conspiratrix

Example Sentences

• "“That most impious conspiratrix, the countess of Buchan [Isabella MacDuff] being likewise apprehended, the king commanded that, since she had not used the sword, her life should be spared; but, in regard of her illegal conspiracy, she should be confined in a building constructed of stone and iron,[…]”"
• "The soldier of fortune, with whom Queen Christina, when they were both in exile, conspired to overturn the comparatively quiet and decorous rule of [Baldomero] Espartero’s Regency, has since that undergone vicissitudes that illustrate the condition of his country: his arbitrary insolence made his presence intolerable; he was overreached by the superior finesse of the intrigante, and driven from the kingdom; he has returned to be spectator of a grand intrigue, which triumphed, but now serves him as a pretext for crying down his fellow-conspiratrix; and it is his turn to try the trick of banishing an inconvenient accomplice."
• "“I should have murdered him, or he would have murdered me, by this time! It is impossible to say how I hate the villain!” returned Lady Mulgrave, with an energy that bore testimony to the sincerity of her expression. / “Well, I know of a capital revenge we could take on him,” said the conspiratrix."
• "“We will not summon her,” interposed the Prior of St. John at Dalkeith: “we all hold her to be unworthy of credence—a false speaker—an unmaidenly person—a convicted conspiratrix⸺”"
• "Women took the lead. They were best calculated to manage the Yankees. They were accomplished and beautiful. The Yankees were courteous and susceptible to women, but rough-handed with masculine rebels. This was the view the Southern Ladies’ Aid Society took of it. They condemned discourtesy to the federals. It was not good policy—certainly not lady-like. They “hated the Yankees,” but it was wise to dissemble. These amiable conspiratrices were very adroit, and plied their cunning arts seductively."
• "“Look at her; think of her, with her pure dream of Italy and her noble devotion. And you permit a doubt to be cast on her!” / “Now, is it not true that you have an idea of the country not being worthy of her?” said Agostino, slyly. “The chief, I fancy, did not take certain facts into his calculation when he pleaded that the conspiratrix was the sum and completion of the conspirator.[…]”"