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Unwitting perhaps of the fine time afforded by the feeble delays of Mr. Addington, and absorbed in the tissue of plot and counterplot now thickening fast in Paris — the arch-plotter in all of them being himself — the First Consul had slackened awhile his hot haste to set foot upon the shore of England.

Springhaven Richard Doddridge 2004

The arch-plotter, who kept by the side of his untrustworthy recruit, was astonished at the reckless valour he displayed.

Sea-Dogs All! A Tale of Forest and Sea Tom Bevan

The name of Odysseus, the arch-plotter, occurred again and again as the tale went on; and once more Odysseus was moved to tears by the memories which the words of the bard awakened.

Stories from the Odyssey

The arch-plotter of this deed; yea, thou hast done

The Seven Plays in English Verse 495? BC-406 BC Sophocles

President Jefferson hated Colonel Burr with all the intensity that philosophy can give to political rivalry; and so the whole force of the national government was brought to bear against the arch-plotter, who fell with a great ruin, and for the time Mexico was saved.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 30, April, 1860 Various

Buckingham, the arch-plotter, was eagerly circulated by the Richmond conspirators, and sung all over the southern part of England as the fatal assault on Richard was about to be made, we shall hardly wonder that, in an age of few books and no journals, the imputed crime hurled a usurper from his throne.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy. Various

A force was organized in which the Army Boys were included to seize the arch-plotter.

Army Boys on German Soil Our Doughboys Quelling the Mobs Homer Randall

Swiftly Manuel's keen brain, the brain of an arch-plotter, scanned the manifold aspects of this sudden threat.

Plotting in Pirate Seas Francis Rolt-Wheeler 1918

How came his brother's wife to know the name of the arch-plotter, the man who had sentenced her own husband to death?

The Mask A Story of Love and Adventure Arthur Hornblow 1903

Austria was represented by an arch-plotter, Consul-General Krai, who worked the pro-Austrian propaganda; the same man who was in Monastir when I was there in 1903-4, and he did not like my reappearance in

Twenty Years Of Balkan Tangle 1903