...The artifice was known only to the two gentlemen,who, had they not been apprised of it, would have been no lessastonished than the rest at so ingenious a contrivance... 
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 「The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha」
...“Ye’re a man of small contrivance, David...
Robert Louis Stevenson 「Kidnapped」
...The Wagambi chief was quite dubious as to the sail, for he had neverseen such a contrivance used...
Edgar Rice Burroughs 「The Beasts of Tarzan」
...Placed upon the path of a bare-footed enemy, this rude contrivance, combined with the scratching of the thorns, and the gashing cuts of the grass, must somewhat discourage pursuit...
Richard F. Burton 「Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1」
...In no well-attested case has a dog shown any sense as to thenature of any mechanical contrivance...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
...A deadfall is a contrivance thatis not in keeping with the usual fortuitous disarrayof sticks and stones in the fields and woods...
John Burroughs 「Ways of Nature」
...The eyes, which are large and wellopen, owe their lifelike vivacity to an ingenious contrivance of theancient artist...
Gaston Camille Charles Maspero 「Manual Of Egyptian Archaeology And Guide To The Study Of Antiquities In Egypt」
...If anything stepped upon this contrivance the gate descended from above, and whoever below was struck by the gate was caught and mangled...
Chretien DeTroyes 「Four Arthurian Romances」
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