II.--SAMSON.

Farther on in the book of Judges, we have the portrait of Samson. How

quaintly is the character drawn! A great lubberly, good-natured giant, but

now and then bursting out into fits of unreasoning and uncontrolled

anger,--not unlike Ajax in the play. He is constantly making himself

ridiculous in his love affairs.

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