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 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 by the mysteries of the ' Sleeping Prophet ', Edgar Cayce, Lehner " found that initial notions about the ancient civilization along the Nile could not stand up to the bedrock reality of the Giza Plateau ".

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, he revisited the same area on a number of other occasions, coming across a lone tree stump that had been unearthed on the beach, which he felt was unusual in that appeared to be upside down.

Intrigued, Holler claimed he petitioned the Holy See to inspect their 1889 archives of the affair, in which the Papal Nuncio's investigation had found, that only one bullet was fired.

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

Intrigued, she quickly assumes the dominant role and from then on they take turns beating each other.

Intrigued by this unexpected discovery, they lowered an extremely heat tolerant microphone, along with other sensory equipment, into the well.

Intrigued by this, Joe has the children arrested and demands they manufacture more of the antidote or he'll have them eaten by the Shark.

Intrigued by the artist ’ s subject matter, and impressed by his draftsmanship, they bought their first painting a year later.

Intrigued, he begins to make more holes, as days go by and they do more photo sessions.

Intrigued, they make the drive two days later to Los Angeles County's high desert to find its author, William Tallis.

Intrigued, he follows her into a Brentano's and pretends to be an employee to get to know her better.

Intrigued, Duchesne prepared a solution of the mould and injected it into a so showed that an animal inoculated with a normally lethal dose of typhoid bacilli would be free of the disease if the animal was also inoculated with Penicillium glaucum.

Intrigued by this twist of fate, Snart donned a parka and the aforementioned visor and declared himself to be Captain Cold-the man who mastered absolute zero.

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 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, Picard discovers a new type of transwarp gate called a Transwarp Portal, capable of sending fleets of starships from one quadrant to another almost instantly, thus giving reason as to how the Borg managed to get so deep into the Alpha Quadrant undetected.

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