Artifice

(n.) A handicraft; a trade; art of making.

(n.) Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.

(n.) Artful or skillful contrivance.

(n.) Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]

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• Falsehood and artifice are in themselves so hateful, that, though I still thought I did right, a feeling of shame and guilt came painfully upon me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• This little artifice did not bring him. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• The same artifice gives rise to both. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Nothing is farther from my thoughts than to attribute any degree of artifice to Mr. Jorkins. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• But to destroy this artifice, we need but reflect on that principle so oft insisted on, that all our ideas are copyed from our impressions. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• But I disdained the artifice; or rather in my wretchedness it was my only consolation to pour out my heart to you, my brother, my only friend. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Emma saw its artifice, and returned to her first surmises. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• Here are the steps: the artifice of the instrument depends either on one glass or on several. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Who contrived this artifice? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It has accordingly been the effect of violence and artifice. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Why could one never do a natural thing without having to screen it behind a structure of artifice? 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• The case fully stated, Mr. Bagnet resorts to his standard artifice for the maintenance of discipline. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Public interest, education, and the artifices of politicians, have the same effect in both cases. 戴维·休谟. 人性论.
• Who has not admired the artifices and delicate approaches with which women prepare their friends for bad news? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• It must not be imagined that Mr. Pitt Crawley's artifices escaped the attention of his dear relations at the Rectory at Queen's Crawley. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Gentlemen, is the happiness of a sensitive and confiding female to be trifled away, by such shallow artifices as these? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• These are not its only artifices. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Do you forget his artifices, his cruelty, and fraud? 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.

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