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Meanings of apologue in English

Portuguese
apólogo
Catalan
faula
Spanish
aplogo

A short moral story (often with animal characters)

        apólogo
        Usage of apologue in English
        1
        Theism might almost retort the apologue of the specter of the Brocken.
        Lectures and Essays
        2
        And here, Socrates, I will leave the apologue and resume the argument.
        Protagoras
        3
        The anecdote was of the character of an apologue, and pertained to game.
        Evan Harrington — Volume 5
        4
        The apologue of the night before was neither forgotten nor forgiven.
        The Justice of the King
        5
        There never was a more solemn warning uttered than in this little apologue.
        The Story of the Hymns and Tunes
        6
        Such an apologue is literally no exaggeration of the facts of English history.
        What's Wrong with the World
        7
        This apologue has been a favorite with platonizing poets, like Spenser and Milton.
        A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
        8
        Guynemer had answered, not seeing an apologue in his father's words.
        Georges Guynemer: Knight of the Air
        9
        Expect to find a gold watch and chain?' Heavenly apologue, is it not?
        The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson — Volume 2
        10
        Conformably with the above apologue, a king had a business of importance in hand.
        The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat,...
        11
        This is an apologue of misplaced confidence in things earthly.
        Anglo-Saxon Literature
        12
        The representation is usually opened by an apologue and always concluded with a prayer.
        Handbook of Universal Literature, From the Best and Latest Autho...
        13
        How does this most ancient apologue apply to the subject in hand?-theDinner-giving Snob.
        The Book of Snobs
        14
        The first, Pastoral, was exactly as the name implied while Dogs was an apologue.
        The Irish Times
        15
        And the beauty of this little apologue is that you can read it either way.
        On The Art of Reading
        16
        I hope, Monsieur de Villiers, that the application of this apologue will not escape you.
        The Cross of Berny; Or, Irene's Lovers
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        Apologue through the time