Both Uses of
beguile
in
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
- As it was, in the five and a half months since fate had brought us on board, we had cleared 14,000 leagues, and over this track longer than the earth's equator, so many fascinating or frightening incidents had beguiled our voyage: that hunting trip in the Crespo forests, our running aground in the Torres Strait, the coral cemetery, the pearl fisheries of Ceylon, the Arabic tunnel, the fires of Santorini, those millions in the Bay of Vigo, Atlantis, the South Pole!†
Chpt 2
- The extraordinary intensity of his gaze seemed to attract it, beguile it, and draw it more surely than if he had it in tow!†
Chpt 2 *
Definition:
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(beguile) to charm, enchant, or entertain someone; or to deceive -- especially through charm