217 collocations for charm

It was not entirely the beauty of the softly glowing orchid that charmed Johnnie Consadine's eyes; it was the significance of the flower.

Then Ulysses being seated at a table next the king and queen, in all men's view; after they had feasted, Alcinous ordered Demodocus, the court-singer, to be called to sing some song of the deeds of heroes, to charm the ear of his guest.

I cannot think, my Lord, so mean a Beauty can so suddenly charm a Heart so great as yours. Guil.

"Or," said Beltane, "the fool shall charm thy souls to kindliness with his pipe" "Ho, Roger!" cried the second forester, "split me this tall talker's yellow sconce, now!" "Come," growled Roger, threatening of mien, "yield us the fool, 'tis an arrant knave hath angered his lord!"

by the exercise of those virtues which extorted his respect, but Madame de Pompadour by the faculty of charming the senses.

Addison's EssaysThe greatest of Addison's Essays appeared in The Spectator and charmed many readers in Queen Anne's age.

And the woman's face on the wall smiled behind themthe smile of a witch, mysterious, derisive, aloof, yet touched with that same magic with which Piers had learned even in his infancy to charm away the evil spirit that lurked in his grandfather's soul.

Feridún inquired of Arnawáz why Zohák had chosen the route towards Ind; and she replied, "For two reasons: the first is, he expects to encounter thee in that quarter; and if he fails, he will subdue the whole country, which is the seat of sorcery, and thus obtain possession of a renowned magician who can charm thee into his power.

On this monument, which is ornamented with a mask, a laurel wreath, a palette, pencils, and a book, inscribed, "Analysis of Beauty," are the following lines, by his friend and contemporary, the late David Garrick: "Farewell, great painter of mankind, Who reached the noblest point of art, Whose pictur'd morals charm the mind,

It was like those invisible networks of fine chains worn next the skin, in which many men in the olden time passed unscathed through years of battles, and won the reputation of having charmed lives.

the Butcher He that charmed the rats! OTHERS

Mark, o'er yon wild, as melts the storm away, The rainbow tints their various hues display; Beauteous, though faint, though deeply shaded, bright, They span the clearing heavens, and charm the sight.

I have won her for you, dear Larinski, by the means Othello used to charm the imagination and capture the heart of Desdemona.

Ulysses guessed that the island of the Sirens was not far off, and that they had charmed the air so with their devilish singing.

Even as the sword of Custer, In his disastrous fall, Flashed out a blaze that charmed the world And glorified his pall, This order, issued amid the gloom That shrouds our army's name, When all foul beasts are free to rend And tear its honest fame, Shall prove to a callous people That the sense of a soldier's worth, That the love of comrades, the honor of arms, Have not yet perished from earth.

She has an high opinion of her sex, to think they can charm so long a man so well acquainted with their identicalness.

To young and old it was a marvellous thing; The serpents writhed about as seeking food, And learned men to see the wonder came, And sage magicians tried to charm away That dreadful evil, but no cure was found.

And now young Nadab commenced one of those surprising feats of Improvisation with which he used to charm audiences.

"Is no face found fair enough among all the palaces on the Canal Grande to charm thy fastidious fancy?" cried the angry father, losing all self-control.

No gentle hand, when life is in decay, To soothe my pains, and charm my cares away; But helpless left to quit the horrid stage, Harassed in youth, and desolate in age!

Thy wonders, in that godlike age, Fill thy recording sister's page: 'Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail, Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age, E'en all at once together found, Cecilia's mingled world of sound.

When a man, they tell us, wants to charm a woman belonging to a distant tribe he takes a churinga, or sacred stick, and goes with some friends into the bush, where "all night long the men keep up a low singing of Quabara songs, together with the chanting of amorous phrases of invitation addressed to the woman.

Robert will learn the local bat For billeting and things like that, If Siegfried learns the piccolo To charm the people as we go.

" Under his head the maiden put her arm, And knelt beside, half leaning on his breast; As, soul and body, she would shield all harm From him whose love had made her being blest; And well the healing of her eyes might charm His doubting thoughts again to trusting rest.

He made his maiden speech in favor of war, and charmed his listeners.

217 collocations for  charm