I have but casually touched on the beginnings of musical art, and the utmost I can hope for is that I have succeeded in Arousing some degree of curiosity in the minds of those, who have shown but little regard for musical literature, and which will have the effect of ultimately leading them to devote more of their time and attention to good musical performances.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
Repton fell into a musing fit when he had finished these observations, and Nelligan felt too much deference for his guest to disturb him, and they sat thus silent for some time, when the old lawyer suddenly Arousing himself, said,-"What's all this I hear about disturbances, and attacks on the police, down here?"
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
He took a good deal of pains over training me in observation and in Arousing in me what he called, "a curiosity about life"-without which, he said, no one could write anything worth while.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford