apologue

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As often as this apologue is repeated, I still catch myself questioning its accuracy: Does the culture not prefer to hold people endlessly responsible for past indiscretions?

From The New Yorker • Aug. 25, 2016

Madame d'Harville could not restrain a smile at this singular apologue.

From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène

In the meanwhile, be content with the following version of the apologue, and be not too critical.

From Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 by Various

Take even the famous, the immortal apologue of Mrs. Partington.

From Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 by Saintsbury, George

He justly estimates his own merits in the pretty apologue that he prefixed to his Fables.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various