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keep so; but the dove resembles the adulterer, when the hen grows old he pays her away and takes another; the locusts observe military order, and march in bands; the frogs resemble pipers and pedlars, for the young ones ride the old ones to death.
Q. Who are the merriest & heartiest people in the world?
A. The sailors, for they’ll be singing, cursing, and damning one another when the waves, their graves, are going over their heads.
Q. Which are the disorderliest creatures in battle?
A. Cows and dogs, for they all fall on them that are neathmost.
Q. What are the vainest sort of people in the world?
A. A barber, a tailor, a young soldier, and a poor dominie.
Q. What is the great cause of the barber’s vanity?
A. Because he is admitted to trim
