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For that was not serious with the intense present signification the name Aminta had.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Volume 5 George Meredith 1868
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For that was not serious with the intense present signification the name Aminta had.
Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868
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For that was not serious with the intense present signification the name Aminta had.
Lord Ormont and His Aminta — Complete George Meredith 1868
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"Aminta," said the Marquis, "the person of whom you speak thus is ----"
The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 Various
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Notable among his poetic endeavors in his versions in blank verse of Tasso's "Aminta".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Moreover he composed an excellent pastoral idyl, "Aminta" (1573).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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"Pastor Fido" (The Faithful Shepherd), a Iyrical pastoral drama written to rival the "Aminta" of his friend and contemporary, Tasso.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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Far more attractive are the pastoral lyrical dramas, Tasso's "Aminta" (1573) and its worthy rival, the "Pastor Fido" of Battista Guarini (1585), masterpieces of their kind, in which what is artificial and conventional in sentiment is idealized and made acceptable by the melodiousness of the poetry with which it is clothed.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Here his pastoral drama "Aminta" was written and performed, and here he began to write his epic.
National Epics Kate Milner Rabb 1901
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Torquato Tasso's pastoral play "Aminta" (1573) had choruses though we cannot say who composed the music.
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