...black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, us the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon. 6 ead, and thou shalt bruise his heel. 16 Unto the woman he said, 1 will gr : my mother's children were angry with me ; they made nie the keeper of the vineyards ; but mine own...

...question, although some think the word "black" meant only " sun-burnt," as explained in the passage, " Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me." On the other hand, a vast number of learned fathers maintained the opposite doctrine. Was not the Virgin...

...I'm black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, As the tents of Kedar, As the curtains of Solomon. Look not upon me because I am black, Because the sun hath looked upon me.'' There are allusions too in the conversation of the bride, -wholly Egyptian. In Chap. 6: 12, we have...

...— Mr?. Somerrille's Physienl Geography. CAUSE OF DARK COLOUR OF THE SKIN. Darkness of eomplexion has been attributed to the sun's power, from the age of Solomon to this day, — " Look not upon me, beeause I am blaek, beeause the sun hath looked upon me;" and there eaunot be a doubt, that, to a eertain...

...rejoicing shall they be brought; they shall enter into the King's palace." See Psalm xlv, 13, 14. Verse 6. Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me ; my mother's children were angry with me : they made me keeper of the vineyards; but mine own vineyard...

...of coins, than all the most elaborate tables ever published. Dark colour of the Skin. \V. II. T.— Darkness of complexion has been attributed to the...degree, the opinion is well founded. The invisible rays hi the solar beams, which change vegetable colour, and have been employed with such remarkable effect,...

...— Urt. Somerville's Physieal Geography. CAUSE OF DARK COLOUR OF THE SKIN. Darkness of eomplexion has been attributed to the sun's power, from the age of Solomon to this day, — " Look not upon me, beeause I am blaek, beeause the sun hath looked upon me ;" and there eannot be a doubt, that, to a...

...earth has been, a wrong estimate of time antecedent to the Christian period must have made it shorter.1 Darkness of complexion has been attributed to the sun's power from the agre of Solomon to this day — ' Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked...

...crossing of two shades, the offspring takes the complexion of the darker, and the form of the fairer. " Darkness of complexion has been attributed to the sun's power from the age of Solomon to this day—'Look not upon me, because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me;' and there can be...

...inhabitants of the globe, appears from various sources. In the word of inspiration we find recorded — ' Look not upon me because I am black, because the sun hath looked upon me.' And in the ancient tragic poet of Phaselis, we read, ' the Ethiopians are coloured by the near sun-god...