make allusion

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We all remember that it was a point of etiquette inculcated in our youth never to make allusion to the furniture and fittings of the houses where we paid visits.

From Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 by Various

Apart from certain most cleverly devised breaks in the story—to which I shall make allusion presently—Oliver Tropenell's best chance lies in the absence of adequate motive.

From Love and hatred by Lowndes, Marie Belloc

The three Marks of Copland make allusion to the roses which appeared as a sign to his shop.

From Printers' Marks A Chapter in the History of Typography by Roberts, W. (William)

I refer with pleasure to those portions of his report which make allusion to the creditable degree of discipline already attained by our troops and to the excellent sanitary condition of the entire army.

From The Writings of Abraham Lincoln — Volume 5: 1858-1862 by Lincoln, Abraham

This extraordinary phenomenon, it is now generally known, has been completely elucidated through the discoveries of Von Reichenbach, to which, in a former letter, I had occasion to make allusion.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various