Both Uses of
machinations
in
Don Quixote
- In this adventure two mighty enchanters must have encountered one another, and one frustrates what the other attempts; one provided the bark for me, and the other upset me; God help us, this world is all machinations and schemes at cross purposes one with the other.†
Chpt 2.29-30
- I am Don Quixote of La Mancha, against whom your evil machinations avail not nor have any power.†
Chpt 2.45-46 *
Definition:
typically plural: a crafty and involved plot to achieve usually sinister ends; or the process of creating the plot