All 12 Uses of
allude
in
Middlemarch
- They both rose, and there was never any further allusion between them to what had passed on this day.†
Chpt 2 *
- The allusion to Mr. Casaubon would have spoiled all if anything at that moment could have spoiled the subduing power, the sweet dignity, of her noble unsuspicious inexperience.†
Chpt 2
- He had not been very well that morning, suffering from some difficulty in breathing, and had not preached in consequence; she was not surprised, therefore, that he was nearly silent at luncheon, still less that he made no allusion to Will Ladislaw.†
Chpt 5
- "Your allusions are lost on me sir," said Bulstrode, with white heat; "the law has no hold on me either through your agency or any other."†
Chpt 5
- "My dear Mrs. Casaubon," said Lady Chettam, in her stateliest way, "you do not, I hope, think there was any allusion to you in my mentioning Mrs. Beevor.†
Chpt 6
- There could be no possible allusion to you.†
Chpt 6
- And since its appearance near London, we may well besiege the Mercy-seat for our protection," said Mr. Bulstrode, not intending to evade Lydgate's allusion, but really preoccupied with alarms about himself.†
Chpt 7
- Bulstrode was only the more conscious that there was a deposit of uneasy presentiment in his wife's mind, because she carefully avoided any allusion to it.†
Chpt 7
- Mrs. Hackbutt saw her coming from an up-stairs window, and remembering her former alarm lest she should meet Mrs. Bulstrode, felt almost bound in consistency to send word that she was not at home; but against that, there was a sudden strong desire within her for the excitement of an interview in which she was quite determined not to make the slightest allusion to what was in her mind.†
Chpt 8
- …report of gossip—her effort, nay, her strongest impulsive prompting, had been towards the vindication of Will from any sullying surmises; and when, in her meeting with him afterwards, she had at first interpreted his words as a probable allusion to a feeling towards Mrs. Lydgate which he was determined to cut himself off from indulging, she had had a quick, sad, excusing vision of the charm there might be in his constant opportunities of companionship with that fair creature, who…†
Chpt 8
- He made no allusion to Rosamond's feeling under their trouble, and of Dorothea he only said, "Mrs.†
Chpt 8
- "Do you think that Mrs. Lydgate can receive me this morning?" she said, having reflected that it would be better to leave out all allusion to her previous visit.†
Chpt 8
Definition:
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(allude) to make an indirect referenceeditor's notes: The expression, no allusion can mean "not even an indirect reference"; i.e., neither a direct nor an indirect reference to something.