of Beguile
Source: Webster's dictionaryEuropeans have sometimes been beguiled by a despotism that comes concealed in the seductive form of an ideal – as it did in the cases of Hitler and Stalin. This fact may remind us that the possibility of despotism is remote neither in space nor in time. Kenneth Minogue
Lightly I sped when hope was high And youth beguiled the chase,- I follow, follow still: But I Shall never see her face. Frederick Locker-Lampson
The craftsman is in his own craft beguiled. Torquato Tasso
If the weak hand, that has recorded this tale, has, by its scenes, beguiled the mourner of one hour of sorrow, or, by its moral, taught him to sustain it - the effort, however humble, has not been vain, nor is the writer unrewarded. Ann Radcliffe
They that think no ill are soonest beguiled. English Proverb
"Charles beguiled this period by means of drills and chess, and used frequently to play with his minister, Christian Albert Grosthusen, some of the contests being mentioned by Voltaire. Source: Internet