 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...  Select British Classics - Pàgina 2421803Visualització completa - Sobre aquest llibre
 | John Milton - 1824 - 676 pàgines
...about the feast of " Adonis, is of a bloody colour; " which the heathens looked " upon us proceeding from a " kind of sympathy in the river " for the death...rises. Something " like this we saw actually come Whose annual wound in Lebanon allur'd The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all... | |
 | 1832 - 534 pàgines
...boar in the mountains, whence the stream takes its rise. " Something like this," says Maundrell, " we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising redness, and, as we had observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned doubtless... | |
 | Christian Cann - 1828 - 570 pàgines
...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...wild boar in the mountains, out of which this stream issues. Something like this we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1831 - 468 pàgines
...wild boar in the mountains whence the stream takes its rise. " Something like this," says Maundrell, " we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising redness, and, as we had observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned doubtless... | |
 | John Milton - 1832 - 328 pàgines
...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. Something like this, we saw, actually came to pass, for the water was stained to a surprising redness,... | |
 | Michael Russell - 1833 - 374 pàgines
...boar in the mountains whence the stream takes its rise. *' Something like this," says Maundrell, " we saw actually come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness, and, as we had observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned doubtless... | |
 | 1835 - 350 pàgines
...wild boar in the mountains whence the stream takes its rise. " Something like this," says Maundrell, " we saw actually come to pass ; for the water was stained to a surprising redness, and, as we had observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned doubtless... | |
 | John Milton - 1835 - 264 pàgines
...especially ahout the feast of Adonis, is of a hloody colour ; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed hy a wild hoar in the mountains, out of which this stream rises. Something like this we saw actually... | |
 | 1836 - 932 pàgines
...especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding _minium, or red earth, washed into the river by the violence of the rain, and not by any stain from... | |
 | Henry Maundrell - 1836 - 294 pàgines
...especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody color ; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death...surprising redness ; and, as we observed in travelling, had discolored the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned doubtless by a sort of minium, or red... | |
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