Milton ultimately is a pious man and wants us to frown on Satan's critique of the Judeo-Christian conception of divinity.

弥尔顿终究还是个虔诚的教徒，想要我们厌恶撒旦,对犹太教与基督教共有的神权概念的批判。

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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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The speech is more than just a pious bit of optimism like a lot of the speeches, in fact, that the other brother has given us.

不同于戏中弟弟的很多演说,哥哥的这段话不是虔诚于贞操而盲目乐观。

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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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