That Verbal Allusions are not Wit, because they will not Bear a Translation 292 440 IX.

The first allusion to the subject in Scripture is the Tabernacle, which was, in fact, a portable temple, and contained one place within it more holy and secret than the others, called the Holy of Holies, and to which the adytum in the pagan temples corresponded.

The allusions to forcible impressment made by naval historians are, with few exceptions, complaints of the utter inefficiency of the plan.

The allusions in question are not direct quotations, but are rather reminiscences of language.

I need not add, that to a mind of elegance and sensibility, the emblematical allusion which this dress would carry to the secrecy and impenetrableness of the person that wears it, must be the source of a delightful and exquisite sensation.

It is time I should speak of those few neighbors who composed our society at this period, and to whom some allusion has already been madethe occupants of those two houses which, as I have said, divided with ours the square we lived in, with their grounds.

Her mother's allusions to chariots and horses was to her the enthusiasm of a fanatic.

Any allusion to her successor was a knell of agony to her disturbed soul.

VIII.THAT VERBAL ALLUSIONS ARE NOT WIT, BECAUSE THEY WILL NOT BEAR A TRANSLATION

The allusions are to the quarrels between the Greek and Roman Churches. galoubet.

The treatment has always been more primitive and quaint than in the Flemish cities to which allusion has been madeand it was here that the old farm houses of the Nord-Hollander were furnished with the rush-bottomed chairs, painted green; the three-legged tables, and dower chests painted in flowers and figures of a rude description, with the colouring chiefly green and bright red, is extremely effective.

To Roswell Gardiner and his people the allusions were an enigma, and the former muttered something about the stranger's being a dunce, as he descended from the rigging, and gave some orders to prepare to receive the boat.

These humorous allusions are ample evidence of the popularity of Mrs. Behn's pantomime and the frequency with which it was performed.

ALLUSION, ILLUSION, DELUSION.An allusion is an indirect reference to something not definitely mentioned.

Sulpicius was opposing Cicero in this case, and the latter's allusions to him are useful specimens of the good breeding spoken of above.]

The direct allusion is, perhaps, to Act ii, I. The scene after the rape, Act iv, sc.

" Mr. Smith, in sending a copy of the above letter to Mr. Prime, thus explains the reference to Mr. Chamberlain: "The allusion made in the letter just given to the fate of Mr. Chamberlain, was another depressing disappointment which occurred to the Professor contemporaneously with those of the Russian contract.