Which preposition to use with dido
"Quisquis amat servit, sequitur captivus amantem, Fert domita cervice jugum" Samson, David, Solomon, Hercules, Socrates, &c. are justly taxed of indiscretion in this point; the middle sort are between hawk and buzzard; and although they do perceive and acknowledge their own dotage, weakness, fury, yet they cannot withstand it; as well may witness those expostulations and confessions of Dido in Virgil.
The Passion of Dido for Æneas.
The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spoke like a Christian: Non ignara mali, miseris succurrere disco.
Dido of Tunisia.
" "Don't start any didos with the domestic relations of this tribe," I told him, "or they'll spread us out, and spread us thin.
Bridget, in the prettiest manner imaginable, declared that as soon as she could set Dido at work the store-rooms should be closely examined, and thoroughly cleaned.
R. HERDMAN DERBLAY (MADAME) STOPS THE DUEL......EMILE BAYARD DIDO ON THE FUNERAL PYRE.............E. KELLER DOMBEY (PAUL AND FLORENCE)..........
"Then thou wilt sail" "Yes, like Æneas, leaving my Dido behind me.
Mars Jackson, de oberseah, ha' ter th'eaten ter whip 'im, ef he did n' stop cuttin' up his didos en behave hisse'f.