Alluding

Examples

• A pretty list indeed, said Brougham, alluding to my characters, as advertised in the newspapers by Stockdale. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• But she probably had something of that in her thoughts, when alluding to the misunderstandings which he had given us hints of before. Jane Austen. Emma.
• If you saw a nymph you would go mad, remarked Maurice, alluding to the old Greek superstition. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• We must not conclude this notice of Paper Making Machinery without alluding to the ingenious self-acting mechanisms for making envelopes. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• I am now only alluding to a few pages of it, for I soon grew tired of my occupation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The sight of Betsey brought the image of little Mary back again, but she would not have pained her mother by alluding to her for the world. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• It looks like rain, said her mother, observing that she had on her new bonnet, but not alluding to the fact. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• That is quite true, he said; but to what are you alluding? Plato. The Republic.
• Oh nothing is the matter, said Sophia, very innocently, nothing whatever is the matter, only he will go this way, alluding to her horse. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• There's a princess in the way, replied Nugent, alluding to the late Queen. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Fanny asked; alluding to the place where she had formerly been lodging for a short time in Park Street, and to which she had invited Street. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Vous ne passerez pas à moins que ce ne soit sur mon cadavre, et vous ne danserez qu'avec la nonnette du jardin (alluding to the legend). Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• I proved it to you in such terms as, I should have thought, would have prevented your ever again alluding to the plan. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.

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