"Counterplot" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... practical and extravagant, is not of the kind that delights in plot and counterplot. His novels abound in action, but the episodes wear a more or less random look: the impression produced is pretty much that of a story of adventure. But if they fail as stories they are unexceptionable as canvases. Our author unrolls them with superb audacity; and ...
— Views and Reviews - Essays in appreciation • William Ernest Henley
... King's on t'other side, A looking tow'rds Whitehall: But could we bring him round about; He'd counterplot you all. ...
— The Works of John Dryden, Vol. 6 (of 18) - Limberham; Oedipus; Troilus and Cressida; The Spanish Friar • John Dryden |
