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Allegories of collective degeneration have a tendency toward the phantasmagoric, as in José Saramago’s novel “Blindness,” which was published in 1997.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 6, 2019

Allegories must have some application to the promises and the doctrine of faith if they are to comfort and strengthen the soul.

From Commentary on Genesis, Vol. II Luther on Sin and the Flood by Lenker, John Nicholas

Allegories which deserve the name are sometimes found in current periodicals.

From Short Story Writing A Practical Treatise on the Art of The Short Story by Barrett, Charles Raymond

Throughout the "Allegories of the Laws" he takes the verse of the Bible not so much as a text to be amplified and interpreted, but as a pretext for a philosophical disquisition.

From Philo-Judaeus of Alexandria by Bentwich, Norman

Allegories of deep and problematic meaning, the key whereof has to be found in states of the emotion rather than, in thoughts, delighted him.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington