London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 483
was not found wanting at this critical moment. Heapplied the battering-ram, and one fortunate and well-directedblow drove the enormous mass exactly to the required line. Itnow only needed then to be raised perpendicularly; and an exa-mination of the diagram, ^^. 105., will, perhaps, sufficiently… … recently elevated in Paris. 471 than ten minutes the end of the obelisk had described an arcof 10 ft. At this moment, a slight crash was heard, and theoperations were immediately suspended. As may be easilyimagined, the feelings of anxiety and excitement which pervadedthe breasts of all the immense…
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