B.A. Degree
Thunder against.
Letter B
Bluestocking
Term of contempt applied to women with intellectual interests. Quote Moliere in support: "When the compass of her mind she stretches..."
More from Letter B
Bachelors
All self-centered, all rakes. Should be taxed. Headed for a lonely old age.
Back
A slap on the back can start tuberculosis.
Bagnolet
Town that is famous for its blind people.
Baldness
Always "premature," caused by youthful excesses—or by the hatching of great thoughts.
Balloons
Thanks to them, man will one day reach the moon. "But it will be many a day before you can steer them."