 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 - Page 2421803Full view - About this book
 | 1836 - 1118 pages
...especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour ; which the heathens looked upon as proceeding lanuda. The In.-t аз we observed in travelling, had discoloured the sea a great way into a reddish hue, occasioned... | |
 | John Carne, William Purser - 1836 - 210 pages
...especially about the feast of Adonis, it is qf a bloody colour, which the heathens regarded as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death...killed by a wild boar in the mountains out of which it rises. Something like this we saw actually come to V. • pass, for the water was stained to a surprising... | |
 | Adam Clarke - 1837 - 882 pages
...feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour, proceeding from a kind of sympathy, as the heathens imagined, P. XXXVII. Verse 6. Thus shall ye say] ЛТЭКП ЛЗ ko mountain out of which this stream issues. Something like this we saw actually come to pass, for the... | |
 | John Milton - 1838 - 518 pages
...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,... | |
 | Samuel Ransom - 1840 - 500 pages
...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... | |
 | Ern. Frid. Car Rosenmüller - 1841 - 384 pages
...especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour ; which the heathen looked on as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death...of which this stream rises. Something like this we actually saw come to pass, for the water was stained to a surprising redness, and, as we observed in... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - 1844 - 472 pages
...neighbouring mountains. Something like this actually occurred when Maundrell passed ; " for tho 4vater was stained to a surprising redness, and, as we observed...in travelling, had discoloured the sea, a great way in, to a reddish hue ; occasioned, doubtless, by a sort of red earth washed into the river by the violence... | |
 | Theocritus - 1846 - 316 pages
...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...Something like this we saw actually come to pass, for the waters were stained to a surprising redness ; and, as we observed in travelling, had discoloured the... | |
 | John Relly Beard - 1850 - 656 pages
...with blood, in sympathy for his loss. ' Something like this,' we quote Maunrlrell, 'we actually saw come to pass; for the water was stained to a surprising redness, and, as we observed in travelling, hod discoloured the sea, a great way, into a reddish hue ; occasioned, doubtless, by a sort of minium... | |
 | John Milton - 1852 - 330 pages
...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, and Ezekiel saw, when by the vision led 454 His eyes survey'd the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah. Next... | |
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