Like accounts of practical jokes, such narratives focus on issues of belief, beguilers, and the beguiled.
The train was rather late, so we beguiled the time by counting our pocket money and comparing notes thereon.
The grand finale brought a beguiled and enthralled audience to their feet for a standing ovation.
Her smile beguiled Paul, and for a very brief second he forgot what he was supposed to do.
The author is obviously beguiled by his subject and the relationship does seem quite endearing as the yarns bloom.
My inner cynic suspects that the unusual story has beguiled these writers into believing in the characters.
It beguiled her, soothed her, eased away the pain and turmoil she had lived through all day, banished thought from her mind.
The clean air, the salty spray and the charming surroundings have beguiled visitors for years.
When Juliette is beguiled by the charms of Paris, Jean believes he has lost her.
It is plain that her own propaganda, her sheer longevity and the defeat of the Armada have beguiled us into ignoring the problems of her reign.
Decision makers beguiled into adopting a course of action may update their beliefs and abandon it.
That was our plan, but we were beguiled by the mountain's glistening raiment into something rather more challenging.
She said that her son had been beguiled into joining the Sikh bands, but was not a Sikh at heart.
The answer is that he was beguiled into thinking about language and the world in terms of a particular model.
Just think back to before you met this David and the other foreigners who beguiled you into shipping your nation's jobs overseas.
Do not be beguiled by retailers who want to sell you a thin wetsuit if you are going there between November and May.
I was beguiled by the confidence and humility of this woman.
The Academy loves the idea of a comeback and may be beguiled by Keaton's personal resemblance to his role.
However, many are beguiled by that dark groups strategy of blatantly lying and whatever else it takes to make change seem scary.
Let yourself be taken through the daily chores and be beguiled by the atmosphere and charm of these dwellings.
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No longer is it the sorry tale of a lost orphan come to London and beguiled by thoughts of carnality.
After the serpent had beguiled Eve, she gave herself to Adam who had not known her before.
Even very senior officers can beguiled into behaving unbecomingly, cruelly, and destructively while believing they are acting in the best tradition of the service.
She is the sylph who beguiled Patou — reckless Daisy reborn as the Flapper.
Let us not be beguiled by arguments about harmonising taxation, because harmonised taxes under socialists have only one way to go and that is up.
Like every victim of con-artistry he is beguiled rather than warned by evidence which seems to confirm his views.
It has since beguiled artists, critics, and art historians alike with its uncharacteristic look and perceivably lewd message.
But Mr Bush should not let himself be beguiled by such institutional successes into believing that he has now won his battle in the wider court of world opinion.
Few foreign visitors fail to be beguiled by the almost seductive concern and care shown by every Japanese they have dealings with, from barman to business partner.
Ellena was beguiled by this elusive fragrance.
McIlroy is not exactly beguiled by such simplicities.
Even hardened government partisans were beguiled by his candidacy.
But I can assure you that nobody will be beguiled by this.
Even though many are beguiled by her studio records, those who have seen her live agree that it is on stage that she displays the best of her talent.
The brand benefits in particular from rising interest in Poland, where consumers are beguiled by the welcome their Polish wódka has received abroad.
And they say that the gods of Ancient Greece favoured this enchanted land for their trysts and their jaunts, beguiled by its numerous waterfalls, torrents and small ponds embellished with solemn, multicoloured water-lilies.
Zappa Plays Zappa Frank Zappa is another iconic figure of rock, who beguiled audiences for decades with his psychedelic jazz-rock sound.
This also means reaching out as much as possible to the many traditional Labour voters who voted yes to independence in September, beguiled by SNP talk of Scotland's distinctive fairness.
The awards demonstrate Hollywood's novel eagerness to be beguiled by a smart, literate script with classy performances from intelligent grown-ups.
Watching it again, I am beguiled by the film's innocence.
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Out of her experience at Lachute, where she beguiled the audience with her folk music, Bolduc conceived the idea of concerts that focused on her own songs.
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.
Pulling out a letter from her dorothy bag she beguiled the tediousness of waiting by perusing distraitly its contents.
It began to attract increasing numbers of tourists, among them Romantics beguiled by the sublime landscapes of its mountains and alpinists who wanted to climb them.
That never chose but once, nor yet beguiled love with mockes.
He beguiled the audience with his smooth and seductive voice.
They were beguiled into thinking they'd heard the whole story.

I must not forget our banjoist, who of nights beguiled our careworn chief with cheery marches, quicksteps, and comic songs.
Cruncher beguiled the earlier watches of the night with solitary pipes, and did not start upon his excursion until nearly one o'clock.
They did not belong to the class who can be beguiled into evening schools.
So Launcelot sailed to his Duchy of Guienne with his following, and Gawaine soon followed with an army, and he beguiled Arthur to go with him.
They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way.
Sir Peter had beguiled Glamorgan to the library for a smoke.
Poyser stood Hetty, and Adam was again beguiled from calculations and contrivances into dreams and hopes.
Phineas seemed, on the whole, the briskest of the company, and beguiled his long drive with whistling certain very unquaker-like songs, as he went on.
Puss appeared to endorse the sentiment by a loud purr and a graceful wave of her tail, and Polly returned to the subject from which these little vanities had beguiled her.

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