- The
Contrivances is a 1715
comedy play by the
British writer Henry Carey. A farce, it
produced was an
afterpiece to
follow on from a
revival of Bonduca...
- The
Conspiracy Against the
Human Race: A
Contrivance of
Horror is a 2010 non-fiction book by
American author Thomas Ligotti.
Better known as a horror...
-
published on 15 May 1862
under the full
explanatory title On the
Various Contrivances by
Which British and
Foreign Orchids Are
Fertilised by Insects, and On...
- old Colonial-era land grants, many of
which were
referred to as the "
contrivances" of
their owners. In 1967,
Gould sold the
restaurant to the Rouse-related...
- Love's
Contrivance is a 1703
comedy play by the
English writer Susanna Centlivre. The cast
featured Robert Wilks as Bellmie, Anne
Oldfield as Belliza...
-
vines were
fixed to cast a
shadow on the king's head. By a
mechanical contrivance the
throne followed Solomon wherever he
wished to go. Supposedly, due...
-
elements (quirky detective, hero with
dense workmates,
convenient plot
contrivances), Tad
Friend of The New
Yorker magazine remarked that when
Dexter is...
- Harrelson. The film
received a
mostly negative response from
critics for the
contrivances and
implausibilities of its story. It also
sparked controversy, with...
-
invariably getting injured in
slapstick fashion. Many of the
items for
these contrivances are mail-ordered from the Acme
Corporation and
other companies. TV Guide...
- such as tables;
numbers or sets as
symbols written on a paper;
human contrivances such as laws,
corporations and
academic disciplines; or supernatural...
