But this allusion to fossils leads me to the next division of my subject--the argument from geology.
As to making allusion to the subject of his anxious interest to any one, that was carefully avoided; for he knew that his exorbitant demand was the town talk--and he wished to affect the most perfect indifference on the subject.
The friendly visiter was inwardly shocked at his appearance, but wisely made no allusion to it, and soon engaged him in cheerful conversation.
At the slightest allusion to his case, off went the bed-clothes, and up went the leg, as if taking aim at the ceiling.
Eumolpus had at first won their favor; but the gallantry of Lydon, and his well-timed allusion to the honor of the Pompeiian lanista, had afterward given the latter the preference in their eyes.
Allusion has been made to the work of Charlotte's two sisters, Emily and Anne.
I've neither cold nor fever, Nelly," he remarked, in allusion to my morning speech.
And in some parts of England the Shepherd's Purse is known as Clapper Pouch, in allusion to the licensed begging of lepers at our crossways in olden times with a bell and a clapper.
The name Capsella signifies a little box, in allusion to the seed pods.
And the Figwort is so named in allusion to its curative virtues against piles, when the plant is made into an ointment for outward use, and when the tincture is taken internally.
Of the botanical names, Arctium derived from arktos, a bear, in allusion to the roughness of the burs; and Lappa is from labein, to seize.
Another allusion to the tripartite division is also no doubt to be found in the expression "the law, the prophets, and the psalms," in Luke xxiv.
This, doubtless, is an allusion to the hospital for the Chinese at Amoy, where the names of the patients are of course recorded and they receive medicine and medical attendance gratuitously.
We find the following allusionto the life and death of his mother, in a sermon by Dr.
To it, in that same Book, further allusion had been made in the verse “For them is a Dwelling of Peace with their Lord .
The girl's candid allusion to the peculiarity which it seemed she had noticed in his manner had the effect of bringing the officer back to a consciousness of what he was doing.
In the writings of Strabonius and Alexander ab Alexandro, allusion is made to the liberties taken with the bodies of females by the ancient Egyptians and Lydians.
The patient had made allusion to the loss of a hair-pin, a circumstance which corresponded with the beginning of her trouble.
In the works of Humboldt and Burgoa there is allusion to the tradition of a race of pygmies in the unexplored region of Chiapas near the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in Central America.
In her presence some chance allusion was made to the universal disease, on which she remarked: 'I shall never take it, for I have had the cow-pox.
It is remarkable that in his "Newes from Virginia," published in 1608, no allusion is made to his rescue by Pocahontas.
The allusion in the close of the letter appears to be to a douceur which it was intended to present to the secretary.
Chalmers, good authority on the subject, makes no allusionto the circumstance, and it appears more probable that Clayborne having appealed to the king, went voluntarily to England.
The allusion is to the system of dividing land into nine parts, each consisting of about 15 acres, the plot in the center being cultivated on behalf of the State by the tenants of the other eight.
You will announce your arrival for tomorrow, making allusion to a letter written, so to speak, from Poland, and which was lost.
On the other hand, if the name of Montluc meant absolutely nothing to him, it was not the same with the direct and brutal allusion which his interlocutor had made to the war of 1859.
Allusion is made to L'Enfant's deceased sister and to her "mariage projete avec Mr. Leclerc.
The commentator explains that the allusionhere is to the adage that swans in drinking milk mixed with water always drink the milk leaving out the water.
The allusion is to the fiery mare's head which is supposed to wander through the ocean.
The allusion is to Krishna's penances for gratifying Mahadeva in order to obtain a son.
The allusionis thus explained by the commentator; once upon a time the seed of Mahadeva fell upon a blazing fire.
Roundjacket's indignation at this unfeeling allusion to his great poem was so intense, that for the moment he was completely deprived of utterance.
To the President, whom he always addressed with some allusion to his brief military service,--"My dear General.
Explained in the trial, by Chevis, one of the witnesses, to be in allusion to the royal arms.
In the Earl of Mar's correspondence frequent allusion is made to her under the name of Mrs. Mellor.
The allusion to his funeral had something touching, coming from the old Highland chieftain.
In allusion to the expression of agony and dismay used some time before by Lord Kilmarnock.
This Macrinus, The line is, &c] The allusion is to the rude fire-works of our ancestors.
In a preceding line there is an allusionto the proverb, Procul a Jove, sed procul a fulmine.
This is a beautiful allusionto a little poem among the Elegies of Secundus.
There is an allusionto Virgil, in the opening of this speech: Res dura, et novitas regni me talia cogunt Moliri, &c.
Here is also a beautiful allusion to the parting speech of the "sociable archangel," to Tobit and his son.
This is a happy allusion to the history of Jacob and Esau.
They did not talk much, and when they did, it was without even the most distant allusion to the shadow that was hanging over their life.
The allusion to Harry's tender care of Ruth's health opened the wound afresh, and she wept convulsively.
He told me that he had taken the most incredible pains to conciliate editors whom he despised, merely to prevent any allusion to it in their columns.
It is my wish that all articles bearing that signature should be excluded from our paper, and that no allusion be made to her, in any way or shape, in the columns of the Irving Magazine.
This gentleman assures me that, notwithstanding the declaration of “Albion” to the contrary, the will contains “no allusion whatever to the death of anybody at the hands of American Indians.
It has an important bearing on the question that Hamor, who says so much of Pocahontas, makes no allusionto such a striking service.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "allusion" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
