precontrivance
- a word derived from contrivance.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
