a. (UN-1 7.)
1782. Warton, Rowley Enq., 95. This very unpathetic and unpastoral idea…, that ‘the portcullis of the castle of his heart was fallen.’
1820. Scott, Monast., xxviii. The swain cursed the nymph’s bad humour with very unpastoral phrase and emphasis.
1865. Ruskin, Sesame, 45. The most unpastoral [character] is, instead of feeding, to want to be fed.
