| 单词 | apologue |
| 例句 | Still, there's a reason this epic was often invoked as a political apologue, especially in breakdowns of Beltway machinations. On the Iron Anniversary of "Game of Thrones," here's hoping Joe Biden doesn't go Ned Stark on us 2021-04-23T04:00:00Z 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? The Sexual Innocence of Britney Spears 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z Strenuous devotion to the deliverance of mankind from dangers and pests is the “virtue” which, in Prodicus’ famous apologue on the Choice of Hercules, the hero preferred to an easy and happy life. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z Sir Walter Scott’s judgment that the Buke is “a poetical apologue ... without any view whatever to local or natural politics” is certainly the most reasonable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z "It was, I believe, about this time, apropos of this game of which the origin is either Arabian or Chinese, that my apologue obtained the honours of print." Mathieu Ropars: et cetera 2012-03-15T02:00:28.013Z In Billy's apologue the Ministry was Tommy, one of the ladies was Liberalism, the other Socialism. Second String 2012-02-11T03:03:54.390Z Panchatantra, pan-ch�-t�nt′r�, n. the oldest extant collection of apologues and stories in Sanskrit literature, arranged in five books. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) 2012-01-30T03:00:13.887Z The following exquisite little apologue, which was given us in the early days of our novitiate, is an instance in point:— A blind man once lost himself in a forest. The Story of Anna Kingsford and Edward Maitland and of the new Gospel of Interpretation 2012-01-18T03:00:12.427Z And in my turn I have enacted, or experienced, many a little apologue. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z I am rather proud of this little apologue of the apple. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z The history of Julian has been employed as an apologue by more than one writer when satirising some religious reaction of his day. Sermons 2011-09-26T02:00:27.830Z Set a page of one of Addison's little apologues beside a page of one of Hawthorne's tales, and note how much more pellucid Hawthorne's style is, how much more beautiful, how much more distinguished. Americanisms and Briticisms with other essays on other isms 2011-08-12T02:00:23.033Z From the beast-fables of savages we come next to the Oriental apologues, which we still possess in their original form. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z U and e are both silent in the words rogue, brogue, fugue, eclogue, prologue, apologue, epilogue, intrigue, fatigue, synagogue, demagogue, pedagogue, decalogue, catalogue, mystagogue, picturesque, burlesque, grotesque, pique, casique. Guide to the Kindergarten and Intermediate Class and Moral Culture of Infancy. 2011-06-30T02:00:25.950Z Remarks.—This is a moral apologue on the benefits of keeping your word. Celtic Folk and Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:15.367Z It is a curious agglomeration of anecdotes drawn from the history of the Suabian princes, Roman sources, the Arthurian legends, the Bible, Oriental apologues, fables, and a few ancient myths. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Between Sacred and Profane Love, between the love of literature and the pursuit of politics, the line is not, in practice, drawn so hard and fast as in the beautiful apologue immortalised by Titian. The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry 2011-02-26T03:00:51.130Z With the doubtful exception of Phaedrus, we possess nothing but solitary examples, such as the famous apologue of Menenius Agrippa to the Plebs and the exquisite Town Mouse and Country Mouse of Horace’s Satires. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z At the same time, then, they will study these fables as apologues, making in all cases their own moral and application. Literature in the Elementary School 2011-02-23T03:00:31.073Z Shortly afterwards, it was again brought forward by Dr. Franklin, in an ingenious apologue, marked by his peculiar humor, simplicity, logic, and humanity. White Slavery in the Barbary States 2011-02-10T03:00:50.200Z But, if we allow this rigorous definition, the apologue, so dear to the moralist, is a Novel, and deserving of proscription. The Betrothed From the Italian of Alessandro Manzoni 2011-02-05T03:00:14.863Z The origin of them is undoubtedly to be found in the Pancha Tantra, or Five Sections, an extensive body of early fables or apologues. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Slice 7 "Bible" to "Bisectrix" 2010-12-20T17:12:05.780Z But whether Jotham’s apologue of the trees choosing a king, perhaps the first recorded in literature, should be classed as a fable or a parable is hardly worth disputing. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z A round of hoarse merriment went to this shrewd apologue, of which I was yet to learn the application; but waited not long for it. Idonia: A Romance of Old London Still, in spite of the difference of moral level, Martin Luther thought so highly of apologues as counsellors of virtue that he edited and revised Aesop and wrote a characteristic preface to the volume. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Madame d'Harville could not restrain a smile at this singular apologue. The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 A collection of all the legends, tales, apologues, parables, etc., in the Babylonian Talmud. Yiddish Tales As La Fontaine puts it, an apologue is composed of two parts, body and soul. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The intensity and severe restraint of her purpose had blinded her vision, perverted her logic; and thus the value of some of these ingenious apologues is lowered. Maria Edgeworth The apologue seizes on that which man has in common with creatures below him, and the parable on that which he has in common with God. