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precontrivance
Derived word form of contrivance

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Shakspeare’s Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.

From Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

Shakespeare’s Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David

Shakspeare's Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.

From On Heroes and Hero Worship and the Heroic in History by Carlyle, Thomas

Shakespeare's Art is not Artifice; the noblest worth of it is not there by plan or precontrivance.

From English Prose A Series of Related Essays for the Discussion and Practice by Roe, Frederick William