contrivances

I think a lot of men my age and Matt’s age were attracted to this movie for the above, and the fact that the story, even with its plot contrivances, is a fun 2.5 hours to spend, and it has a high re-watchability factor.

Matthew Yglesias » Fight Club 2010

But, in thy opinion, I suffer for that simplicity in my contrivances, which is their principal excellence.

Clarissa Harlowe 2006

Whatever sort of a being God may be, we know to-day that he is nevermore that mere external inventor of "contrivances" intended to make manifest his "glory" in which our great-grandfathers took such satisfaction, though just how we know this we cannot possibly make clear by words either to others or to ourselves.

The Varieties of Religious Experience 1902

Whatever sort of a being God may be, we KNOW to-day that he is nevermore that mere external inventor of "contrivances" intended to make manifest his "glory" in which our great-grandfathers took such satisfaction, though just how we know this we cannot possibly make clear by words either to others or to ourselves.

Varieties of Religious Experience, a Study in Human Nature William James 1876

Duke, who maintains that no explanation of these "contrivances" has been or can be given, except on the supposition of a personal contriver, specially arranging the details of each case, although causing them to be produced by the ordinary processes of growth and reproduction.

Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays Alfred Russel Wallace 1868

As to experimenting with "contrivances" which, to his mind, could never be put to practical use, he had little patience.

Lincoln's Yarns and Stories: a complete collection of the funny and witty anecdotes that made Lincoln famous as America's greatest story teller 1868

To Anthony: Tim mentions "contrivances," prompting Anthony to request a dictionary as he engages in my favorite game of Let's Make The Person With the Vocabulary Feel Weird About Using Words Everyone Should Already Know.

Queer Sighted Dave White 2010

To Anthony: Tim mentions "contrivances," prompting Anthony to request a dictionary as he engages in my favorite game of Let's Make The Person With the Vocabulary Feel Weird About Using Words Everyone Should Already Know.

Queer Sighted Dave White 2010

God may be, we know today that he is nevermore that mere external inventor of 'contrivances' intended to make manifest his 'glory' in which our great-grandfathers took such satisfaction. "

The Necessity of Atheism David Marshall Brooks

These kind of contrivances originated in the middle ages, when the poor people who lived in all these countries were very ignorant, as indeed they are now; and inasmuch as they could not read, and there were no schools in which to teach them, they had to be instructed by such contrivances as these. "

Rollo in Naples Jacob Abbott 1841