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The apologue is quite clear; and yet a certain amount of intelligence is necessary for its comprehension.
THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC, VOL. 1 AND 2 (OF 2)ANATOLE FRANCE
This is an apologue of misplaced confidence in things earthly.
ANGLO-SAXON LITERATUREJOHN EARLE
Such an apologue is literally no exaggeration of the facts of English history.
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THE WORLDG.K. CHESTERTON
But the "armed Greeks" of More's apologue found a yet wider field in the reform of the higher education of the country.
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, VOLUME III (OF 8)JOHN RICHARD GREEN
It begins with the apologue of the hawk and nightingale already quoted.
STUDIES OF THE GREEK POETS (VOL I OF 2)JOHN ADDINGTON SYMONDS
Such is the point of view of the author of La Mare au Diable, which we are invited to consider as a parable and an apologue.
Tommaso Badino of Piacenza narrates an apologue which reminds us of the biblical legend of the Deluge.
ZOOLOGICAL MYTHOLOGY (VOLUME II)ANGELO DE GUBERNATIS
Alesius waited to hear from his host the moral or application of the apologue, but this was not given by him.
THE SCOTTISH REFORMATIONALEXANDER F. MITCHELL
I hope, Monsieur de Villiers, that the application of this apologue will not escape you.
THE CROSS OF BERNYEMILE DE GIRARDIN
In the meanwhile, be content with the following version of the apologue, and be not too critical.
WORDS RELATED TO APOLOGUE
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- allegory
- anecdote
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- autobiography
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- chronicle
- cliffhanger
- comedy
- conte
- description
- drama
- epic
- fable
- fairy tale
- fantasy
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- folktale
- gag
- history
- information
- legend
- long and short of it
- memoir
- myth
- narration
- narrative
- news item
- nonfiction
- novel
- old saw
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- potboiler
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- relation
- report
- romance
- saga
- scoop
- sequel
- serial
- spiel
- tale
- tragedy
- version
- yarn
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