Read full poem →people reaa PJays chiefly for the sake of the plot, hurrying still on for that
discovery. Tlie happy contrivance of surprising but natural incidents is
certainly a very great beauty in the drama, and little writers have often
Dictionary Entry
A (mechanical) device to perform a certain task
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Common Phrases
. contrivancecontrivance mechanicalcontrivance ingeniouscontrivance simple
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Poetry examples for “contrivance”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →within a league of their master's capital; and, by this awkward
contrivance, their absence is accounted for, when he is met by
OEdipus.
Read full poem →An arch-designer, for she planned to build.
He was of wise contrivance, deeply skilled
In every intervolve of high and wide—