All 26 Uses of
allude
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- I do not allude to you, my boy.†
Chpt 1-2 *
- Did he allude to his hope of being captain?†
Chpt 1-2
- Not of my own; the last commission of poor Captain Leclere; you know to what I allude, Danglars—it is sacred.†
Chpt 3-4
- Any other than yourself would have considered the disclosure of M. de Villefort insignificant, or else dictated by venal ambition," These words were an allusion to the sentiments which the minister of police had uttered with so much confidence an hour before.†
Chpt 11-12
- The elder prisoner was one of those persons whose conversation, like that of all who have experienced many trials, contained many useful and important hints as well as sound information; but it was never egotistical, for the unfortunate man never alluded to his own sorrows.†
Chpt 17-18
- This fresh allusion to Byron [*] drew a smile to Franz's countenance; although he could but allow that if anything was likely to induce belief in the existence of vampires, it would be the presence of such a man as the mysterious personage before him.†
Chpt 33-34
- Franz had, as yet, found nothing to say; he had come to no determination, and as nothing in the count's manner manifested the wish that he should recognize him, he did not know whether to make any allusion to the past, or wait until he had more proof; besides, although sure it was he who had been in the box the previous evening, he could not be equally positive that this was the man he had seen at the Colosseum.†
Chpt 35-36
- On his side, however great Franz's desire was to allude to their former interview, the fear of being disagreeable to the man who had loaded him and his friend with kindness prevented him from mentioning it.†
Chpt 35-36
- "The history to which M. Morrel alludes," continued Chateau-Renaud, "is an admirable one, which he will tell you some day when you are better acquainted with him; to-day let us fill our stomachs, and not our memories.†
Chpt 39-40
- Excuse my talking of family matters, but as I shall have the honor of introducing you to the count, I tell you this to prevent you making any allusions to this picture.†
Chpt 41-42
- Monte Cristo made a sign with his head to show that he could discern in the darkness the door to which Bertuccio alluded.†
Chpt 43-44
- Then we do not see those beings to whom you allude?†
Chpt 47-48
- Make no allusion to the past; nor upon any occasion be induced to pronounce the names of your illustrious father or ill-fated mother.†
Chpt 49-50
- Oh, my brother does not allude to its value, although it has been estimated at 100,000 francs; he means, that the articles contained in this purse are the relics of the angel I spoke of just now.†
Chpt 49-50
- Ma foi, I can hardly tell, but I was alluding to those who wrote the letter; you received one, did you not?†
Chpt 55-56
- They had formed a circle round the invalid; the second notary was sitting at a table, prepared for writing, and his colleague was standing before the testator in the act of interrogating him on the subject to which we have alluded.†
Chpt 59-60
- "You are deceived, Lucien, I assure you," replied Madame Danglars; "and what I have told you is really the case, added to the ill-humor you remarked, but which I did not think it worth while to allude to."†
Chpt 65-66
- My dear Franz, M. Maximilian Morrel, an excellent friend I have acquired in your absence, and whose name you will hear me mention every time I make any allusion to affection, wit, or amiability.†
Chpt 73-74
- " "To what do you allude?" asked Monte Cristo.†
Chpt 77-78
- You prohibited my mentioning my father's name to her, but perhaps she will allude to him of her own accord in the course of the recital, and you have no idea how delighted I should be to hear our name pronounced by such beautiful lips."†
Chpt 77-78
- "To what do you allude, monsieur?" said Danglars; as if he were trying in vain to guess at the possible meaning of the general's words.†
Chpt 77-78
- The count watched him with a feeling of compassion, and when he had completely disappeared, read as follows:— "The French officer in the service of Ali Pasha of Yanina alluded to three weeks since in the Impartial, who not only surrendered the castle of Yanina, but sold his benefactor to the Turks, styled himself truly at that time Fernand, as our esteemed contemporary states; but he has since added to his Christian name a title of nobility and a family name.†
Chpt 85-86
- Albert understood the allusion in a moment, and was about to throw his glove at the count, when Morrel seized his hand, while Beauchamp and Chateau-Renaud, fearing the scene would surpass the limits of a challenge, held him back.†
Chpt 87-88
- "Oh, I made no allusion of that kind," replied Morrel.†
Chpt 89-90
- And when I told you I had foreseen the result, it is the honor of your visit I alluded to.†
Chpt 91-92
- Madame Danglars had often heard of the terror to which the magistrate alluded, but without the evidence of her own eyesight she could never have believed that the sentiment had been carried so far.†
Chpt 99-100
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.