make distinction

Example Sentences

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Far from me be it to make distinction between them.

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

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

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

However, we may fairly make distinction between the Bible as an original work and the Bible as a work of English literature.

From Study of the King James Bible by McAfee, Cleland Boyd

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