The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . ideas inthis passage: Thy head-dress is a diffuse, spread-ing appearance, like vegetation and flowers(q. chenille?) Thy tresses are close, compact,stuck together like an intimately woven or workedtexture, say a carpet, diaper, calico, etc. It is true this figure shows only a few tresses,but we ought to extend our conception to a muchgreater number, for Lady Montague says: Inever saw. in
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . ideas inthis passage: Thy head-dress is a diffuse, spread-ing appearance, like vegetation and flowers(q. chenille?) Thy tresses are close, compact,stuck together like an intimately woven or workedtexture, say a carpet, diaper, calico, etc. It is true this figure shows only a few tresses,but we ought to extend our conception to a muchgreater number, for Lady Montague says: Inever saw. in my life, so many fine heads of one ladys I have counted a hundred and tentresses, all natural. Now. what numerous intri-cacies, meanderings, convolutions, etc., would ahundred and ten tresses furnish by dexterousplaiting! And as long hair, capable of such orna-mental disposition, was esteemed a capital part ofpersonal beauty, how deeply, how inextricably,was the king—-his affection—entangled in such alabyrinth of charms, adorned in the most becom-ing manner and displayed to the greatest advan-tage ! The sex has always been proud of this naturalornament; and when art and taste have well ar-. ranged it, all know that its effects are not incon-siderable. The reader will recollect that we havealready stated embarrassments on the subject ofthe word Arcgamen. We have taken some painsto examine passages where it occurs; but we can-not acquiesce in the opinion that it means purple;that is, the color of purple only. Nevertheless,as all the dictionaries, and lexicons, and concord-ances are against us, we suspend our determina-tion. (4) Sandals. There is a figure in Sandyswhich shows the sandals not only adorned with flowers wrought onthem, but which, be-ing sandals only,permit t h e wholefoot to be seen; andbeing heighteners,they make the wear-er seem so much:==-_ taller than otherwisersr- she would be that the bridegroom mayHeighteners. „ i i i ? well compare Insbride to
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