To allow of

to permit; to admit.
- Shak.

See also: Allow

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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But as soon as the mule was near enough to the pillory to allow of its rider recognizing the victim, the priest dropped his eyes, beat a hasty retreat, spurred on rigorously, as though in haste to rid himself of humiliating appeals, and not at all desirous of being saluted and recognized by a poor fellow in such a predicament.
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