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11 the nose, and hold a razor to their very throats, which no other subject dare presume to do. Q. What is the great cause of the Tailor's pride ? A. His making of peoples new clothes, of which every person, young and old is proud. Then who can walk in a vainer show than a tailor carrying home a gentleman's new clothes ? Q. What is the cause of a young soldier's pride ? A. When he lists, he thinks he is free of his mother's correction, the hard usage of a bad mas- ter, his liberty to curse, swear, whore, and do every thing, until he be convinced by four halberts and the drummer's whip, that he has now got both a civil and military law above his head, and, perhaps, far worse masters than ever. Q. What is the cause of the poor dominie's pride ? A. As he is the teacher of the young and ignorant, he supposes no man knows what he knows; and because boys call him master, there- fore he thinks himself a great man. Q. What song is it that is sung without a tongue, and yet its notes are understood by peo- ple of all nations ? A. It is a fart every one knows the sound of. Q. What is the reason that young people are