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" There was really a touching truth in it, the stuff of—what did people call such things?—an apologue or a parable. The Sacred Fount Home Rule in Trinidad—Political aspirations—Nature of the problem—Crown administration—Colonial governors—A Russian apologue—Dinner at Government House—'The Three Fishers'—Charles Warner—Alternative futures of the colony. The English in the West Indies or, The Bow of Ulysses Materials, partly borrowed from older apologues, but in a much greater proportion new, are worked up into one long and systematic tale. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z The apologue was not delicate, but it conveyed a common impression. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) The origin of the apologue is extremely ancient and comes from the East, which is the natural fatherland of everything connected with allegory, metaphor and imagination. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Buddhistic apologues have sometimes passed into legends of Christian Saints. Indian Fairy Tales Erasmus has pointed out some of these sources, in the responses of oracles; the allegorical symbols of Pythagoras; the verses of the poets; allusions to historical incidents; mythology and apologue; and other recondite origins. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 He justly estimates his own merits in the pretty apologue that he prefixed to his Fables. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" 2011-07-16T02:00:16.387Z A tuft of primroses was blooming hard by the leg of an old, black table tombstone, and he stopped to contemplate the random apologue. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston Length is not an essential matter in the definition of an apologue. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" At the time, however, they appeared quite pointless enough; and the moral, as in the case of the continental apologue of Reynard the Fox, seemed always omitted. My Schools and Schoolmasters or The Story of my Education. Unfortunately Fakrash did not seem in the humour for listening to apologues, and, even if he were, Horace could not think of or improvise any just then. The Brass Bottle And yet, though it is a watery apologue, it will not hold water for a moment. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 In the meanwhile, be content with the following version of the apologue, and be not too critical. Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 366, April, 1846 On the other hand, in the romances of Reynard the Fox we have medieval apologues arranged in cycles, and attaining epical dimensions. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" Professor Huxley, in one of those smart passages of arms which so forcibly illustrated his intellectual vigour, gave an apologue, which I wish that I could steal without acknowledgment. Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2) Addresses to Ethical Societies At Athens, an ancient apologue tells us, on the completion of the temple of Minerva, a statue of the goddess was wanted to occupy the crowning point of the edifice. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I The teachers of the Haggada allow no opportunity, sad or merry, to pass without utilizing it in the guise of an apologue or parable. Jewish Literature and Other Essays Besides furnishing the early playwrights with material for miracle plays, it has supplied episodes and apologues to many a writer, including Boccaccio, John Gower and Shakespeare. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" It is noteworthy that the two fathers of apologue in the West were slaves, namely Aesop and Phaedrus. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" An old Persian apologue tells that one found a piece of fragrant clay in his garden, and that when asked how it got its perfume the clay replied, "One laid me on a rose." Personal Friendships of Jesus The latter, taken from the "Jatakas," are naïve and charming apologues. Appearances Being Notes of Travel The application of the "Truths" is generally enforced by a felicitous apologue or figure; in some cases the lesson is conveyed in a beautiful metaphor standing alone. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 109, November, 1866 His homely humor breaks in with story and apologue; his earnestness is always tempered with good-sense; his plain and simple style quickens with a shrewd mother-wit. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 An Italian fabulist, Corti, is said to have developed an apologue of “The Talking Animals” to the bulk of twenty-six cantos. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The work will manifest a symbolic tendency; it will have an aroma of the wisdom of the East, taught in forms of the parable, the apologue, with hints of allegory. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary The making of apologues seemed to be a favorite sort of game in the circle in which Franklin moved, and his plain common sense is always uppermost in whatever he produces. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The hardships and privations we were called upon to endure, together with our successes and pleasures, seemed now to be nothing more than an apologue of which the moral is the only reliable feature. History of the Eighty-sixth Regiment, Illinois Volunteer Infantry, during its term of service They mingled little with the world, avoided female conversation, the court, and shows; the Bible was their book of predilection; they spoke, like the Saviour, in apologues. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 09 An apologue is distinguished from a fable in that there is always some moral sense present, which there need not be in a fable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" The twelfth-century fables in verse of Marie de France, founded on an English collection, include apologues derived not only from classical authors but from the tales of popular tradition. