"Conspire" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... vuelta, to take a turn, take a walk; — vueltas, to turn, whirl, revolve; el dale que le das, the persistent efforts; como Dios me daba a emender, to the best of my ability; — se cuenta de, to realize; — se de ojo, to conspire, have ...
— Legends, Tales and Poems • Gustavo Adolfo Becquer
... which attacks the Government, the Army—as far as it dare—and "secret diplomacy." It comes out about once a week with a black page, because the Censor has been sitting on it. Desmond Mannering—that's the gunner-son who came on leave a week ago and is just going off to an artillery camp—and I, conspire through the butler—who is a dear, and a patriot—to get the Times; but the Squire never sees it. Desmond reads it in bed in the morning, I read it in bed in the evening, and Pamela Mannering, Mr. Desmond's twin, comes in last thing, in ...
— Elizabeth's Campaign • Mrs. Humphry Ward
... fate itself, Should it conspire with Thomas Thumb, should cause it. I'll swim through seas; I'll ride upon the clouds; I'll dig the earth; I'll blow out every fire; I'll rave; I'll rant; I'll rise; I'll rush; I'll roar; Fierce as the man whom[2] smiling dolphins bore From the ...
— Miscellanies, Volume 2 (from Works, Volume 12) • Henry Fielding
... my mind was drawn sharply back to the fact of my presence in Marguerite's apartment and the realization that she would shortly return to find me there alone. I resented the fact that the old doctor and the young woman could conspire to place me in such a situation. I resented the fact that a girl like Marguerite could be bound to a man three times her age, and yet seem to accept it with perfect grace. But I resented most of all the fact that ...
— City of Endless Night • Milo Hastings
... madame, from what I know of your circumstances that you will be well-nigh homeless. You should have thought of how one day you might come to be dependent upon the Marquis de Condillac's generosity before you set yourself to conspire against him, before you sought to encompass his death. You can hardly look for generosity at his hands now, and so you will be all but homeless, unless—" He paused, and his eyes strayed to Tressan and were laden with a ...
— St. Martin's Summer • Rafael Sabatini
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