make allusion
Example Sentences
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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 Benedetto Croce
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 Anton Schindler
He had often heard Miss Rogers make allusion to money she could lay her hand on at any moment; but the old basket-maker never believed her.
From Jolly Sally Pendleton Or, the Wife Who Was Not a Wife by Laura Jean Libbey
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 Abraham Lincoln
It won't hurt them, my lord; and people make allusion to everything now-a-days.
From The Vicar of Bullhampton by Anthony Trollope