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. The splendid concluding vision in which Mirzah sees the compensations for the ills of this life suggests a very different type of mind from that of the "this-worldly" closing paragraph in Franklin's apologue. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The apologue of the night before was neither forgotten nor forgiven. The Justice of the King Gorman repeated all the stock arguments to me and illuminated the subject with some very well worn apologues. Gossamer 1915 This thesis is illustrated with an extraordinary wealth of imagery and apologue throughout the six books composing the work. Mystics and Saints of Islam From an apologue, tending to an express moral, he converted the fable into a conte, in which narrative, description, observation, satire, dialogue have an independent value, and the moral is little more than an accident. A History of French Literature Short Histories of the Literatures of the World: II. This is a moral apologue on the benefits of keeping your word. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The employment of apologues, which is sanctioned by scripture, seems to be a natural mode of imparting instruction. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning No apologue addressed to the mature intelligence alone, or framed to fit the society of his day, is here included. Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks From the French of La Fontaine I had no answer for the apologue—not even for the self-condemnatory tone in which he told it. Aladdin & Co. A Romance of Yankee Magic SCOTSMAN.—"The richness of this volume in thought and in imagery, in tracing analogies and in discovering apologues, is such as to yield pleasure and profit to the most fertile and cultured minds." Creative Unity For a popular account of the whole philosophy of the apologue consult Newbigging, Fables and Fabulists: Ancient and Modern. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes The stores of profane history, philosophy, and science, the apologues and mythology of the ancients, were all made tributary to him. The Works of the Rev. Hugh Binning Alesius waited to hear from his host the moral or application of the apologue, but this was not given by him. The Scottish Reformation Its Epochs, Episodes, Leaders, and Distinctive Characteristics The Talmud contains a vast collection of stories, apologues, and jests; many display a vein of pleasantry, and at times have a wildness of invention, which sufficiently mark the features of an eastern parent. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The wise men of antiquity loved to convey instruction under the covering of apologue; and, though this practice is generally thought childish, we shall make no apology for adopting it on the present occasion. Practical English Composition: Book II. For the Second Year of the High School It was a favourite of his, as it still is of many another critic north and south of the Tweed, light, nay trivial, though the materials out of which the homely apologue is composed. Charles Dickens as a Reader The Universities 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 The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 The art of novel-writing, like the art of cooking pigs in Lamb's most philosophical as well as humorous apologue, first appeared in its most cumbrous shape. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Certainly, from Verrio's fertility in apologue and allegory, and the rapidity of his execution, it might have been said that he spattered out his works with a mop. Art in England Notes and Studies In his numerous parables, moral allegories, and apologues he showed Bunyan's influence. Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin According to another story he was an Ethiopian slave, noted alike for bodily deformity and a gift for composing fables and apologues. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature His homely humour breaks in with story and apologue; his earnestness is always tempered with good sense; his plain and simple style quickens with a shrewd mother-wit. History of the English People, Volume III The Parliament, 1399-1461; The Monarchy 1461-1540 Mere curiosity is not yet differentiated from scientific thirst for knowledge; and a quaint apologue is as good a reward for the inquirer as the discovery of a law of nature. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Of his apologue of Dives and Lazarus, the last part appears to show that the world beyond the grave was to him a realm of the imagination. The Religious Situation His apologue of Dives and Lazarus shows that to Him as to us the other world was a realm of the imagination. No Refuge but in Truth Firstly, the book known in Arabic as 'Kalilah wa Dimnah,' containing the celebrated Indian apologues, or the so-called fables of Bidpay, on the origin of which several dissertations have been written. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature It is worthy of remark that the Bramble forms the subject of the oldest known apologue. Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure Strange beings moved273 through the pages of natural history, which were equally at home in the 'Arabian Nights' or in poetical apologues. Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.) Plato in the outset explicitly names this recital an "apologue." The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life "Well, what next?" said La Fontaine, much more interested in the apologue than its moral. The Vicomte de Bragelonne Or Ten Years Later being the completion of "The Three Musketeers" And "Twenty Years After" It is believed that the fables and apologues are the oldest part of the book. Arabic Authors A Manual of Arabian History and Literature Now, leaving to Greece the things that are Greek, here for an apologue follows a plain recital of facts within the knowledge of every man of the Cheviots. Lore of Proserpine There never was a more solemn warning uttered than in this little apologue. The Story of the Hymns and Tunes We will answer that question, and leave this head of the discussion, by presenting an Oriental apologue. The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life But though the French Revolution is not to be accepted as historical authority, it is profoundly stimulating and instructive, when we look on it as a lyrical apologue. Studies in Early Victorian Literature Guynemer had answered, not seeing an apologue in his father's words. Georges Guynemer Knight of the Air "The Child Angel" is a beautiful poetic apologue in the form of a dream. Charles Lamb Of the Severn, the Wye, and the Rheidol, they have an apologue, intended to convey an idea of their comparative length, and also of the character of the districts through which they flow. Handbook to the Severn Valley Railway Illustrative and Descriptive of Places along the Line from Worcester to Shrewsbury It is illustrated by the author of that very remarkable work, Turkey in Europe, in an amusing apologue. Political and Literary essays, 1908-1913 As pictures of English society, court, and manners in 1827 painted in fantastic apologues, they are most ingenious, and may be read again and again. Studies in Early Victorian Literature This is an apologue of misplaced confidence in things earthly. Anglo-Saxon Literature Many of them are quite modern rechauffés of Hindú apologues, such as the Milkmaid and her Pot of Milk, which gave rise to our popular saying, “Don’t count your chickens until they be hatched.” Flowers from a Persian Garden and Other Papers C. N. I still do not comprehend your apologue. The Tables Turned or, Nupkins Awakened. A Socialist Interlude If this is not merely an apologue, it is certainly a horrible example. The Atlantic Book of Modern Plays Now let me tell you an apologue in exchange for your Wednesday's stories which I liked so, and mine perhaps may make you 'a little wiser'—who knows? The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 There is plenty of humor and whim in this volume, in which many old apologues appear in new shapes; wit, too, is to be found, and a sprinkling of wisdom. Lippincott's Magazine, December, 1885 This apologue has been a favorite with platonizing poets, like Spenser and Milton. A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century Great name, second only to Dickens; he is not a story-teller, but an eastern Cadi administering justice in the form of apologue. English Literature, Considered as an Interpreter of English History Designed as a Manual of Instruction Their speeches are not deficient in a suitable exordium, a clear narrative, a well-founded argument, and a pathetic peroration; and usually abound in parables and apologues; which sometimes furnish the main substance of the discourse. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 05 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time Remarks.—A rustic apologue, which is scarcely more than a prolonged pun on "Coat o' Clay." More English Fairy Tales The writer of these apologues hopes that the Rev. Mr. Gowles will not be regarded as his idea of a typical missionary. In the Wrong Paradise They handled most serious questions, and their rustic wisdom found ready expression in proverbs and apologues. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 5 I hope, Monsieur de Villiers, that the application of this apologue will not escape you. The Cross of Berny Conformably with the above apologue, a king had a business of importance in hand. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Then he goes on to a famous apologue. Sydney Smith In the following little apologue no trait of manners is invented. In the Wrong Paradise The reader who would finish this Essay, which I suspect to belong to an early period of Emerson's development, must be prepared to plunge into mysticism and lose himself at last in an Oriental apologue. Ralph Waldo Emerson MONSIEUR,— I take pleasure in sending you, by way of apologue, an anecdote, which you may read with profit. The Cross of Berny The moral of this apologue is, that whoever doth employ an inexperienced person on an affair of importance, besides being brought to shame, he will incur from the wise the imputation of a weak mind. The Persian Literature, Comprising The Shah Nameh, The Rubaiyat, The Divan, and The Gulistan, Volume 2 Letter VI. begins with one of those vivacious apologues in which Sydney Smith excelled. Sydney Smith The main conception of the fables was based upon the combination of two ideas—that of the stiff dry moral apologue of Æsop, and that of the short story. Landmarks in French Literature This is but the skeleton of the story, but the episodes and apologues which round its dimensions, and give it its mediaeval popularity, do not concern our subject. The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 Vishnu Sarma gives, in his apologues, the characteristics of the fit place for a wise man to live in, and enumerates among its necessities first "a Rajah" and then "a river." The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 05, March, 1858 To this picture he opposes, in the apologue of the Troglodytes, the description of a virtuous people, become wise by misfortunes--a piece worthy of the portico. