The sturdy husbandman was transformed into a tremulous drunkard; the contented cottager, into a querulous hypochondriac; the calm, religious, patient Christian, into a tumultuous blasphemer.

Could all this be, and even Roger's iron frame stand up against the battle! No, the strength of Samson has been shorn.

The crock has poured a blessing on its finder's very skin, as when the devil covered Job with boils..