I soon grew so
familiarized to the sight of spirits, that after the third or fourth time they gave me no emotion at all: or, if I had any apprehensions left, my curiosity prevailed over them.
I will, in this place, hazard an observation, which will not be the less just because to some it may appear new; which is, that the more the operations of the national authority are intermingled in the ordinary exercise of government, the more the citizens are accustomed to meet with it in the common occurrences of their political life, the more it is
familiarized to their sight and to their feelings, the further it enters into those objects which touch the most sensible chords and put in motion the most active springs of the human heart, the greater will be the probability that it will conciliate the respect and attachment of the community.
From their earliest childhood,
familiarized in their Circular households with the total absence of Colour, the Nobles alone preserved the Sacred Art of Sight Recognition, with all the advantages that result from that admirable training of the intellect.
This was the famous picaresque novel, 'Lazarillo de Tormes,' by Hurtado de Mendoza, whose name then so
familiarized itself to my fondness that now as I write it I feel as if it were that of an old personal friend whom I had known in the flesh.
My former experiences upon Mars had
familiarized me thoroughly with them and their methods, and I may say that of all the fearsome and terrible, weird and grotesque inhabitants of that strange world, it is the white apes that come nearest to familiarizing me with the sensation of fear.
But when the second moment had passed, when she found every doubt, every solicitude removed, compared her situation with what so lately it had been,--saw him honourably released from his former engagement, saw him instantly profiting by the release, to address herself and declare an affection as tender, as constant as she had ever supposed it to be,--she was oppressed, she was overcome by her own felicity;-- and happily disposed as is the human mind to be easily
familiarized with any change for the better, it required several hours to give sedateness to her spirits, or any degree of tranquillity to her heart.
To produce Tess, fresh from the dairy, as a d'Urberville and a lady, he had felt to be temerarious and risky; hence he had concealed her lineage till such time as,
familiarized with worldly ways by a few months' travel and reading with him, he could take her on a visit to his parents, and impart the knowledge while triumphantly producing her as worthy of such an ancient line.
I ought to have
familiarized the old De Lacey to me, and by degrees to have discovered myself to the rest of his family, when they should have been prepared for my approach.
Only two days of usage so
familiarized the little dressmaker with this scene, that it held the place occupied two days ago by the recollections of years.
The vengeance of the Hurons had now taken a new direction, and they prepared to execute it with that barbarous ingenuity with which they were
familiarized by the practise of centuries.
During the visit, in order to familiarize the guests with the cultural values of the Kyrgyz people, an excursion around the parks of the city took place, including children's visit to the Alymbek-Datka ethnographic complex, the Sulayman Mountain museum complex, children also
familiarized with the exhibits in a three-storey yurt.
The 2019 International Army Games participants
familiarized with the Kyrgyz culture, said General Staff of the Kyrgyzstan Armed Forces on August 6.