Pious bazaris,he says, are angry that religious figures they admire are being insulted and marginalized by the government.

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The nativity of Christ, as you can imagine, was a popular subject for early seventeenth-century poets for pious early seventeenth-century poets.

基督诞生，你可以想象，对17世纪的诗人来说是很受欢迎的主题,特别是那些虔诚的17世纪的诗人。

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The Romans actually were very pious in the sense that they believed that whatever land they were in, they should provide sacrifices and honors for the local gods, especially the important ones.

而且非常虔诚,他们认为无论身处何处，都应该祭拜当地神明，尤其是重要的神。

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After all, this is an extremely pious Puritan. But as late as the 1640s, this was not at all the epic subject that Milton was intending to use.

不管怎么说，弥尔顿是个很虔诚的清教徒，但是到了17世纪，40年代的时候，弥尔顿都根本没想过要写这个主题。

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This is wildly inappropriate, I think, in such a pious poem.

在这样一首严肃的诗中，这是很不合适的。

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They said they were important for pious instruction.

他们称需要从自己的正经里去除次经。

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Okay? Not pious tales.

知道吗？，不是寓言故事。

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