All 13 Uses of
allude
in
The Pioneers by Cooper
- The swivel alluded to in this work was buried and abandoned by the troops on this occasion, and it was subsequently found in digging the cellars of the authors paternal residence.†
Chpt Intr. *
- * Our tale begins in 1793, about seven years after the commencement of one of the earliest of those settlements which have conduced to effect that magical change in the power and condition of the State to which we have alluded.†
Chpt 1
- His neck possessed, in an eminent degree, the property of length to which we have alluded, and it was topped by a small bullet-head that exhibited on one side a bush of bristling brown hair and on the other a short, twinkling visage, that appeared to maintain a constant struggle with itself in order to look wise.†
Chpt 6
- He went to work with a kind of blind desperation, observing, at the same time, all the externals of decent gravity and great skill, The sufferer's name was Milligan, and it was to this event that Richard alluded, when he spoke of assisting the doctor at an amputation by holding the leg!†
Chpt 6
- This was by no means an intended slight of that liturgy to which the divine alluded, but was the habit of a people who owed their very existence, as a distinct nation, to the doctrinal character of their ancestors.†
Chpt 11
- …gin'rous," was heard from several mouths at once, for this was a company in which a liberal offer was not thrown away; while the hunter, instead 'of expressing any of that indignation which he might be sup posed to feel, at hearing the hurt of his young companion alluded to, opened his mouth, with the silent laugh for which he was so remarkable; and after he had indulged his humor, made this reply: "I knowed the Judge would do nothing with his smooth bore when he got out of his sleigh.†
Chpt 13
- He might possibly; but it is not to such an appointment that I allude.†
Chpt 16
- In reviewing his work, after so many years, he is compelled to confess it is injured by too many allusions to incidents that are not at all suited to satisfy the just expectations of the general reader.†
Chpt 21
- "Well, 'Duke, to horse," he cried, "and I will explain to you my meaning in the allusions I made last night.†
Chpt 25
- At length the sheriff ventured to allude again to the subject; and one evening, in the beginning of July, Marmaduke made him a promise of devoting the following day to the desired excursion.†
Chpt 25
- "Of Natty Bumppo!" echoed Edwards; "to what do you allude, sir?"†
Chpt 31
- The loveliness to which the old warrior alluded was in no degree diminished by his allegorical speech; for the blushes of the maiden who listened covered her burning cheeks till her dark eyes seemed to glow with their reflection; but, after struggling a moment with shame, she laughed, as if unwilling to understand him seriously, and replied in pleasantry: "Not to make me the mistress of his secret.†
Chpt 36
- He died, Oliver, knowing all, he died my friend, and I thought thou hadst died with him" "Our poverty would not permit us to pay for two passages," said the youth, with the extraordinary emotion with which he ever alluded to the degraded state of his family; " I was left in the Province to wait for his return, and, when the sad news of his loss reached me, I was nearly penniless."†
Chpt 40
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.