 In the East formerly sisters married brothers, and it was meritorious for a man to marry his mother. Such alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever horror we conceive at the thoughts of them, there is nothing in Nature repugnant against...  Essays on the Characteristics - Page 137by John Brown - 1751 - 134 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Bernard Mandeville - Charity-schools - 1728 - 524 pages
...a Man to marry his Mother. Such Alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever Horrour we conceive at the Thoughts of them, there is nothing...againft them, but what is built upon Mode and Cuftom. A Religious Mahometan that has never tailed any Spirituous Liquor, and has often feen People Drunk, may... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 744 pages
...formerly sisters married brothers, and it was meritorious for a man to marry his mother. Such alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever horror...thoughts of them, there is nothing in nature repugnant against them, but what is built upon mode and custom. A religious Mahometan, that has never tasted... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 754 pages
...formerly sisters married brothers, and it was meritorious for a man to marry his mother. Such alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever horror...thoughts of them, there is nothing in nature repugnant against them, but what is built upon mode and custom. A religious Mahometan, that has never tasted... | |
 | Raymond Macdonald Alden - English prose literature - 1911 - 752 pages
...formerly sisters married brothers, and it was meritorious for a man to marry his mother. Such alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever horror...thoughts of them, there is nothing in nature repugnant against them, but what is built upon mode and custom. A religious Mahometan, that has never tasted... | |
 | Ellen Pollak - Literary Criticism - 2003 - 274 pages
...Mother, ... are abominable," Mandeville concedes; but, he insists, "it is certain that, whatever Horrour we conceive at the thoughts of them, there is nothing in Nature repugnant against them, but what is built upon Mode and Custom."57 Mandeville's general views concerning the... | |
 | Arthur P. Wolf - Social Science - 2005 - 240 pages
...tradition, emphatically denied the existence of an innate moral sense. He agreed that "incestuous alliances are abominable; but it is certain that, whatever Horror we conceive at the thought of them, there is nothing in Nature repugnant against them, but what is built upon Mode and... | |
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