fido

Example Sentences

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But all this writing and counter-writing in no way affected the popularity of the Pastor fido and its successors.

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

Deferring a further account of the Pastor fido for the present, the remaining incidents of Guarini’s restless life may be briefly told.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 6 "Groups, Theory of" to "Gwyniad" by Various

So, the only imaginable resource is, to obtain their friendship, to be their pastor fido, their hero, their Amadis.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 54, No. 337, November, 1843 by Various

As Pastor fido he by good fortune rose up again and went on his way.

From Titan: A Romance Vol. II (of 2) by Jean Paul

The Pastor fido was the talk of the Italian Courts even before it was completed.

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