fido
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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
"I'm a dentist—a bony fido dentist, with forceps and a little furnace and a gas-bag and a waitin'-rooms".
From Laughing Bill Hyde and Other Stories by Rex Ellingwood Beach
Amarillis fondles Carinus's dog, and is roughly upbraided by its master in the same manner as her prototype Dorinda in the Pastor fido.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
The allusion is presumably to the Latin translation of the Pastor fido.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Walter W. Greg
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 Walter W. Greg
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