Counterplot v. t. (past & past part. counterplotted; pres. part. counterplotting) To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem. "Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted."
... yourself easy,' said Mrs. Dallington, smiling; 'no counterplot, I assure you, although really you ... — The Young Duke • Benjamin Disraeli Read full book for free!
... and statecraft condense themselves into it. Armies and nations move with the chessman. Sally, leaguer, feint, flank-march, triumphant charge are one after another rehearsed. There, too, moves the game of politics in plot and counterplot. It is the climax of the subjective. From those lists the trumpet-blare, the crowd, the glitter, the banners, "the boast of heraldry and pomp of power," melt utterly away. To the world-champions who bend above the little board the big glass houses and ... — Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science - Vol. XVII, No. 102. June, 1876. • Various Read full book for free!
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