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Meanings of contrive some means in English

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Usage of contrive some means in English
1
Let us contrive some means of bringing your lover back to you.
The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel
2
I will contrive some means of getting Mrs. B--out of the house.
The Leavenworth Case
3
Come what might, she must contrive some means of being in Paris before long.
The Lovels of Arden
4
We must contrive some means of taking some of the game with which these woods are filled.
The American Family Robinson / or, The Adventures of a Family lo...
5
She will undoubtedly alight, and contrive some means of passing and repassing him-oftouching him, if possible.
The Count's Millions
6
Shall we contrive some means of engrafting this knowledge on our state, or give the matter up?
Laws
7
The sympathetic little Stineli began at once to contrive some means of helping him to get his wish.
Rico and Wiseli
8
I am he, and I will contrive some means for killing that wicked usurper, and setting my parents free.
Hindoo Tales; Or, the Adventures of Ten Princes
9
They heard me out very gravely, and promised to contrive some means of communicating with me in case of need.
Margaret Tudor: A Romance of Old St. Augustine
10
Human ingenuity will have contrived some means for freeing men's minds from the dread of destitution.
Editorials from the Hearst Newspapers
11
Contrive some means, if you love me!
The Saint
12
But the captain made no answers to his remarks-his mind was busy contriving some means of barricading the narrow entrance at night.
The Adventures of Captain Horn
13
"We must contrive some means of repaying them for such articles as we may use, Harry."
Jack Tier; Or, The Florida Reef
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