Intrigued by what he had read about English public schools, in 1883, at the age of twenty, Fredy went to Rugby and to other English schools to see for himself.

Intrigued by the ideas of gradual formation of landscapes set out in Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, he wrote to Lyell on 20 February 1836 praising the book as a work which would bring " a complete revolution in subject, by altering entirely the point of view in which it must thenceforward be contemplated.

Intrigued rather than offended by Count Alfred's dossier, Queen Louise invites him to dinner.

“ Intrigued by this man, the boys enter a pact to help him escape capture.

Intrigued by the case, O ' Neill continued to study the 1993 bombing Yousef had masterminded and other information about Islamic militants.

Intrigued by the often-heard phrase " life as we know it ", Anderson wanted to set the aliens of his new series apart from the conventional extraterrestrials of 1960s television and cinema.

Intrigued by the work of Frederick Winsor, who had been championing the introduction of gas lighting in London, Accum too, became fascinated by this innovation.

Intrigued by the invitation, Prokofiev completed Peter and the Wolf in just four days.

Intrigued by Wingate's theories, Wavell gave Wingate a brigade of troops, the ( Indian 77th Infantry Brigade ), from which he created a jungle long-range penetration unit.

Intrigued by the selection of worlds and presence of Heartless inside the datascape, Pete summons Maleficent, unaware that the datascape is actually an artificial realm created from the digitized contents of Jiminy Cricket's journal.

Intrigued by Republic's design, the US Air Force placed an initial order for 199 F-105s in September 1952, but with the Korean War winding down reduced it to 46 six months later.

Intrigued by the creatures, and with additional knowledge supplied by Spike, Wheeljack and Ratchet created three " Dinobots "-Grimlock, Slag and Sludge.

Intrigued by the " star map ", Fish wondered if it might be " deciphered " to determine which star system the UFO came from.

Intrigued by ancient descriptions of the emotional and moral effect of ancient Greek tragedy and comedy, which they presumed to be sung as a single line to a simple instrumental accompaniment, the Camerata proposed creating a new kind of music.

Intrigued by the existence of super-heroes, they crossed the dimensional void and attacked the JLA and JSA.

Intrigued by the disappearance, and probably to quell any suspicions he might have something to do with it, Griscom later spent thousands of dollars searching for Arnold — without results.

Intrigued by their looks, she began working to breed cats like them, using seal point Siamese with bicolor American Shorthairs.

Intrigued, Meacham is picked up the next day at the airport by an unmanned, computer-controlled Douglas DC-3 aircraft with no windows.

Intrigued by the new family dynamic, Allison and Roy decided to settle down in the Hathaway mansion, much to the chagrin of Kate, Julian, and the family ’ s cantankerous housekeeper Stella ( Bibi Osterwald ).

Intrigued by the possible advent of an eruption, Johnston contacted Stephen Malone, a professor of geology at the university.

Intrigued by Benveniste's claims that biological interactions could be digitized, the US Defence Advanced Research Projects Agency ( DARPA ) asked Dr. Wayne Jonas, homeopath and then director of the US National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, to organize an attempt at independently replicating the claimed results.

" Intrigued by this concept, Meg repeats the phrase and clinks her coffee cup at the end of the segment to produce a ringing noise, and she looks pensively out into the distance before a cut to black.

Intrigued Lisa takes a pamphlet on Buddhism and studies it at home.

Intrigued, Fridolin procures a mask and costume and follows Nachtigall to the party at a private residence.

Intrigued, he writes back and arranges to meet with the woman " at a bar called O ' Malley's ", only to find upon the meeting that the woman is actually his current wife.

Intrigued by its capabilities, Coltrane began playing it at his summer club dates.

Intrigued by his siblings ' piano lessons, he began his own at age seven, and developed a habit of composing a new work each week.

Intrigued by recent reports of cold fusion, they attempted to study potential causes for the effect by accelerating tiny droplets of heavy water, about 25 to 1300 D2O molecules each, into a target at about 220 eV.

Intrigued, the natives agree to trade it for the first team ’ s surviving reels of film during a cannibalistic ceremony, in which Monroe has to take part.

Intrigued, Veidt applied for the theater as well.

Mogulesko also played various other comic, musical roles for Goldfaden, including the granddaughter in Die Bubbe mitn Einikl ( Grandmother and Granddaughter ), and the lead in The Intrigue, or Dvoise Intrigued.

Intrigued by the idea of applying aerodynamics to racing cars, Costin designed the body for the Lotus Mark VIII Unlike his brother, Costin was never an Lotus employee ; his work there was either as a paid consultant or as a volunteer.

Intrigued with this literary genre, he started working on some science fiction novels of his own, but Germany's cultural climate was apparently not ready for native science fiction authors.

Intrigued by Gemini's kindness towards Brin, Darkseid restored Brin to normal in exchange for Gemini killing Darkseid.

Intrigued by anthropology, he gave up plans for a technical career.

Intrigued by Merlin's experiments, the judge asks for Merlin's help in constructing a mystery plot for his next book.

Intrigued by Eddie's presence in Japan, Sandy arranges for him to be arrested, and Sandy's secret informer, who is connected to the police department, obtains Eddie's rap sheet.

Intrigued by the possibilities of manipulating recorded sound for musical purposes, he believed it could open up the raw audio content of the zaar ceremony to further investigation into “ the inner sound ” contained within.

Intrigued by the colour pictures, because only black and white pictures had been his experience up until then, Nicholas checks the book for information about the Russian Royal Family.

Intrigued, she gets a job working as a maid for the family in hopes of finding out about her past.

Intrigued, she offered him a pot of tea and they were married 13 days later.

Intrigued, Miriya takes it upon herself to engage him in combat but finds herself frustrated as she cannot defeat him, a situation which she had never faced before nor did she think was possible.

Intrigued by his athleticism, the Seahawks gave him that chance.

Intrigued by the sudden interest of two government agencies, Lang attempts to track down the man who approached him in Amsterdam, unexpectedly finding him in London, and even more unexpectedly discovering that the man is Alexander Woolf himself.

Intrigued as to why such a classic Japanese performance vehicle is about to be junked, he convinces the junkyard owner to sell it to him.

Intrigued by the courage displayed by Vagn, his grandfather Palnatoke allowed him ( after first attempting to dissuade him ) to prove his worth with a duel against Sigvaldi Strut-Haraldsson, whom Vagn defeated.