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Fiction is out in full array; Mrs. Burton Harrison contributes "Penelope's Swains"; Joel Chandler Harris writes a dialect story called "Balaam and his Master," and Mary E. Wilkins a sketch "Emma...
...writings of Moses and the prophets? Aff. 1747. Do organs excite a devotional spirit in divine worship? Neg. 1730. Is capital punishment as effective in deterring men from crime, as sentence to hard labor for life? Neg. 1769. Is wealth more conducive to virtue than poverty? Aff. 1787. When Balaam's ass spoke, was there any change in its organs...
...first mention of aestheticism in the Bible is not when Balaam's ass was made to(o) utter, but more primevally - when the procession of the animals entering...
Prof. (to hesitating student). - You do think Balaam's ass did speak slow as that...
...first lecture must be more or less introductory, and in proportion as it is so, the hearer has all the more difficulty in becoming interested. Then, too, it is rather hard for us to appreciate the dramatic attempts of the thirteenth century in England, when Noah's Ark and Balaam's Ass were the only plays that had a "run." The next lecture, to be given at the same hour and place Monday, will be in reality the beginning, and we doubt not that those who attend the course will be introduced to much curious and valuable English literature...