pudor
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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But now there is no "pudor" in the matter.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXVI. October, 1843. Vol. LIV. by Various
We need not say we look upon him, as a great man, as a good man, as a beloved man,—quis desiderio sit pudor tam cari capitis?
From Spare Hours by Brown, John
I never look at him but these lines from Horace come to my mind—'Quam desederio sit pudor aut modus tam cari capitis'!
From Calvert of Strathore by Goodloe, Carter
Without pudor malus or over-diffidence I would claim to have fulfilled the promise contained in my Foreword.
From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 10 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
To Tasso is due that assumption of extravagant and conventional pudor which forms one of the most abiding features of the pastoral drama.
From Pastoral Poetry and Pastoral Drama A Literary Inquiry, with Special Reference to the Pre-Restoration Stage in England by Greg, Walter W.
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