 | Roger Ascham - Archery - 1868 - 372 pages
...Antient River Adonis, fo famous for the ' Idolatrous Rites peribrm'd here in Lamentation of ' Adonis. We had the Fortune to fee what may be ' fuppofed to...Lucian relates, concerning this River, viz. That this ' Stream, at certain Seafons of the Year, efpecially about t This passage was added in the author's... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1869 - 588 pages
...Antient River Adonis, fo famous for the ' Idolatrous Rites peribrm'd here in Lamentation of ' Adonis. We had the Fortune to fee what may be ' fuppofed to be the Occafion of that Opinion which ' Ludan relates, concerning this River, viz. That this ' Stream, at certain Seafons of the Year, efpecially... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 688 pages
...performed here in lamentation of Adonis. We had the fortune to see what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river, viz. that this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour... | |
 | mrs. William Thomas Greenup - 1880 - 328 pages
...performed here in lamentation of Adonis. We had the fortune to see what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river, viz. that this stream at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 234 pages
...performed here in lamentation of Adonis. We had the fortune to see what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river, viz.: that this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially 10 about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody color;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1961 - 278 pages
...performed here in lamentation of Adonis. We had the fortune to see what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river, viz. That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 278 pages
...performed here in lamentation of Adonis. We had the fortune to see what may be supposed to be the occasion of that opinion which Lucian relates concerning this river, viz. That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour;... | |
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That this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in... 
