make distinction

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Reverence, That angel of the world, doth make distinction Of place ’tween high and low.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred

In some cases the resemblance of different species is so close that only one other expedient will make distinction possible, namely, a knowledge of the region from which the wood has come.

From Wood and Forest by Noyes, William

Far from me be it to make distinction between them.

From The Book-Hunter at Home by Allan, P. B. M.

But her little hand was not equal to the task; and so white was she that the lamplight failed to make distinction between the colour of the drapery and the hue of the flesh.

From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by Saintsbury, George

I     can write very like my lady, your niece; on forgotten matter we     can hardly make distinction of our hands.

From Twelfth Night; or What You Will by Shakespeare, William