 | Jeremiah N. Reynolds - 1835 - 600 страница
...to any great extent. Public opinion is opposed to it, and were it not, it is very seldom convenient for a man to have more than one wife at a time. The food of the Javans is very simple, being principally of a vegetable character, of which rice is... | |
 | James Wilson - 1896 - 94 страница
...may marry four wives, all alive at one time, and a Hindu as many as he pleases, it is not very usual for a man to have more than one wife at a time ; and where he does marry a second wife during the lifetime of the first, it, is generally because the first... | |
 | Warren Cheney - 1905 - 352 страница
...wish nor thought to choose. Tell the chief that the reason for the asking was that it is not right for a man to have more than one wife at a time. This Nikta is the only wife he has, and God will not be with him till he puts the other two away. As... | |
 | Owen Aloysius Hill - 1920 - 440 страница
...more, but two. He did not say, ' shall cleave to his wives, but to his wife, ' nor was it ever lawful for a man to have more than one wife at a time, unless God by express revelation allowed him the privilege." Many are of opinion that polygamy before... | |
 | Reuben Levy - 548 страница
...actual practice in modern times economic conditions make it comparatively rare in most Muslim countries for a man to have more than one wife at a time ; for not every man can provide the separate establishments which the lawbooks as well as custom and... | |
 | 1912 - 752 страница
...Senate a bill which became known in history as the Edmunds Law, which made it a penitentiary offense for a man to have more than one wife at a time. What did the Democrats do? Walked right straight up and voted for it, just the same as the Republicans.... | |
 | Clarence J. Munford - 1996 - 582 страница
...analysis. He learned to admire Islam, mainly because it espoused polygyny, a form of marriage allowing a man to have more than one wife at a time and thus not disruptive of traditional African culture. Valuing the universal Black African custom that... | |
 | Reuben Levy - 2000 - 546 страница
...actual practice in modern times economic conditions make it comparatively rare in most Muslim countries for a man to have more than one wife at a time; for not every man can provide the separate establishments which the lawbooks as well as custom and... | |
 | Patricia Buckley Ebrey - 2003 - 310 страница
...marginality of their kinship status. In traditional China it was illegal and socially disreputable for a man to have more than one wife at a time. but he could have as many concubines as he could afford/ In English the term coucubine also is used... | |
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... parents, relatives, and friends. The last category assumes the free selection of marriage partners by the individuals themselves. Marriage Forms. There are several forms of marriage. Monogamy restricts persons to one legal or recognized spouse at... 