_:vb7168780 . _:vb7168784 . _:vb7168784 "1712 (date written), [Joseph] Addison, Cato, a Tragedy.\u00A0[\u2026], London: [\u2026] J[acob] Tonson,\u00A0[\u2026], published 1713, \u2192OCLC, Act I, scene i, page 1:"@en . _:vb7168782 "The assassination of Lincoln was part of a larger plot."@en . _:vb7168783 "c. 1603\u20131606, William Shakespeare, \u201CThe Tragedie of King Lear\u201D, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies\u00A0[\u2026] (First Folio), London: [\u2026] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, \u2192OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:"@en . . . "5" . _:vb7168781 "The plot would have enabled them to get a majority on the board."@en . . _:vb7168783 "I have o'erheard a plot of death."@en . . . _:vb7168781 . _:vb7168782 . _:vb7168784 "O, think what anxious moments pass between / The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!"@en . _:vb7168783 . _:vb7168780 "A secret plan to achieve an end, the end or means usually being illegal or otherwise questionable. [from 1580s]"@en .