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

Intrigued by the object, Stevie keeps it and takes it with her to the lighthouse where she broadcasts her radio show from.

Intrigued, he ordered a set of parts from England.

Intrigued, Watson switched the subject of his paper from the ERA to the 1789 proposal and researched what was a still-pending constitutional amendment, despite 192 years having elapsed.

Intrigued with the idea of making similar Valentines, she began her business importing paper lace and floral decorations from England.

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

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

Intrigued and impressed, Corley demands his driver catch up to the gang.

Intrigued, he explores the villa.

Intrigued, Michael invites himself to dinner with the Stevensons and Theodora.

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 with New Deal politics, he switched careers.

Intrigued, she went to Paris to see her son before she died.

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.