fido

Example Sentences

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Di chi mi fido, mi guardi Iddio, Di chi non mi fido, mi guardo io.

From The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Vol. I by Reeve, Henry

He said he believed you were bony fido commander of the Bronx, and he is ready to obey your orders.

From Stand By The Union by Bridgman, L. J. (Lewis Jesse)

Fortè puer, comitum seductus ab agmine fido, Dixerat, ecquis adest? et, adest, responderat echo, Hic stupet; utque aciem partes divisit in omnes; Voce, veni, clamat magnâ. 

From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2 by Morley, Henry

In like manner the name and character of Dorinda are taken from the Pastor fido.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.

The attention which we have bestowed upon the Aminta will allow us to pass more rapidly than would otherwise have been possible over its successor and rival, the Pastor fido.

From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.