make allusion
Example Sentences
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It won't hurt them, my lord; and people make allusion to everything now-a-days.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Trollope, Anthony
When he beheld his brother after the return of reason, he addressed him as Mr. Holden, and never, in conversation with any one, did he make allusion to his aberration of mind.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by Adams, John Turvill
Thus even of the Giulietta, to whom I have adverted above, I have heard only casual mention by himself, and to this tender topic he would not suffer even his oldest friends to make allusion.
From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton
He admitted that painting might represent an action, but only by means of bodies which make allusion to it; that poetry can represent bodies, but only by means of actions.
From Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic by Croce, Benedetto
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
