Charmed

Examples

• Miss Podsnap, charmed to see you. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I can lay my hand on my heart, and declare that every page has charmed, refreshed, delighted me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• What Miss Podsnap was particularly charmed with, next to the graces of her friend, was the happiness of her friend's married life. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• It never entered into her thought but that they must be charmed with her company. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Mrs Veneering, always charmed by this rattling sylph, cries. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I was charmed to hear my own sentiments from the lips of another, and one of his own sex too. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Mrs Veneering is charmed by the humour, and so is Veneering. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• My skill, greater in this one point than theirs, surprised and charmed them. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• And I _quite_ approve, and mamma was charmed. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Not only that evening, but for several succeeding evenings, Clennam was quite charmed by this investigation. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• How charmed she was when she heard of this instance of George's goodness! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He was charmed with me, for refusing His Royal Highness. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• I have known men, and women too, who could love nothing for the life of them, however amiable, with whom everybody was not charmed! Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• She gave some attention to her flowers, but it was perfunctorily bestowed, for they no longer charmed her. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Shall I ride up to the house a few minutes hence, innocently supposing that its master is at home and will be charmed to receive me? Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• These people whom she had ridiculed and yet envied were glad to make a place for her in the charmed circle about which all her desires revolved. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• Tufto was charmed, and Rawdon roared with delighted laughter, and swore that she was better than any play he ever saw, by Jove. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• In such a dress as you are wearing now, you first charmed me, and in no dress could you ever look, to my thinking, more graceful or more beautiful. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I am charmed to see you, Godfrey, she said, addressing him, I grieve to add, in the off-hand manner of one young man talking to another. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Both of which, said Joe, quite charmed with his logical arrangement, being done, now this to you a true friend, say. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• In the meantime, I was absolutely charmed with Shakespeare. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Captain Keeldar was complimented on his taste; the compliment charmed him. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• He appeared charmed to obey her commands and sport his really graceful waltzing. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• You will be charmed with it. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mrs. Bagnet, quite charmed, hopes Mr. Bucket has a family of his own. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He is a true Roylands, and bears a charmed life; something to do with that amber heart, I suppose. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• Traddles thanked us both, by saying, with a simplicity and honesty I had sense enough to be quite charmed with, 'I am very much obliged to you indeed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• And as he walked further and further from the charmed atmosphere of his Olympian girl his face grew sad with a new sort of sadness. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• It was the variegated villainy and novelty of it that charmed us. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Volumnia is charmed to hear that her delight is come. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.

Typist: Perry