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They will entangle you in a net of intrigues; they will intoxicate you with songs; they will still your conscience with fairy-tales; they will accustom you to shame.

From The Countess Cosel A Romance of History of the Times of Augustus the Strong by Kraszewski, Jo?zef Ignacy

Thus practising in the rain will accustom the players to running and dodging in the mud, and to holding a wet and slippery ball.

From Harper's Round Table, September 3, 1895 by Various

I would have you learn French, and take in a literary journal once a month, which will accustom you to various subjects, and inform you what learning is going forward in the world.

From Life of Johnson, Volume 6 Addenda, index, dicta philosophi, etc. by Boswell, James

It will also be very advantageous for such to mix with people better and older than themselves, for they will accustom themselves to be silent by standing in awe of their reputation.

From Plutarch's Morals by Shilleto, Arthur Richard

You may as well do so, Campbell, it will accustom him to his work.

From Won By the Sword : a tale of the Thirty Years' War by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)