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Right from the white-T-shirted, blue-jeaned Adonis of his early films, and even before that, Brando was a rebel and a maverick.
She was the arbitress in the argument over Adonis between Persephone and Aphrodite.
Venus and Adonis is furthermore a key text because it is, of course, the first that was published with Shakespeare's name on the title page.
The Adonis Blue is one of the most characteristic species of southern chalk downland, where it flies low over short-grazed turf.
Adonis guessed that he was a Plutonian, because they were always the proudest, no matter what.
Butterflies include Adonis and chalkhill blues, grizzled, silver-spotted and Lulworth skippers and marbled whites.
There were dolphins, and swans, pomegranates and lime trees as she toyed with her human lover, Adonis, arguing for his love with Persephone.
Seeing himself as an Adonis and a gift to women and lacking any respect for the gender was his undoing.
He looked like an Adonis with the late morning sun showering him in a ray of light.
The lad was an Adonis, and with rakish good looks and a devilmay-care smile, he seemed to hold the world by a string.
I look round, expecting to see some six foot Adonis with a winning smile and an easy charm.
An Adonis, his physique was imposing and he carried himself with the bearing of a champion.
The guy stands up slowly and for the second time that day, I am struck dumb by the sight of an Adonis.
I'm constantly amazed at the number of gorgeous women who prefer being with a fatty to stepping out with an Adonis.
Born in 1974 with his non-identical twin, Adonis, Alexis grew up in the town of Artemisa, some 60 km from Havana.
He has the looks of the Sixth Former and the body of a Greek Adonis with an innocent farm boy look in his eye.
The pilot might have maintained his south-westerly direction over Lake Adonis to gain more altitude before heading towards the rising ground.
There are inadequate incentives for local authorities to work in partnership, the Adonis review has found.
The Adonis appointment captures neatly the current shapelessness of British politics.
The Adonis application registers all paper and electronic master file of the individuals concerned.
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Examples from Classical Literature
According to others, however, it was the blood of Adonis which dyed the flower.
Fair was the form of Cypris, while Adonis was living, but p. 173her beauty has died with Adonis!
Another bed is strewn for beautiful Adonis, one bed Cypris keeps, and one the rosy-armed Adonis.
But Cypris loves thee far more than the kiss wherewith she kissed the dying Adonis.
It is all concerned with the wooing of young Adonis by Venus, an older woman.
And if it be lawful to intermix our discourse with fables, it is said that Adonis was slain by a boar.
He was, however, generally considered to be quite an Adonis, a lady-killer.
Byblus was the chief seat of the worship of Adonis, or thammuz, who was supposed to have been born there.
Before the wound healed, she looked upon Adonis, the son of Cinyras and Myrrha, and was captivated by him.
Akin to Adonis is the god attis, who likewise, according to one version of his myth, is slain by a boar.
Adonis and all the other Sun lords were supposed to have beep born in a cave on 25th December.
One may do worse than compare it with the Syrian syncopation of and ' in Bion's Adonis.
The most famous as well as the most powerful and original of Bion's poems remaining to us is the threnody upon Adonis.
His family status gave George a high marriage value and his Adonis physique kicked the asking price still higher.
A tear the Paphian sheds for each blood-drop of Adonis, and tears and blood on the earth are turned to flowers.
This Adonis Im talking about is pestering Clara with his attentions.
I had drawn you as Paris in dainty armour, and as Adonis with huntsman's cloak and polished boar-spear.
In the centre of the table was a huge birthday cake for tawny Adonis.
My tawny Adonis was a far more soothing companion than Steve.
One spring morning while hunting in the forest, Adonis wounded two.
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