Or spirit musing in the cloudy shrine,

The Penetralia of the immortal soul.

I now allude to that most curious fact,

That 'mid a given number, say threescore,

Of tailors, more men of agility

Will issue out, than from an equal show

From any other occupation—say

Smiths, barbers, bakers, butchers, or the like.

Let me not seem presumptuous, if I strive

This subject to illustrate; nor, while I give