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 In the Oriental apologue an advance is made. Heart of Man She, who in her lays had painted the manners of her age with so much nature and fidelity, would find no difficulty in succeeding in this kind of apologue. The Lay of Marie This apologue is not in the least more fantastic than the facts of the Teutonic claim. The Crimes of England And had he presumed to exact it on pretense of defending them, would he not have immediately received the answer in the apologue? A Discourse Upon the Origin and the Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind Fifteen moral and political sentences are illustrated in a series of apologues: but the composition is intricate, the narrative prolix, and the precept obvious and barren. History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 A tuft of primroses was blooming hard by the leg of an old black table tombstone, and he stopped to contemplate the random apologue. Weir of Hermiston "I believe you attempt an apologue," she said, indignantly. The Certain Hour The parable is clear enough, and the apologue is eloquent. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings In one respect, this book is a parallel to Franklin's well-known apologue of the hatter and his sign. Homeward Bound or, the Chase How full of wisdom, wit and sparkle are these apologues! In the Heart of the Vosges And Other Sketches by a "Devious Traveller" He was the author of the famous apologue which represented Hercules having to choose between two paths, the one being that of virtue, the other of pleasure. Initiation into Philosophy And let it be remembered, that Æsop at play is one of the instructive apologues of antiquity. Life of Johnson, Volume 3 1776-1780 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. George Sand, some aspects of her life and writings We in the West have got beyond fables and apologues, but we are only now collecting our popular tales. Popular Tales from the Norse This idea is happily embodied in the closing apologue, designed to supplement one of Laurentius Valla, a writer of the fifteenth century. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 For that fine apologue, in mystic strain, Gave like the rest a golden age to man, Book X. Line 393. The Columbiad Half extravaganza and half apologue, like the 'Midsummer Night's Dream', this delightful poem may be safely left to deliver its own message and convey its own meaning. The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson His works consist chiefly of apologues and didactic and descriptive poems. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Fielding's arguments are incontestable; but his apologue may have found even more favour in the age of wit. Henry Fielding: a Memoir In the little apologue or parable which he has thus the honour of inventing, the trees stand for all visible things and the wind for the invisible. Tremendous Trifles The debate," he says, "resembles the apologue of the gold and silver shield. Ballad Book Remarks.—This is really a moral apologue on the benefits of keeping your word. Celtic Fairy Tales Splendid examples of didactic poetry may be found in the episodes of the epic poems, and more particularly in the collections of fables and apologues in which the Sanskrit literature abounds. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities The most ancient poets graced their productions with apologues. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes I laughed at his pretty apologue, and answered that I did not think the authorities would trouble themselves about me—also that I was not fond of running away. The Purple Land Of this collection, Sir William Jones, the great Orientalist, wrote, "The fables of Veshnoo are the most beautiful, if not the most ancient, collection of apologues in the world." Algonquin Indian Tales The Voltairian apologues slipped through sometimes, owing to the inattention of the censor, and in this way Clerambault was marked out to the authorities as a very dangerous man. Clerambault The Story of an Independent Spirit During the War The representation is usually opened by an apologue and always concluded with a prayer. Handbook of Universal Literature From the Best and Latest Authorities Aesop, who lived about six hundred years before Christ, so far as we can reach the reality of his life, was an orator who wielded the apologue with remarkable skill. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes This apologue sounded very well, so admirably did the old man picture to us with voice and gesture the chattering excitement of the monkey and the majestic aplomb of the ox. The Purple Land Of this legend Dr. Adam Clarke, the commentator, says, "This is the oldest and, without exception, the best fable or apologue in the world." Algonquin Indian Tales The apologue itself is not one of the least daring attacks on the Borgias and such scoundrels, who had just then afflicted Italy. Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 The first two poetical pieces are apologues on marriage and the happiness that it should bring, the characters being drawn from bird life. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 2 Elia and The Last Essays of Elia Only six of these fables, and a few fragments, remain; but they are sufficient to show that their author possessed all the graces of style which befit the apologue. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes It contained besides, the Letter to the Editor of my Grandmother's Review, an indifferent Florentine story, a German apologue, and a gossiping account of Pisa, presumably by Hunt. Byron This report may be relied upon as substantially accurate, for the reporter made a note of the apologue and exhortation soon afterwards. Hawthorne and His Circle It was not from a comparison with man, therefore, that Menenius ought to have got his boasted apologue, which was but a poor jest on the subject. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals It is a very suggestive apologue, full of moral beauty and spiritual power, designed to convey several important lessons to the minds of the Jewish people. Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People But, as regards the three or four Who take my place, I crave your grace To listen to an apologue. