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 Ado’nies.Adonis of 50. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ado’nis.
 
A beautiful boy. The allusion is to Ado’nis, who was beloved by Venus, and was killed by a boar while hunting.   1
       
“Rose-cheeked Adonis hied him to the chase;
Hunting he loved; but love he laughed to scorn.
Sick-thoughted Venus makes amain unto him,
And, like a bold-faced suitor,’ gins to woo him.”
       
Shakespeare: Venus and Adonis.
 


 Ado’nies.Adonis of 50. 

 
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