Even earlier examples of this sentiment may be found in Wild Talents by author Charles Fort where he makes the statement: "... a performance that may some day be considered understandable, but that, in these primitive times, so transcends what is said to be the known that it is what I mean by magic.

Xavier makes the connection Milbury and X-Men villain, Mister Sinister, who has apparently long been manipulating Charles ' life in addition to other X-Men.

For example, Phillip E. Johnson makes this accusation of atheism with reference to Charles Hodge's book What Is Darwinism ?.

Charles Dickens makes frequent use of the riverside and docklands in novels such as Our Mutual Friend and Great Expectations, and there is a memorable description of the docks, their buildings and people, in Joseph Conrad's The Mirror of the Sea.

Charles Rosen makes the point forcefully:

** WWII: Appeal of 18 June: General Charles de Gaulle, de facto leader of the Free French Forces, makes his first broadcast appeal over Radio Londres from London rallying French Resistance, calling on all French people to continue the fight against Nazi Germany: " France has lost a battle.

* January 11 – Sir Charles Kingsford Smith makes the first commercial flight between Australia and New Zealand.

* May 20 – May 21 – Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight, from New York City to Paris in his single-seat, single-engine monoplane, the Spirit of St. Louis.

* Charles II of England makes Henry Purcell court musician.

* Charles Marie de La Condamine, with François Fresneau Gataudière, makes the first scientific observations of rubber, in Ecuador.

When Louis the Stammerer receives news of the death of his father, Charles the Bald, he makes plans to go into West Francia to receive the oath of fidelity from his new subjects.

Throughout the ages this " tall, leavened fruitcake " makes cameo appearances in the arts: It is shown in a sixteenth-century painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder and is possibly mentioned in a contemporary recipe book written by Bartolomeo Scappi, personal chef to popes and emperors during the time of Charles V. The first recorded association of Panettone with Christmas can be found in the writings of 18th century illuminist Pietro Verri.

* September 24 – Charles II of Naples makes peace with Frederick III of Sicily under the Treaty of Caltabellotta, ending the War of Sicilian Vespers.

Gibbon makes the point that he did not move at once against Charles Martel, was surprised by him at Tours as Charles had marched over the mountains avoiding the roads to surprise the Muslim invaders, and thus the wily Charles selected the time and place they would collide:

* 1897 – Charles Parsons ' Turbinia, the first vessel to be powered by a steam turbine, makes her debut.

Spade attempts to explain himself to Brigid O ' Shaughnessy with the Flitcraft parable, in which Hammett makes an oblique reference to the philosopher Charles Sanders Peirce, but O ' Shaughnessy has no idea what he is getting at.

When Foljambe asks Charles if Myers is there to provide financial backing for the purchase of the canal, Charles says nothing, but his manner makes it clear that Foljambe has guessed correctly.

* Charles Kingsley's novel Hereward the Wake: " last of the English " ( London: Macmillan, 1866 ) is a highly romanticised account of Hereward's exploits, and makes him the son of Earl Leofric of Mercia and the ancestor of the family of Wake.

In The Realists, an examination of the work of eight novelists – Stendhal, Honoré de Balzac, Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Benito Pérez Galdós, Henry James and Marcel Proust – Snow makes a robust defence of the realistic novel.

Though Alexandre Dumas writes in paradoxically positive terms about him in The Three Musketeers, on the other hand, the English novelist and historian Charles Dickens makes no effort to hide his total rejection of the Duke in his book A Child ’ s History of England.

Conservative pundit Charles Krauthammer alluded to the conspiracy theories when he was asked in 2012 who makes up the " Republican establishment ":

Seeking revenge for being jilted by Ashley, Scarlett accepts a proposal of marriage from Melanie's brother, Charles Hamilton.

In late January 2003, the founder of the Center for Public Integrity, Charles Lewis, published a leaked draft copy of an Administration proposal titled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003.

Harding's Secretary of State, Charles E. Hughes, assumed a primary role in the conference and made the pivotal proposal — the U. S was to reduce its number of warships by 30 if Great Britain decommissioned 19, and Japan 17 ships.

* July 3 – Charles Babbage publishes a proposal for a " difference engine ", a forerunner of the modern computer for calculating logarithms and trigonometric functions.

Charles V wished his son Philip ( afterwards king of Spain ) to succeed him as emperor, but his brother Ferdinand, who had already been designated as the next occupant of the imperial throne, and Maximilian objected to this proposal.

Charles took no action on the proposal, and continued his war plans with his French ally.

Edward responded warmly, and in the Spring of 1466 sent his brother-in-law, Lord Scales, to Burgundy, where Scales made a formal offer of Margaret's hand in marriage to Charles, and put forward Edward's own proposal of a reciprocal marriage between Charles ' daughter Mary and Edward's brother, George, 1st Duke of Clarence.

Though his proposal failed, many reformers in Parliament came to regard him as their leader, instead of Charles James Fox.

William's horrified reaction to this proposal convinced Charles that it was best not to reveal the Dover Treaty to him.

On 24 January the consul handed the letters, containing the peace proposal, to Charles, who pretended to be greatly surprised by this, although he had especially recalled Parliament, prorogued by him in November, for this occasion that very same day.

The new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Charles Thomson Ritchie, influenced by economists such as Sir William Ashley, was vigorously opposed to any scheme of Imperial Preference but although he made his opinions known, the Cabinet was generally favourable towards Chamberlain's proposal when it was considered on 21 October.

In 1884, she married the artist Charles Walter Stetson after initially declining his proposal because a gut feeling told her it was not the right thing for her.

King Ferdinand II's behavior was mainly due to the ambiguous conduct of Charles Albert of Piedmont, who had not clearly refused the proposal to obtain the Sicilian crown received from representatives of the rebellious island.

Charles himself is understood to have rejected the assassination proposal, but three conspirators — who implicated Rupert in the plan — were arrested and confessed in London.

Secretary of State Charles Evans Hughes made the key proposal of each country to reduce its number of warships by a formula that was accepted.

Duchess Laura was not initially forthcoming with a reply to Peterborough's proposal, hoping, according to the French ambassador, for a " grander " match with the eleven-year-old Charles II of Spain.

Lady Sarah refused a proposal of marriage from James Hay, 15th Earl of Erroll before she married Charles Bunbury, eldest son of Reverend Sir William Bunbury, 5th Baronet, on 2 June 1762 at Holland House Chapel, Kensington, London.

Proposals were solicited from distinguished architects, and Charles Donagh Maginnis ' ambitious proposal for twenty buildings in English Collegiate Gothic style, called " Oxford in America ", was selected.

When the secret treaty with France became known, confirming Sacheverell's insight, he called for the disbandment of the forces and advocated the refusal of further supplies for military purposes ; and in June 1678 he resolutely opposed Lord Danby's proposal to grant £ 300, 000 per annum to Charles II for life.

Sidney in person handed Charles the treaty proposal ( already accepted by Denmark ), threatening military action.

As late as 1880, Charles Bradlaugh was denied a seat as an MP in the Parliament of the United Kingdom as because of his professed atheism he was judged unable to swear the Oath of Allegiance in spite of his proposal to swear the oath as a " matter of form ".

He does not appear to have incurred Elizabeth's displeasure, for in 1566 and the following year she employed him in negotiations for bringing about a different matrimonial alliance which he warmly supported, the proposal that she should bestow her hand on the Archduke Charles.

In her confusion she decides to hurt Ashley in return by accepting a marriage proposal by Melanie's brother Charles.