 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 2007 - 764 стор.
...Edenic, erotic, political — and entirely sanctioned by the highest of authorities: In pious times, e'er Priest-craft did begin, Before Polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multiply'd his kind, E'r one to one was, cursedly, confm'd: When Nature prompted, and no law deny'd... | |
 | Harold M. Weber - 1996 - 310 стор.
...assumptions about power that buttressed Stuart ideals of monarchical authority: In pious times, e'r Priest-craft did begin, Before Polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multipli'd his kind, E'r one to one was, cursedly, confind: When Nature prompted, and no law deny'd... | |
 | Donna B. Hamilton, Richard Strier - 1996 - 312 стор.
...when men freely spread their seed, unencumbered by the Christian law of marriage: In pious times, e'r Priest-craft did begin, Before Polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multiply'd his kind, E'r one to one was, cursedly, confind: When Nature prompted, and no law deny'd... | |
 | Connie Robertson - 1998 - 404 стор.
...From root to crown Ideas flow up And vetoes down. DRYDENJohn 1631-1700 1185 Absalom and Achitophel In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin. 1 186 Absalom and Achitophel Plots, true or false, are necessary things, To raise up commonwealths... | |
 | Kevin Sharpe, Steven N. Zwicker - 1998 - 404 стор.
...obvious in 1681 than the contemporary identities of the figures in its opening lines? In pious times, e'r Priest-craft did begin, Before Polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multiply'd his kind, E'r one to one was, cursedly, confind: When Nature prompted, and no law deny'd... | |
 | Varadaraja V. Raman - 1998 - 398 стор.
...Brahmädatta quite willingly accepts to take a hundred young women as his wives. Dryden referred to ".. pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, Before polygamy was made a sin." He obviously did not know that there existed societies where priest-craft blessed and sometimes even... | |
 | Steven L. McKenzie - 2000 - 253 стор.
...and Achitophel" (1681) satirized King Charles II as promiscuous, he chose David for the caricature:10 In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, Before...of concubine and bride; Then Israel's monarch after Heavens own heart, His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves; and, wide as his command,... | |
 | Pat Rogers - 2001 - 580 стор.
...illegitimacy, in terms which appeal to his age's ribald temper and also its distrust of religious fervour. In pious times, ere Priestcraft did begin, Before...man on many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was, cutsedly, confined . . . In this sexually liberated version of the Golden Age, David begat Absalom,... | |
 | Jennifer Andersen, Elizabeth Sauer - 2002 - 320 стор.
...Charles's sexual behavior through the precedent set by the Old Testament patriarchs: In pious times, e'r Priest-craft did begin, Before Polygamy was made a sin; When man, on many, multiply 'd his kind, E'r one to one was, cursedly, confind: When Nature prompted, and no law deny'd... | |
 | Marsha Keith Schuchard - 2002 - 872 стор.
...Dryden defended Charles II against the same charge by making a bizarre appeal to Jewish precedent: In pious times, ere priestcraft did begin, Before...many multiplied his kind, Ere one to one was cursedly confined; When nature prompted, but no law denied Promiscuous use of concubine and bride; Then Israel's... | |
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Promiscuous use of concubine and bride, Then Israel's monarch after Heaven's own heart His vigorous warmth did variously impart To wives and slaves, and, wide as his command, Scattered his Maker's image through the land. 
