...buried, but at length appear flourishing to the sight; when therefore the seed was tlrrown into tlie ground, they said, Adonis was gone to Proserpine;...that they sowed corn, and made gardens for Adonis. Univcrs. Hist .vol. ii. Milton has some fine melodious lines on tliii subject. Thammnz came next behind,...

...sight; when therefore the seed was thrown into the ground, they said, Adonis was gone to Proserpine; hut when it sprouted up, they said, he had revisited the...it was that they sowed corn, and made gardens for Adunis. Univers. Hist. vol. ii, Milton has some fine melodious lines on thil subject. Thammuz came...

...understood Winter — not unaptly represented by so gloomy an animal. On another view of the natter, we may suppose that they meant by Adonis the fruits...made gardens for Adonis. Universal Hist. vol. ii. In Maundrell's Travels, we meet with a curious illustration of this ancient superstition. ' We had...

...the sun, therefore, was in the six inferior signs, they said he was with Proserpine; when in the next superior, with Venus. By the boar that slew Adonis,...made gardens for Adonis. Universal Hist. vol. ii. In Maundrell's Travels, we meet with a curious illustration of this ancient superstition. ' We had...

...Venus, the under Proserpine ; when the sun, therefore, was in the six inferior signs, they said he was with Proserpine ; when in the six superior, with...sowed corn and made gardens for Adonis." — Universal History, vol. ii. " In Maundrell's Travels we meet with a curious illustration of this ancient superstition....

...they meant the fruits of the earth, which are first buried, and afterwards appear flourishing before the sight. When, therefore, the seed was thrown into...sprouted up, they said he had revisited the light with Venus. And hence it probably was that they sowed corn and made gardens for Adonis — for they...