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 Alfred Austin
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 William Shakespeare
It is worthy of remark here that even young Hindoo girls, in the exercise of their immature discretion, make distinction between the gods in the choice of their husbands.
From The Hindoos as they Are A Description of the Manners, Customs and the Inner Life of Hindoo Society in Bengal by Shib Chunder Bose
Far from me be it to make distinction between them.
From The Book-Hunter at Home by P. B. M. Allan
Her marks for the day were a little too high; she did not make distinction enough between the good and the poor scholars.
From In the School-Room Chapters in the Philosophy of Education by John S. (John Seely) Hart