...This news was very welcome to the curate and the barber, wholooked on this amendment as an effect of their contrivance inbringing him home in the enchanted waggon, as already recorded... 
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 「The History of Don Quixote de la Mancha」
...This contrivance produced a ludicrous appearance,but my fellow-travellers told me it was constantly adopted by theslatees, and always proved effectual...
Mungo Park 「Travels in the Interior of Africa, Vol. 1 [of 2]」
...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」
...It is true that many of the fur-bearing animals are too cunning to be captured by such a contrivance but some of the most wary fall easy victims to the snare...
Elmer Harry Kreps 「Science of Trapping」
...His abhorrence is a wig, whichhe considers a contrivance of the devil to cheat honestIndian industry...
W. E. Webb 「Buffalo Land」
...In no well-attested case has a dog shown any sense as to thenature of any mechanical contrivance...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
...They show no interest in it, such as monkeys readilydisplay toward any mechanical contrivance to which their attention hasbeen directed...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
...It isindeed a natural contrivance exactly adapted to afford those materialswhich are required for the development and restoration of creaturesessentially akin to our own species...
Nathaniel Southgate Shaler 「Domesticated Animals」
...Not only does the immature Dragon fly walk over the bottom of the poolor stream it inhabits, but it can also leap for a considerable distance,and by a most curious contrivance...
Alpheus Spring Packard 「Our Common Insects」
...The Empusa shows me nothing akin totheir contrivance...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
...Raised from the ground by this diabolical contrivance, the birdflies, falls down and flies up again at each jerk of the cord...
J. H. Fabre 「The Wonders of Instinct」
...If Fanny Ellsler and Duvernay could excel without this ugly contrivance...
Anonymous 「The Dance (by An Antiquary)」
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