fido

Example Sentences

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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.

Yet, considered as a play, the Pastor fido disappoints a reader trained in the school of Sophocles or Shakespeare.

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

How happily their characteristics are struck off in the line— At levisomna canum fido cum pectore corda32.

From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.

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

This spirit, already present in the Aminta, reappeared in an emphasized form in the Pastor fido, and attained its height in the following century in Marino's epic of Adone.

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