or counterplot, or do anything but just follow blindly the dictates of this past master in the oblique game he loved so well? Thoroughbreds Time, that politically throbbing, project-crowded, anxious, and expectant season of plot and counterplot—the birth of a legislative session. All-Wool Morrison It was evident that I had been plunged into the center of intrigue, plot and counterplot. Blindfolded All these plots and counterplots were exactly to the liking of Francesco de' Pazzi, and he laid himself out to make capital out of them. The Tragedies of the Medici We cannot be too thankful that we possess Dawsons to counterplot against the Germans, and that personally we are in no way responsible for the morality of their methods. The Lost Naval Papers But perhaps I shall find out a smuggler to counterplot Miss Howe. Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4 This was a relic of infancy, our first introduction to the literature of plot, counterplot, intrigue, and crime, and the mystery of the murder was very real to us. Children's Rights A book of nursery logic My brain refused to work in the maze of contradictions and mysteries, plots and counterplots, in which I was involved. Blindfolded Plots and counterplots were quite to his liking. The Tragedies of the Medici We have to plot and counterplot, to lie and deceive. The Lost Naval Papers You possess so many counterplots that your freaks no longer astonish anybody. The Blunderer They lived stormy, tumultuous lives, torn by plot and counterplot. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers Why was his body the focus of plot and counterplot, and its possession disputed with a fierce earnestness that stopped at no crime? Blindfolded What plots and counterplots occupied the heads that wore the innocent-looking snoods, and what captives were taken in the many-colored nets that would come off and have to be taken care of. On Picket Duty, and Other Tales It had taken years to evolve the plan of a continental railroad, and it came to fruition at last through many men and devious ways, through plots and counterplots. The U. P. Trail We must, we must reap all possible benefit from this amorous scheme, and by a dexterous and uncommon counterplot endeavour to make the success our own, without any danger. The Blunderer The Lord be your strength: so prays Your truly faithful and loving brother, Oliver Cromwell * * * * * Great Britain was rent with civil war: plot and counterplot—intrigue, feud, fear and vengeance—filled the air. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 09 Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Reformers And now, friend, explain your meaning: why all these plots and counterplots? Berlin and Sans-Souci; or Frederick the Great and his friends The land was filled with plots and counterplots. Napoleon Bonaparte Hither they come to lay counterplots, to bide their time, to solicit funds, to enlist filibusterers, to smuggle out arms and ammunitions, to play the game at long taw. Strictly business: more stories of the four million The working of all great organisation there is underground—it is easy enough to meet plot by counterplot, to suborn, to deceive, to undermine. The Yellow Crayon It was warfare dark and devious, replete with intrigue and conspiracy, plot and counterplot. The Iron Heel Heinzman, however, possessed much political influence, a deep knowledge of the subterranean workings of plot and counterplot, and a "barrel." The Riverman On the strength of these profound views, he in the most ingenious manner takes infinite pains to counterplot when there is no plot, and plays the deepest games of chess without any adversary. Bleak House |
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