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Plato cannot afford to have his apologues treated as histories. Lectures and Essays In the course of his argument he related the famous apologue which Shakespeare has so admirably used in his first Roman play. The Story of Rome from the Earliest Times to the End of the Republic The use of fables or apologues has been approved in every age from ancient India to modern Europe. Memoirs of My Life and Writings They had been heard, however, to observe that the famous incident of the Black Veil singularly resembled the ancient apologue of the Mountain in labour, so that they were unquestionably critics, as well as admirers. Waverley Such, probably, was the origin of the apologues which now form the bulk of the most popular collections. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Theism might almost retort the apologue of the specter of the Brocken. Lectures and Essays How can people be so blind as to call fables the child's system of morals, without considering that the child is not only amused by the apologue but misled by it? Emile As he says in one of his finest apologues: Through birth, life, death, burial, the means are provided, nothing is scanted. Escape, and Other Essays I will venture, indeed, to enforce my views on this subject by a little apologue which I have somewhere read, or heard,—or invented. The British Barbarians The pithy apologues which fell from his lips, which, like the rules of arithmetic, solved the difficult problems of human conduct constantly presented to him, were remembered when the speeches that contained them were forgotten. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes The Hitopadesa, a collection of fables and apologues, has been translated into more languages than any book except the Bible. The Interdependence of Literature These apologues all seemed to point toward chivalrous succour of the helpless and afflicted as a conspicuous weakness of the English character; and Sollicker listened with a stolid approbation unfortunately altogether objective in character. Such Is Life The sum represents a grand total of 701 pages, while not a few of the notes are filled with unimportant fabliaux and apologues. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 16 And the distinction between the ancient and the mediæval apologue, including the modern which, since "Reineke Fuchs," is mainly German, appears equally pronounced. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 Besides these collections among the Romans, we find apologues scattered through the writings of their best poets and historians, and embalmed in those specimens of their oratory which have come down to us. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes Not less true to all time are the details of that stately apologue. Essays — First Series "Well, what next?" said La Fontaine, more interested in the apologue than in the moral. Louise de la Valliere Before and since Mr. Franklin wrote his pretty apologue of the Whistle have we not all made bargains of which we repented, and coveted and acquired objects for which we have paid too dearly! Roundabout Papers The long Crusading Romance is relieved by a sequence of sixteen fabliaux, partly historiettes of men and beasts and partly apologues proper—a subject already noticed. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 The apologues of the Greeks and Romans were brief, pithy, and epigrammatic, and their collections were without any principle of connection. Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes But, amidst so many ingenious tricks, apologues, tales, portraits and dialogues, in earnest as well as when masquerading, his deportment throughout is irreproachable and his tone is perfect. The Ancient Regime It is a collection of apologues recited by a learned Brahman, Vishnu Sharma by name, for the edification of his pupils, the sons of an Indian Raja. Vikram and the Vampire; Classic Hindu Tales of Adventure, Magic, and Romance And pray what is the moral of this apologue? Roundabout Papers This style of composition may be as ancient as the apologues. The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 THE wise men of antiquity loved to convey instruction under the covering of apologue; and though this practice is generally thought childish, we shall make no apology for adopting it on the present occasion. Critical and Historical Essays — Volume 2 But I will attempt to explain it, after the manner of ancient times, by means of an apologue. Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 1 I have brought you back that cheap and wholesome apologue, in lieu of any of the Bethlehemite shells and beads. From Cornhill to Grand Cairo Such an apologue is literally no exaggeration of the facts of English history. What's Wrong with the World Shall I, as an elder, speak to you as younger men in an apologue or myth, or shall I argue out the question? Protagoras And let it be remembered, that Aesop at play is one of the instructive apologues of antiquity. Boswell's Life of Johnson Abridged and edited, with an introduction by Charles Grosvenor Osgood There is in the story that quiet, stealthy humour which is characteristic of many mediaeval apologues, and in which Lessing himself loved to deal. The Unseen World and Other Essays The old Suffet mingled his speech in this way with proverbs and apologues, nodding his head the while to solicit some approval. Salammbo They did not go to work, with malice prepense, to weave allegories and apologues. Myths and myth-makers: Old Tales and Superstitions Interpreted by Comparative Mythology Protagoras explains his views in the form of an apologue, in which, after Prometheus had given men the arts, Zeus is represented as sending Hermes to them, bearing with him Justice and Reverence. Protagoras And here, Socrates, I will leave the apologue and resume the argument. Protagoras |
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