Infidel Wit Repelled

A Gay young spark, of a deistical turn, travelling in a stage coach to London, forced his sentiments on the company by attempting to ridicule the scriptures; and, among other topics, made himself merry with the story of David and Goliah, strongly urging the impossibility of a youth like David, being able to throw a stone with sufficient force to sink into the giant's forehead. On this he appealed to the company, and in particular to a grave gentleman of the denomination called Quakers, who sat silent in one corner of the carriage. "Indeed, friend," replied he, "I do not think it at all improbable if the Philistine's head was as soft as thine."