“We must remember that grossness and indecency…are matters of time and place,” wrote Mr Burton in his introduction, a year before he was knighted. “What is offensive in England is not so in Egypt.”
“要知道,所谓的粗鄙与下流,也要分具体的时间和地点,”伯顿在书的前言里如是写道,“在英国不被接受的东西在埃及却并非如此”。
I understand that suspicion and fear are of no use; and in retrospecting and reviewing the past, I look up just to find that I have trampled under my feet all indecency and cowardice.
我知道,怀疑和惶恐都是没有用的,回首之余,我抬起头,才发现一切猥琐和胆怯都被自己踩在了脚下。
When Australian actress and swimmer Annette Kellerman sported a one-piece in Boston in 1907, the police arrested her for indecency.
1907年,澳大利亚演员兼游泳运动员安妮特·凯勒曼在波士顿惹人注目地身穿连体泳衣时,警方以不雅罪为由将其逮捕。
When Australian actress and swimmer Annette Kellerman sported a one-piece in Boston in 1907, the police arrested her for indecency.
1907年,澳大利亚演员兼游泳运动员安妮特·凯勒曼在波士顿惹人注目地身穿连体泳衣时,警方以不雅罪为由将其逮捕。
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