apologue

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Next in date to the Apologue comes the Fairy Tale proper, where the natural universe is supplemented by one of purely imaginative existence.

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir

A renowned Apologue of the Middle Age, reproduced in Rhyme.

From A Catalogue of Books in English Later than 1700 (Vol 3 of 3) Forming a portion of the library of Robert Hoe by Various

I felt at once that I was in for the true Addisonian Oriental Apologue in all its hybrid incongruity.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, August 1, 1891 by Various

PROEM:—More Properly an Apologue, and Treats of the Fallibility of Soap The Duke of Ormskirk left Halvergate on the following day, after participation in two dialogues, which I abridge.

From Gallantry Dizain des Fetes Galantes by Cabell, James Branch

In his preface, called by him an Apologue for an Epilogue, he enlightens the public upon the true history and tenets of his sect.

From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 3 by Mackay, Charles